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Autotrol 268/460i softener

I have owned this softener for about 15years.

4 years ago I re bedded the resin tank and rebuilt the valve head.

I have recently noticed the water dosent seem as soft, not to the point that getting spots on dishes but soaps not as sudzy and water dosent seem as soft washing hands and showers.

I manually regenerate it yesterday and didnt seem to help much. During regen, it did pull the brine tank empty and refilled at the end. There also is no salt bridge.Today I took the injector out to look at it and it was clear, took the salt meter plug out and it was clean, pulled the plug for the regen and the ball in it was soft(normal) and clean. I did pull the screen also and that was really dirty. I cleaned it and reinstalled it, purged the air from the system and put it back into service. Going to do another regeneration tonight to see if cleaning the screen made a difference. I did notice the resin level seems higher in the resin tank than it used to be. Probably 2-3 inches higher(I marked the tank when I re bedded to keep an eye on it for resin loss)

My question is can just a dirty screen cause water to not be as soft even if it pulled all the brine from the tank? Or will i probably have to re bed the resin tank already?. We dont have alot of chlorine in our city water.

Thanks for replies.

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u/rollin-smoke-bbq — 1 day ago
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