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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.
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