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Watts Autotrol Magnum (CV+ Series) User Manual

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6. Leak to Drain.

a. No flow control installed in drain line.

b. Insufficient water pressure.

c. Plugged injector and/or injector

screen.

d. Back pressure on pilot drain port.

a. Install drain line flow control.

b. Increase water pressure above 25 psig

(172 kPa) minimum.

c. Inspect and clean injector and/or injector

screen.

d. Plumb pilot drain line to atmospheric

position (i.e. brine tank).

7. Loss of Media to Drain.

a. No flow control installed in drain line.

a. Install drain line flow control.

8. Loss of Water Pressure.

a. Fouled resin bed due to iron

accumulation.

b. Slots in riser pipe or laterals are filled

with resin fines.

a. Clean Magnum control valve and

mineral bed with cleaner.

b. Inspect and clean distributor pipe slots

as needed.

9. Salt in Water to Service

After Regeneration.

a. Injector is too small for system size.

b. Brine draw time excessively long

due to low water pressure.

c. Restricted drain line.

d. Insufficient rinse volume.

e. Plugged injector and/or injector

screen.

a. Install correct injector.

b. Increase water pressure above 25 psig

(172 kPa) minimum.

c. Remove drain line restriction.

d. Increase slow rinse time, fast rinse time,

or both.

e. Inspect and clean injector and/or injector

screen.

10. Err1, Err2, Err3, Err4.

a. See Table IV.

a. See Solution in Table IV.

11. Both tanks of Twin

Alternating system in
Standby.

a. Defective cam switch.

b. Miswired cam switch.

a. Replace cam switch.

b. Replace wiring.

12. Display shows flow on

tank in Standby.

a. Cams were turned manually.

a. Follow procedure in Section 7.1.1 to

synchronize controls.

Symptom

Possible Cause

Solution

Magnum Cv Leak to Pilot Drain Troubleshooting

One possible cause is obstruction in valve disc area preventing disc from sealing. Another possibility is a tear in the
diaphragm. This chart will help locate possible problem area.

Not Leaking During

Suspect Cartridge

Service Cycle

#3 NHWB

Backwash

#1 Drain

Brine/Slow Rinse

#2 Rinse

Fast Rinse

#4 Inlet