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question about Hague water softener, and replacement costs Cathy 05-12-2008
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Posted by Cathy on May 12, 2008, 11:17 am
Hello. I am having trouble with my Hague Maximizer Series 93 water
softener. It is working fine, despite being old, but the problem we
are having is that it is regenerating too frequently. It is supposed
to count down (the number being hundreds of gallons left before
regeneration) to zero, then regenerate, but it is counting down a few
hundred gallons (seems to be measuring the water use properly) then it
regenerates long before it ever reaches zero. The company that
installed it can't fix it.

What I want to know is, is there a way to tell it to NEVER regenerate
- we will make it regenerate at the appropriate time? In the manual it
seems like there are only two options - on demand, where it just
regenerates when it thinks it should, or delayed, where you set the
time that it should regenerate.

BTW, this is a residence, not a business - just a small townhouse. The
company that installed it can't figure out how to fix it, and wants us
to replace it - for $2300 installed. That seems insane, considering
that Sears has softeners for $500-$600 and will install for just over
$200. The company that gave us that estimate says the Sears units will
only last 2 or 3 years. That seems unlikely. It doesn't have to be
Sears - I can get a Waterboss 700 delivered to my local hardware store
for about $600 and hire a local plumber to install it. So what gives??

Cathy

Posted by Tony Hwang on May 12, 2008, 11:22 am
Cathy wrote:

> Hello. I am having trouble with my Hague Maximizer Series 93 water
> softener. It is working fine, despite being old, but the problem we
> are having is that it is regenerating too frequently. It is supposed
> to count down (the number being hundreds of gallons left before
> regeneration) to zero, then regenerate, but it is counting down a few
> hundred gallons (seems to be measuring the water use properly) then it
> regenerates long before it ever reaches zero. The company that
> installed it can't fix it.
>
> What I want to know is, is there a way to tell it to NEVER regenerate
> - we will make it regenerate at the appropriate time? In the manual it
> seems like there are only two options - on demand, where it just
> regenerates when it thinks it should, or delayed, where you set the
> time that it should regenerate.
>
> BTW, this is a residence, not a business - just a small townhouse. The
> company that installed it can't figure out how to fix it, and wants us
> to replace it - for $2300 installed. That seems insane, considering
> that Sears has softeners for $500-$600 and will install for just over
> $200. The company that gave us that estimate says the Sears units will
> only last 2 or 3 years. That seems unlikely. It doesn't have to be
> Sears - I can get a Waterboss 700 delivered to my local hardware store
> for about $600 and hire a local plumber to install it. So what gives??
>
> Cathy
Hi,
My ~10 year old SEars unit needed a rpeair kit(gakets, O rings, ect.)
for aobut 30.00 so far. Still works A-OK. I am not familiar with your
unit but sounds like it is not measuring actual water useage. Measuring
mechanism is not workking it seems like.

Posted by Cathy on May 12, 2008, 11:25 am

> unit but sounds like it is not measuring actual water useage. Measuring
> mechanism is not workking it seems like.

I of course could be wrong, but it does seem like it's measuring water
use fine because the numbers are counting down correctly (our water
bill indicates we use about 100 gal/day and the numbers are counting
down roughly one/day). Also, the company that serviced it replaced the
part that measures the water and it didn't help. The numbers count
down great, it just doesn't wait til it gets to zero before
regenerating.

Posted by gpsman on May 12, 2008, 11:55 am
> it just doesn't wait til it gets to zero before
> regenerating.

Similar problem with this 70s vintage Culligan. I stopped trying to
fix it and just perform a manual regeneration and leave it unplugged
the rest of the time. That's kept it operating fine for over 3
years... so far.
-----

- gpsman

Posted by Cathy on May 12, 2008, 12:03 pm

> Similar problem with this 70s vintage Culligan. I stopped trying to
> fix it and just perform a manual regeneration and leave it unplugged
> the rest of the time. That's kept it operating fine for over 3
> years... so far.

It'll work OK unplugged? The regular softening functions don't require
electricity?

Cathy


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