My system is 17 years old and I noticed the brine tank is fuller now than it used to be. I did remove the brine tank several years ago and removed the salt chunks and cleaned it but otherwise have done no maintenance. I wonder if the brine is not flowing out properly or if it is not refilling the tank properly. What controls the brine in and out flow?

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Is it supposed to be entirely used up each regeneration? It seems to me that if it is not, it will gradually fill the brine tank as time goes on. I have read the manuals and it said to clean the brine injector yearly which I have not done! Seems to me it could be clogged to where the brine is held back some during regeneration. The control monitors the flow and regenerates as it deems necessary electronically. The water appears soft enough but I just wonder about the brine tank getting fuller with time. The manual said to add 4 gallons when starting up the unit and that amount seemed to stay there after regeneration for years.

Now the brine tank has probably 10 to 15 gallons in it! Can someone educate me as to how this system works? The Autotrol valve is cam operated. As this cam rotates during regeneration it opens and closed different ports for each cycle. Each of these ports have small O-Rings which seal them. These o-rings become worn and brittle over time. One of the first signs of this are what you have described, higher water in salt tank.

This is due to insufficient vacuum being created in the brine draw cycle. At this point enough brine may be drawing still to regenerate the resin but this problem become worse until hard water bleeds from softener because of insufficient brining during brine draw cycle or hard water bleed between regenerations because of short brining. This is typically 15-20 years when this service issue arises with this valve. I would suggest a rebuild of the valve at this point. Thanks for the inputs. I removed the salt tank and cleaned it out.

It had fine salt packed in the bottom that might have been restricting the flow from the tank thru the pickup screen. I put in about 5 gallons of salt water and new salt pellets. I am now watching the level to see if it continues to raise in operation.

There are 3 settings on my electronic control. Hardness, capacity, and salt amount. It is set on 20 hardness, 24 capacity, and 10 lbs salt. I don't understand what the hardness and capacity settings mean. Do they just determine when it regenerates? The salt setting indicates the amount of water the control puts in the salt tank to dissolve 10 lbs of salt. Apparently the brine cycle is designed to suck all the salt water out and your inputs indicate either the salt water is restricted out of the tank or at the injector or possibly the control o-rings are not providing enough vacuum during the brine cycle to empty the salt tank.

I am beginning to understand the system..thanks for your help. I will let you know if cleaning the salt tank solves the problem.. The valve on your unit is a multi-port/multi-function valve.

During regeneration, the motor on the valve will rotate the valve's cam to open and close various ports. 12d Model V9. Each port controls a unique function on the valve. One of the last (or last) position the valve will be in prior to returning to service (treated water) is brine tank refill. The brine tank refill is controlled by the cam opening specific ports on the valve. When this occurs, water will flow through a brine line flow controller located on the side of the valve and then through the brine line tube to the brine tank. Medal Of Honor European Assault Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit Rapidshare there. more. Most flow controllers for Autorol valve consist of a a female star nut that uses a rubber ball and specific slot size on the internal plastic part. It is possible that sediment or other build up is on this flow controller and water is flowing faster than designed.