Before you start pressing buttons, figure out why it needs a reset. Usually, it’s because the brine tank ran dry, the power flickered during a storm, or you accidentally kicked the settings while wrestling a bag of salt. Think of it like your smartphone: sometimes a hard reset is the only way to stop it from glitching during a TikTok video.
If the tank is full of salt but the water feels hard, the system might just be confused. It happens. My cousin once panicked and called a plumber, only to realize the clock on his unit was set to 1985. The poor thing thought it was still the Reagan era.