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    What are other items ppl turn off while going away on vacation?
    I heard if you shut the main water line you need to put your hot water tank off or on vacation mode? Is that true?

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    Never knew this was a thing. We go for 1-3 week vacation every year or so and only thing we do is turn down the furnace and have someone check in every day or two. Been doing that for 20 years and everything else stays on as normal. Am I just lucky that nothing breaks?

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    So, I'm pretty sure my water softener potentially could go into regeneration while I'm on vacation and I always turn my main water line off. What would happen if it tried to regenerate without a source of water?

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    Does it have a pump?

    I would guess nothing would happen without some kind of pressure to drive the system?

    We turn our water off at the lake (literally off more often than it’s on) with a kinetico and can’t say we have noticed any issues. In the years it’s been installed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by killramos View Post
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    Does it have a pump?

    I would guess nothing would happen without some kind of pressure to drive the system?

    We turn our water off at the lake (literally off more often than it’s on) with a kinetico and can’t say we have noticed any issues. In the years it’s been installed.
    I certainly don't think so. It's a whirlpool kind from Canadian Tire.

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    So, I'm pretty sure my water softener potentially could go into regeneration while I'm on vacation and I always turn my main water line off. What would happen if it tried to regenerate without a source of water?
    Nothing at all. It will have a flow meter that triggers the regen cycle and not a timer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darell_n View Post
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    Nothing at all. It will have a flow meter that triggers the regen cycle and not a timer.
    I agree, but mine has a setting where I get to tell it that it can only Regen at 3am. So I'm picturing a scenario (albeit rare) where enough flow has gone through that it's scheduled to Regen at 3am the day we left.
    But if the first stage of the Regen involves water flowing, I imagine it would simply attempt, fail, and then throw some error code without hurting anything... Probably?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThePenIsMightier View Post
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    I agree, but mine has a setting where I get to tell it that it can only Regen at 3am. So I'm picturing a scenario (albeit rare) where enough flow has gone through that it's scheduled to Regen at 3am the day we left.
    But if the first stage of the Regen involves water flowing, I imagine it would simply attempt, fail, and then throw some error code without hurting anything... Probably?
    It will be ok with the water off. All the big box store water softeners use the same components, just with a different lid and lipstick on it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThePenIsMightier View Post
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    I agree, but mine has a setting where I get to tell it that it can only Regen at 3am. So I'm picturing a scenario (albeit rare) where enough flow has gone through that it's scheduled to Regen at 3am the day we left.
    But if the first stage of the Regen involves water flowing, I imagine it would simply attempt, fail, and then throw some error code without hurting anything... Probably?
    I've had that exact scenario. Early morning flight and it was going to regen at ~2am or something, I just manually pushed a regen the evening before, so that when we left I could just shut off the main water and not worry about it. Mine usually regens when there is something like ~75 (gallons? liters?) left, so Ill usually check it day or two in advance so I know if I need to manually do it or not.

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    I would recommend shutting the water down every time;

    We had a service call not long ago where the softener failed resulting in a significant amount of beads being flushed throughout their water suppy when they returned home and ended up plugging plumbing fixtures through out the home, it took a bit of time but we were able to vacuum and flush the beads out until everything was running freely again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StreetRacerX View Post
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    I would recommend shutting the water down every time;

    We had a service call not long ago where the softener failed resulting in a significant amount of beads being flushed throughout their water suppy when they returned home and ended up plugging plumbing fixtures through out the home, it took a bit of time but we were able to vacuum and flush the beads out until everything was running freely again.
    Wat?!!!??!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThePenIsMightier View Post
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    Wat?!!!??!!!
    It's no where near as common as water supply lines to fridges, toilets, and sinks, leaking/bursting though, it's policy that our guys replace them and never reuse them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StreetRacerX View Post
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    It's no where near as common as water supply lines to fridges, toilets, and sinks, leaking/bursting though, it's policy that our guys replace them and never reuse them.
    No, I mean how did you end up in a situation where the ion exchange beads ended up getting vacuumed throughout your plumbing system!!? That sounds completely impossible under any scenario.

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