Water Softener Overflowing Brine Tank

Internal leak in the water softener control valve allowing too much water to past the injector.

Water softener overflowing brine tank. For most water softeners if you route the softener s drain line too high more than 8 ft. Water softener injector is worn the nozzle outlet opening is enlarged to more than 50 of the input throat opening. Excessive or too high brine tank drain flow seen at the brine tank drain. If you are experiencing this you want to know how to fix it and what is causing it immediately.

The system either did not remove all the brine from the tank before refilling it or the system continued to add water to the tank beyond the correct level. Other causes of brine tank overflow can be due to obstructions. Water or air leakages will cause a malfunction of your water softening system and an overflow of water in the brine tank. However there is certainly something wrong if your water softener is overflowing.

A water softeners salt tank will overflow when the systems brine water float shut off assembly fails to shut off the water feed and one or both of two other things happen. It s not unusual for there to be several gallons of water inside the water softener at any given time.