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Kinetico K5 Manual

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System Components

Cartridge Ports ............................................................................... 3 - 5
Prefilter (Qty.)
Chlorinated Feed Water ............ (1) Activated Carbon Fiber Element
Chloraminated Feed Water ............................ (1) Chloramine Guard
Non-chlorinated Feed Water ........................... (1) 5 Micron Sediment
Membrane Housing (Qty.) .......... (1) Quick Connect, Engineered Plastic
Membrane (Qty.) ............................................. (1) Thin Film Composite
Membrane Size ......................................... 75 gpd - 1.7" x 11.0" (9.5 ft
Auxiliary #1 or #2 .................................. Purefecta Virus/Bacteria Guard
Auxiliary #1 or #2 ................................................................ VOC Guard
Auxiliary #1 or #2 ............................................................ Arsenic Guard
Auxiliary #1 or #2 ..................................................... Perchlorate Guard
Auxiliary #1 or #2 ..................................................... Chloramine Guard
Auxiliary #1 or #2 ............................................................... Mineral Plus
Postfilter (Qty.) ............................................ (1) Activated Carbon Block
Permeate Flush ........................................ Permeate Reservoir, 200 mL
Array Configuration ..................................................................... Single
System Shutoff Control .......................................... Hydraulic Controller
System Shutdown ................................ 500 gallons, Permeate Metered
System Controller................................................... Hydraulic Controller
Manifold ...................................................................................... Plastic
Cabinet ....................................................................................... Plastic

Inlet Water Quality

Pressure .............................................. 35 – 125 psi Dynamic Pressure
Temperature Range ............................................................ 35 – 100
pH Range ...............................................................................3 – 11 SU
Free Chlorine Cl
(Max.)
2
with Carbon Pre-filter............................................................4.0 mg/L
with Sediment Pre-filter ......................................................0.00 mg/L
Hardness as CaCO
(Max.) .................................... <10 gpg (170 mg/L)
3
Silica (Max.) ...........................................................................10.0 mg/L
Iron (Max.) ...........................................................................<0.01 mg/L
Total Dissolved Solids, TDS (Max.) ....................................<3,000 mg/L
Note: TDS levels above 1,500 mg/L must have greater than 50 PSI

Operating Specs

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Daily Production (77
F, 500 mg/L Feed Water)
Water on Water Tank ................................................... 50.1 gallons/day
Air Charge Tank ........................................................... 34.6 gallons/day
Recovery
Water on Water Tank .................................................................. 38.8%
Air Charge Tank .......................................................................... 36.1%
Reject Rate (NaCl / CaCO
)
3
Water on Water Tank ..................................................................... 96%
Air Charge Tank .......................................................................... 92.3%
Normal Operating Pressure .......................................................... 60 psi
Dimensions (Width x Depth x Height) .......................... 5.9" x 15.5" x 19"
Weight (Operating / Shipping) ................................................ 15 / 8 lbs.

Connections

Inlet ........................................................................................ 3/8" Tube
Permeate ............................................................................... 3/8" Tube
Drain Connection ................................................................... 3/8" Tube
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Everclean
Rinse ...................................................................... Internal
Power ........................................................................................... None
Revised: 09/2016
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I am not sure how to change cartridges on my K5 system. also when do I need to change the green filter?

