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SECTION
3
CARE OF YOUR FILTER
3A.
CHANGING
THE POTASSIUM
PERMANGANATE
BO'I-rLE
HOW LONG
DOES A BOTTLE
OF POTASSIUM
PERMANGANATE
LAST?
How long a bottle lasts
depends on how often the filter regnerates and how
much potassium permanganate
is used (pages 8 and
9). You can use the chart below as a guide to tell you
about how long it will last.
HOW LONG THE POTASS!UM
PERMANGANTE
BOTTLE LASTS
No. of Recharges
Each Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Tube Set
at "A" Mark
9 months
4 1/2 months
3 months
9 weeks
7 weeks
6 weeks
5 weeks
Tube Set
At "B" Mark
18 months
9 months
6 months
4 1/2 months
3 1/2 months
3 months
2 1/2 months
lT IS IMPORTANT
that you change the bottle before
all the potassium permanganate
is gone.
If the filter
goes too long without a regeneration
with potassium
permanganate,
the filtering mineral will lose its man-
ganese coating and you can't replace it. New mineral
and the service call to change it are costly. You can
buy replacement
bottles from Sears, Stock No. 42-
34417.
WARNING:
HANDLE THE BOTTLE WITH CARE. POTASSIUM
PERMANGANATE
STAINS
DEEPLY.
DO NOT
GET
IT ON YOUR
CLOTHES
OR YOUR SKIN.
YOU
SHOULD
WEAR
OLD
CLOTHES
WHEN
CHANGING
THE BOTTLE.
PLEASE
READ THE
WARNINGS
PRINTED ON THE BOTTLE.
BULK POTASSIUM
PERMANGANATE
POWDER:
If purchased
and used in bulk form, DO NOT OVER-
FILLTHE
BOTTLE.
Fillwith only 61be. of powder (see
note below).
Too much powder will stop or restrict
solution
flow from the bottle.
Before filling, be sure to
thoroughly
clean the bottle.
STEPS TO CHANGE THE BOTTLE
6.
Shake the bottle to level the powder.
CHANGE THE BOTTLE WHILE THE FILTER IS IN
SERVICE
AND NOT WHILE
IN REGENERATION
(be sure RCHG is not flashing in timer display).
1.
Turn the used bottle out of the feeder valve. DO
NOT LOSE THE LARGE O-RING ON THE BOT-
TOM OF THE VALVE.
2.
Place the used bottle in a leak-proof
plastic bag
and discard
in a safe place
and manner
so
children
can not get to it.
3.
Remove the cover from the new bottle.
NOTE:
7.
Place the bottle onto the base.
Feeder Valve
The new bottle is only partly filled (about 6 Ibs.) with
potassium
permanganate
powder.
The empty part of
the bottle is needed so it can fill with water to dissolve
the powder.
m
Put a light coat of vaseline or silicone grease on
the valve
to bottle o-ring seat.
If not already
in
place, put the o-ring in the groove on the bottom
of the feeder valve.
5.
Turn the new bottle into the feeder valve until you
feel the o-ring touch the top lip of the bottle. Then
tighten another 1/8 tum. DO NOT OVER-TIGHTEN
SO THE O-RING WILL NOT SEAL.
14
READ WARNINGS
ON THE BOTTLE.
1
Turn Off
I
Used
Bottle
!
Turn On
New Bottle
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