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BLOCK SALT SOFTENER
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Plumbing Regulations
This water softener should be installed in accordance
with
the
plumbing
available from your water softener dealer. Ask for.
Water pressure
The recommended operating pressure is between
1.5 and 6 bar (20 and 90psi), but the pressure should
not be below 1 bar (15psi) when water is flowing, or
exceed 8 bar (120psi). To check the water pressure you
need to connect a pressure gauge to the garden tap,
kitchen tap, or any other tap connected directly to the
Bypass valve
(normally closed)
Hard water
tee to outside
taps and hard
water taps
The diagram above shows how easy it is to install the Block Salt water softener.
regulations.
Copies
PLUMBING
Inlet valve
(normally open)
Check valve or
non-return valve
incorporating
backflow
prevention
to BS6282
Terminate at exterior
of the building as a
warning pipe
Rising main
stopcock
There are just four connections: mains water inlet, outlet, drain and overflow.
WRAS Information for Installation of Ion exchange
Water Softeners for Systems Supplying Water
are
for Domestic Purposes. June 2007 No 9-07-01.
mains water supply. Alternatively you may contact
the local water supplier who will tell you the water
pressure in your area. If the water pressure is above
6 bar we recommend installing a pressure limiting
valve which is available from your softener supplier.
Outlet valve
(normally open)
Drain connection
(connect drain to air gap)
Waste Pipe
Outlet
Inlet
Drain
Overflow
connection
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Summary of Contents for East Midlands Water Harveys Block Salt
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Page 1: Installation Instructions
BLOCK SALT SOFTENER INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Plumbing Regulations WRAS Information for Installation of Ion exchange This water softener should be installed in accordance Water Softeners for Systems Supplying Water with plumbing regulations. Copies for Domestic Purposes. June 2007 No 9-07-01. available from your water softener dealer. Ask for. Water pressure The recommended operating pressure is between mains water supply. - Page 2 DRAIN RISING MAIN INSTALL CHECK VALVE & BYPASS Before cutting the rising main, turn off the stopcock and open an upstairs tap that is fed from the roof storage tank. Run sufficient Cut the rising main and water so that the ball valve feeding the tank opens. Then turn on fit the three valves as the kitchen sink cold tap and let it run until it stops.
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Page 3: Drain Connection
WA R NI N G S AND ADVIC E Installation Position Dishwashers Where the water hardness is below 400ppm the softened Do not install the water softener When installing a water softener, drinking water is suitable for next to a boiler where it may be note should be taken of whether everybody. -
Page 4: Manual Regeneration
Setting the softener to work Manual regeneration. Close the outlet valve With the bypass and outlet valve closed, slowly open Before you regenerate the softener make sure the water the inlet valve to the level is above the platform in the salt compartment by softener.