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  • Page 1 K5 Drinking Water Station System Components Cartridge Ports ................3 - 5 Prefilter (Qty.) Chlorinated Feed Water .... (1) Activated Carbon Fiber Element Chloraminated Feed Water ......(1) Chloramine Guard Non-chlorinated Feed Water ......(1) 5 Micron Sediment Membrane Housing (Qty.) ..(1) Quick Connect, Engineered Plastic Membrane (Qty.) ..........
  • Page 2 3/8” Tubing – 100 Feet ..................1890 Faucet Air Gap Kit ..................... 12961A Softener Elbow with RO Feed Connection ............11848 Faucet Conversion Kit – Old Style to K5 .............. 12962 K5 Service Kit ....................14341B K5 Flow Suppressor .................... 13477 Faucet NAG Kit ....................
  • Page 3 K5 Drinking Water Station K5 Ice Maker Kit The K-5 Ice Maker Kit is used in conjunction with the K5 to eliminate partial ice cubes when there is inadequate ice cube production at the refrigerator. N ote: Fittings seal on rubber washers.
  • Page 4 The Kinetico K5 Drinking Water Station offers exclusive seven-stage protection to ensure you’re always getting good, clean water. The K5 Drinking Water Station reduces the heavy metals, chemicals, minerals, and objectionable tastes and odors that may be in your water. We even offer a cartridge that adds valuable minerals to your treated drinking water.
  • Page 5 Unlike all other storage tanks available, the “water on water” tank with QuickFlo technology uses your home’s water pressure to deliver Kinetico Water from your storage tank to your drinking water faucet. Since the storage tank uses your home’s water pressure rather than a pressurized air charge, you’ll have a steady, consistent flow of water from your tap, even if...
  • Page 6 Independent Laboratory Certification 9. Exclusive Designer Faucet. Lead-free, stylish design The K5 Drinking Water Station is Tested and available in a variety of finishes. Certified by WQA against NSF/ANSI Standards 42, 53, 58, 372 and CSA Standard B483.1-Drinking 10.
  • Page 7 Choose your configuration The K5 is fully customizable in order to meet the needs of virtually any home. It also comes pre-configured in the four packages listed below. Each package is designed to address a specific set of filtration needs.
  • Page 8 K5 Drinking Water Station Operation Pre-Production Mode Starting with an empty product water reservoir (inside WOW tank bladder), feed water comes in through first tube port (blue collet) on the right. Water passes through pre-filter, then up through the cartridge center tube. The water is split into two paths at this point.
  • Page 9 K5 Drinking Water Station Production Mode Reject Feed water is split into permeate and reject by the RO membrane. Reject exits the membrane cartridge via the outer port and flows to an area under the reject flow control. Reject water flows upward through the flow control screen and orifice, through the drain path and reject exits the system manifold via the port with the red collet.
  • Page 10 K5 Drinking Water Station the outside of the WOW tank bladder pressurizing the outer chamber and forces permeate water through the postfilter and out to the faucet. The force of water delivered to the tap is directly proportional to the supply pressure, unlike air charge storage systems. A small amount of drive water is vented to drain through the reject flow control during delivery.
  • Page 11 K5 Drinking Water Station Section 1: K5 Installation Instructions 2. Install ⅜” Water Supply (choose A, B or C) 1. Unit Placement A. Softener to B. Under sink to C. Cold water bracket – blue collet blue collet pipe run to...
  • Page 12 K5 Drinking Water Station 8. Non-Air Gap Faucet Connections 7. Non-Air Gap Faucet Installation faucet rubber gasket mounting washer washer lock washer ⅜” quick connect from white collet 10. Water On Water (WOW) Tank Installation 9. Faucet Connection to Unit For Air charge tank installation, skip to Step 11.
  • Page 13 K5 Drinking Water Station 12. Drain Installation (choose option A or B) from red collet Reducing hose barb ⅜” tube to ¼” tube. to drain pipe to A or B air gap Note: All drain lines per local plumbing codes.
  • Page 14 K5 Drinking Water Station Section 2: Sanitization Procedure for K5 WOW Install – Chlorine Dioxide Note: The following steps should be taken immediately after installation; no water should be in the unit. Safety glasses and rubber/latex gloves must be worn during sanitization.
  • Page 15 K5 Drinking Water Station 11. Remove cartridge plug 12. Add cleaning agent 13. Install RO membrane Pour one package of cleaning agent into WARNING: Handle plug with care dry cartridge plug – install plug into when removing. May contain cartridge prefilter position.
  • Page 16 K5 Drinking Water Station Section 3: Sanitization Procedure for K5 Air Charge Install - Chlorine Dioxide Note: The following steps should be taken immediately after installation; no water should be in the unit. Safety glasses and rubber/latex gloves must be worn during sanitization.
