Where To Install The Softener; Tools And Materials Required For Installation - GE GXSF18G Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions

Installation instructions.
Plan How You Will Install the Softener
You must first decide how to mm in and out
pipes to the softener. I,ook at the house
main water pipe at the point where you will
connect the soiiener. Is the pipe soldered
coppe_; glued plastic or threaded galwmized?
What is the pipe size?
.4,WARNING:Use ..l, le,,d.,ee
solder and flux to prevent lead poisoning.
See Yypical Installation Illustration, Fig. 1. Use
this as a guide when planning yore" particular
installation.
Be sure to direct the incoming hard
water supply to the softener valve inlet fitting.
The valve is marked
IN and OUT See illustration
on page 5 to help you prepare.
Where to Install the Softener
::Ji:: Place the sottener as close as possible to a
sewer drain, or other acceptable drain point
or standpipe.
::Ji:: It is recommended to kee I) outside thucets
on hard water to save sott water and salt.
_: Do not install the softener in a place where it
could fi'eeze. Freeze damage is not covered by
the warranty.
_: Do not install the softener where it would
block access to the water heater or access to
the main water shutott.
Put the softener in a place where water
damage is least likely to occur if a leak
develops. The manufacturer will not repair
or pay for water damage.
_: A 120 volt electric outlet is needed to plug
in the included transtormer. The sottener
has a 10 toot power cable. If the outlet is
remote (up to 100 filet), use 18 gauge wire
to connect. Be sure the electric outlet and
transformer are in an inside location, to protect
from wet weather. Be sure the outlet is
unswit('hed to prevent accidental shutolt.
_: If installing in an outside location, you must
take the steps necessary to assure the sotiene_;
installation plumbing, wiring, etc., are as
well protecmd ti'om the elements (stmlight,
rain, wind, heat, cold), contamination,
wmdalism, etc., as when installed indoors.
Outdoor installation is not recommended and
voids the warranty.
_: Keep the softener out of direct sunlight.
The sun's heat may distort non-metallic
parts and may damage the electronics.
Tools and Materials Required for Installation
_: In and out fittings included with the softener
are 3/4" (nominal) Col)per sweat tubes.
You should maintain the same, or larger,
pipe size as the water supply pipe, up to the
sottener inlet and outlet.
Use the included bypass wdve to install the
sottener. The bypass valve allows you to mrn
off water to the sottener fin" servicing, but
still have water in the house pipes. The in
and out fittings referred to above connect to
the bypass valve with the included nuts and
wash ers.
::Ji:: Use coppex; brass or galwmized pipe and
fittings. Some codes may also allow CPVC
plastic pipes.
If additi(mal drain hose is needed tot wove
and salt tank drains, it can be ordered from
GE Parts at 800.626.2002.
::Ji:: If a rigid wdve drain is needed to comply
with plmnbing codes, you can buy the parts
needed to connect a 1/2" copper tubing or
plastic pipe drain.
::Ji:: Clean nugget or pellet water sottener salt is
needed to fill the brine tank, see Step 8 in
the Step-by-Step Installation Instructions.
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