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INSTALL
GROUNDING
WIRE BETWEEN
COLD WATER
PIPE GROUND
14,
THE SOFTENER
IN AND OUT PIPES
The house cold water
pipe (iron or copper)
Ground
is often used to ground
all electric
outlets
in
W=re
the home. Outlets
are grounded
to protect you
Clamp12)_
from
shock when you touch any electric appli-
ance
plugged into the outlet.
If you didn't in-
stall a 3-valve bypass,
or a brass single bypass
valve (FIG. 12), the cold water
pipe ground
is
broken.
From
Valve
Outlet
&To
restore
the
ground,
take
the clamps
(2),
screws (2), nuts (2) and ground wire that were
in the small parts bag. Install across the iron
or copper in and out pipes as shown in FIG. 14.
Be sure good cbntact
is made
between
the
pipe and the clamps.
Fasten
the ground wire
tightly
between
the clamps.
, TO
Valve
Inlet
ELECTRIC
POWER
OUTLET
FOR YOUR
15. SOFTENER.
Your water softener
works on standard 120
volt, 60 Hz house electric
power. The plug on
the softener
cord is the 3 prong type (Fig. 16).
You must
plug it into a 3-hole
outlet.
If the
outlet you want to use, is not the 3-hole type,
have
an electrician
change
it. Be sure the
outlet
is always
"live"
so someone
can not
turn it off by mistake.
CHECKING
THE OUTLET
_
Outlet
UL Listed
Analyzer
,GROUNDING
THE OUTLET
You can use a grounding
adaptor
plug (FIG. 16)
until the outlet
is changed.
You can buy the
adaptors at most electrical
supply stores. Plug
• the adaptor
into a grounded
outlet only.
TO CHECK AN OUTLET FOR GOOD GROUND-
ING, use an Underwriters
Laboratory
(UL) ap-
proved circuit analyzer.
(FIG.
15) You can get
one at most
electrical
supply
stores,
and at
Sears.
When the analyzer
is plugged
into an
outlet,
it has lights to tell you if the outlet
is
grounded
or not. Use it to check
other outlets
in your home.
Grounding
lit=..._
°:
Adaptor
_
Plug
_P_r
i !_"
Bare Copper
Wire to Cold
Water
Pipe
WATER METER
JUMPER WIRE
&TO
GROUND
THE OUTLET,
run a length of 14
gauge copper wire from the outlet box (FIG. 16)
to a METAL COLD WATER
PIPE. Use a metal
clamp to fasten
the wire tightly
to the pipe.
IMPORTANT:
Be sure the cold water pipe has
direct metal to metal contact
all the way to the
ground.
Plastic,
rubber
or other
electrically
-- continued
on page 14--
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#4 Groundwire
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