  • Page 17 K5 Drinking Water Station 11. Remove cartridge plug 12. Pour one package of 13. Install RO membrane cleaning agent into dry cartridge – install plug into cartridge prefilter position. WARNING: handle plug with care when Cleaning Agent chlorine dioxide tablet removing.
  • Page 18 K5 Drinking Water Station 21. Remove ⅜” line and 22. Discard water in bucket 23. Close faucet replace plug in yellow port plug inserted into port 25. Open faucet – watch out 24. Open tank ball valve 26. Wait for flow to drop off.
  • Page 19 K5 Drinking Water Station Section 4: Sanitization Procedure for K5 WOW Install – Household Bleach (unscented) – uses Sanitization Kit Part No. 9392A Note: The following steps should be taken immediately after installation; no water should be in the unit.
  • Page 20 K5 Drinking Water Station 11. Remove sanitization 12. Add 5 mL unscented 13. Install RO cartridge bleach to a sanitization cartridge that is half full of clean water. WARNING: Handle cartridge with care when removing. May contain chemical solution. prefilter position 14.
  • Page 21 K5 Drinking Water Station Section 5: Sanitization Procedure for K5 Air Charge Install – Household Bleach (unscented) – uses Sanitization Kit Part No. 9392A Note: The following steps should be taken immediately after installation; no water should be in the unit.
  • Page 22 K5 Drinking Water Station 11. Remove cartridge 12. Add 5 mL unscented Install RO bleach to a sanitization cartridge that is half full of clean water WARNING: Handle cartridge with care when removing. May contain chemical solution. prefilter position 14. Remove ⅜” plug from 15.
  • Page 23 K5 Drinking Water Station 21. Discard water in bucket 22. Close faucet 23. Open tank ball valve 24. Open faucet – watch out for spray 25. Wait for flow to drop off. Close feed and allow system to depressurize. Leave faucet open 26.
  • Page 24 K5 Drinking Water Station Section 6: Sanitization Procedure for K5 Air Charge Install – Microbiological Purifier – Chlorine Dioxide Note: The following steps should be taken immediately after installation; no water should be in the unit. Safety glasses and rubber/latex gloves must be worn during sanitization.
  • Page 25 K5 Drinking Water Station 13. Slowly open the supply 14. Close storage tank valve 15. Slowly crack open faucet valve and allow the storage tank to fill. This will take approximately four minutes. WARNING: Do not open faucet all the way. Air, water and chemical solution will spray out forcefully.
  • Page 26 K5 Drinking Water Station 22. Slowly pour remaining 23. Slowly open the supply 24. When solution starts solution in the center of the valve flowing from the faucet, prefilter cartridge and close the supply valve install in the prefilter position 25.
  • Page 27 K5 Drinking Water Station Cartridge Change Sanitation Procedures Sanitization Procedure for K5 WOW – Chlorine Dioxide 1. Close feed. Open faucet to 3. Attach anti-spray line and depressurize system. close faucet. anti-spray line 6. Open faucet to empty Open feed.
  • Page 28 K5 Drinking Water Station 14. Disconnect drive line from yellow port on 13. Pour one package of cleaning agent into dry cartridge plug – install plug into manifold. cartridge prefilter position. Place line into a 5 Cleaning Agent: chlorine dioxide tablet...
  • Page 29 K5 Drinking Water Station 22. Remove cartridge plug. 23. Pour one package of cleaning agent into dry cartridge plug – install plug into cartridge prefilter position. Cleaning Agent: chlorine dioxide tablet WARNING: Handle plug with care when (crush tablet while still in packet) or granules removing.
  • Page 30 K5 Drinking Water Station Sanitization Procedure for K5 Air Charge – Chlorine Dioxide 1. Close feed / close tank Open faucet to 3. Attach anti-spray line and valve. depressurize system. close faucet. anti-spray line 6. Open faucet to empty 4. Remove postfilter and Open tank ball valve.
  • Page 31 K5 Drinking Water Station 12. Wait 4 minutes 13. Close feed. 14. Close tank valve Note: You may hear a buzzing sound from the unit. This is normal for start-up. 17. Remove cartridge plug. 16. Leave faucet open. 15. Slowly open faucet to depressurize the system.
  • Page 32 K5 Drinking Water Station 22. Wait 2 minutes. 23. Turn jack screw completely. 24. Fill bucket. Hold onto line while bucket fills. (counterclockwise) Warning: Do not overflow. 27. Remove ⅜” line and replace 26. Turn jack screw 25. Close feed.
  • Page 33 K5 Drinking Water Station Sanitization Procedure for K5 WOW – Household Bleach (unscented) 1. Close feed. Open faucet to 3. Attach anti-spray line and depressurize system. close faucet. anti-spray line 6. Open faucet to empty 4. Remove postfilter and Open feed.
  • Page 34 K5 Drinking Water Station 14. Disconnect drive line from yellow port on 13. Add 5 mL unscented bleach to a sanitization cartridge that is half full of manifold. clean water.. Place line into a 5 gallon bucket install ⅜” plug in...
  • Page 35 K5 Drinking Water Station 22. Remove sanitization 23. Add 5 mL unscented bleach to a sanitization cartridge that cartridge. is half full of clean water. WARNING: Handle plug with care when removing. Install in prefilter position. May contain chemical solution.
