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Hi, I wasn't sure where to post this. I have a hydro-quad hq 1054 fe water softener for my well water system in my new house. It seems that the timer on the top of it quit working for some reason. Until I get a new one, my question is how do I run a manual regeneration on this water softner?
Here is what I do to manual regen our softener, it's an old Kenmore but most work similarly:
Take the face plate off the timer body and you will find some provision to turn the main cam by hand. You need to look in the owner's manual for your own softener, but mine goes about an hour in the regen (brine) cycle, then 10 minutes backwash, and 5 minute rinse. You don't need to turn the cam evenly the way the automatic mechanism does you can just go from one cycle to the next. On mine the cycles are printed on a wheel on the cam. All this is provided for troubleshooting, but you can use it to do a regen manually if you are so inclined. My softener has sticky valves that I need to "help" close at the end of the cycle, so it's not practical to let it go on automatic anyway. I have a used Kinetico ready to put in "when I get a round tuit", so am not inclined to "fix" the old Kenmore properly.
You didn't ask, but generally what goes out is the electric motor that runs the mechanism. If you are reasonably handy, you can change it yourself, take the old motor to any appliance store and they can match it up.
Mine has the different cycles like yours. I was afraid to run too little or too long in each cycle. Thank you so much for your help. I'll definatly have to get a new timer motor when I get the chance to take it out
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