This article provides manuals and contact information for Inter-City water softeners.

Inter-City Manufacturing Co. - InterCity Water Softeners

Inter City manufacturing produced a range of equipment including heaters and water softeners.

• Contact: Inter-City Manufacturing Co., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada produced the No. A-30 water softener shown in this photo contributed by reader A. Friesen (2019/08/10)

Ownership of some brands is a bit like musical chairs. See also

• INTER-CITY Furnaces (See also CARRIER)
• COMFORTMAKER, AFCO, ARCO wholly owned by INTER-CITY PRODUCTS (ICP) purchased by UNITED TECHNOLOGIES UTC in 1999
• United Technolgies, or UTC, is a conglomerate corporation based in Connecticut in the U.S. that includes also Otis, Pratt Whitney, Sikorsky, UTC Aerospace Systems, and UTC Climate, Controls & Security

On 2019-08-10 - by (mod) - running a regeneration cycle on your InterCity softener

A. F.

A regeneration cycle "cleans" the softener resin of minerals that have bound to the resin beads so that during the brine cycle salt molecules instead coat the resin to permit further water softening (salt is swapped into the water and calcium and magnesium are swapped out);

But regen won't clean dirt and silt from the brine tank and if the resin beads are exhausted (no longer work) the softener won't soften water even though it's been through a regen cycle.

A practical approach would be

1. test (measure) the actual hardness of the incoming water supply (ahead of the water softener)

2. clean and sanitize the brine tank and softener - see WATER SOFTENER CLEANING & SANITIZING https://inspectapedia.com/plumbing/Water_Softener_Cleaning.php

3. run a regen cycle

4. test the water hardness downstream from the water softner

If the water is softened, I figure the resin is still fine.

The control head in your second (better) photo looks like a generic or Culligan type softener head. You can look through some of the free manual downloads available at this website to find a similar control and you'll see how those settings are made.


At least some water softener manuals suggest that the resin be replaced periodically - often more frequently than with which just about any consumer will comply.

On 2019-08-10 by A. Friesen

I just sent a comment in but the picture I sent I think is unclear.
Here is a better picture. [shown above - Ed. .]

We have an older water softener that has an original price tag showing it was purchased at a McLeod's store for $426.95. It shows it was made by Inter-City Manufacturing in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The model No. is A-30 and the serial number is 156307.

I am wondering how to care and operate this water softener efficiently. Some have told us the resin needs cleaning periodically. Is there a manual for this or do you have any advice?

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