  • Page 36 K5 Drinking Water Station Sanitization Procedure for K5 Air Charge – Household Bleach (unscented) 1. Close feed / close tank Open faucet to 3. Attach anti-spray line and valve. depressurize system. close faucet. anti-spray line 6. Open faucet to empty Open tank ball valve.
  • Page 37 K5 Drinking Water Station 12. Close feed. 13. Close tank valve. 11. Wait 4 Minutes. Note: You may hear a buzzing sound from the unit. This is normal for start-up. 15. Leave faucet open. 14. Slowly open faucet to depressurize the system.
  • Page 38 K5 Drinking Water Station 20. Turn jack screw completely. 21. Slowly open feed valve. 22. Fill Bucket. Hold onto line while bucket fills. (counterclockwise) Warning: Do not overflow. 25. Remove ⅜” line and replace 24. Turn jack screw completely 23. Close feed.
  • Page 39 K5 Drinking Water Station Sanitization Procedure for K5 Air Charge – Microbiological Purifier Chlorine - Dioxide 1. Crush one tablet of cleaning agent and add 2. Close the cold water supply valve. to 4 oz. of hard or soft water.
  • Page 40 K5 Drinking Water Station 9. Once flow has stopped at the faucet, close faucet but leave the storage tank valve open. 11. Turn jack screw completely 10. Remove old prefilter (counterclockwise). 12. Remove cartridge plug from auxiliary position where the Purefecta virus filter cartridge was, empty any water, crush one tablet of cleaning agent, add to plug and reinstall in the Auxiliary position.
  • Page 41 K5 Drinking Water Station 15. Turn jack screw completely (clockwise). 16. Slowly open the supply valve and allow the storage tank to fill. (This will take approximately four minutes and you may hear buzzing during this step. This is normal.) Note: Do not over tighten.
  • Page 42 K5 Drinking Water Station 22. Pour excess water from RO cartridge, then add 15 mL of solution to the center of the RO cartridge and install in the RO position. 23. Remove the white star-shaped insert from the 24. Carefully add 10 mL of pre-dissolved...
  • Page 43 K5 Drinking Water Station 29. Open storage tank valve and drain tank 30. Open supply valve. fully. 31. Close faucet and remove anti-spray line. 32. Inform customers to dump first two tanks of water. Drinking Water Systems Revised: 09/2016 Section 7...
  • Page 44 K5 Drinking Water Station Approximate K5 Delivery Flow Rate Chart Drinking Water Systems Section 7 Revised: 09/2016 Page 44...
  • Page 45 K5 Drinking Water Station Dwg. No. Description Part No. Manifold Assembly, K5 Tested, w/Cover 13962 Drinking Water Systems Revised: 09/2016 Section 7 Page 45...
  • Page 46 Hand tighten all MAC cap screws. Torque to 20 – 25 inch lbs. Dwg. No. Description Part No. Screw, MAC Cap 12743 Cap, Drilled, K5 RO Side 12755F Air Charge Valve Assembly 13886 O-ring 008 9323 Drinking Water Systems Section 7...
  • Page 47 K5 Drinking Water Station Dwg. No. Description Part No. Screw, MAC Cap 12743 Flush Accumulator Assembly 12753 Reject Flow Control with O-ring & Screen 12791A Cap, Check Valve – Small 12789 Check Valve 10 mm 12713A Cap, Check Valve – Large...
  • Page 48 K5 Drinking Water Station Dwg. No. Description Part No. Cabinet Cover K5 12718C Cabinet Panel K5 12717A Cabinet Base K5 12716 Cartridge Plug with O-rings 12795B Drinking Water Systems Section 7 Revised: 09/2016 Page 48...
  • Page 49 K5 Drinking Water Station Dwg. Part Description Tank Head, K5 Welded Assembly 13182 O-ring, Base 8925 Bearing, Bladder Retainer Nut 9404 Nut, Bladder Retaining 9403 Felt Pad 9759 Bladder 9408B Tank Only – 8” WOW 11716 Drinking Water Systems Revised: 09/2016...
  • Page 50 K5 Drinking Water Station Part No. 12939 Description Part No. Tap Escutcheon Non-airgap Taps: Tap, Decorative, Classic Chrome 12725 11621 Tap, Decorative, Satin Nickel 12770 11623 12765 11627 Tap, Decorative, Arctic White Tap, Decorative, Light Biscuit 12768 11626 Tap, Decorative, Black Licorice...
  • Page 51 K5 Drinking Water Station Combination Faucet - Dual Spout Drinking Water Systems Revised: 09/2016 Section 7 Page 51...
  • Page 52 K5 Drinking Water Station Part No. Description Color Code 9461A Cartridge, High Capacity Purple Decal Carbon/Sediment Prefilter 9309A Cartridge, Sediment Prefilter Yellow Decal 11781A Cartridge, Arsenic Guard Black Decal 9307A Cartridge, VOC Guard Blue Decal 12752A Cartridge, K5 Reverse Green Decal...
  • Page 53 K5 Drinking Water Station K5 Trouble Shooting Guide - Quick Start Parameter Guide 1.) Check tubing connections to ensure correct installation set up. 2.) Check to ensure collet colors are in the correct configuration. 3.) Check to ensure jack screw is in the "up" position unless an air charge tank is being used.
  • Page 54 K5 Drinking Water Station Drinking Water Systems Section 7 Revised: 09/2016 Page 54...
  • Page 55 K5 Drinking Water Station Drinking Water Systems Revised: 09/2016 Section 7 Page 55...
  • Page 56 K5 Drinking Water Station Drinking Water Systems Section 7 Revised: 09/2016 Page 56...
  • Page 57 K5 Drinking Water Station Drinking Water Systems Revised: 09/2016 Section 7 Page 57...
  • Page 58 K5 Drinking Water Station Drinking Water Systems Section 7 Revised: 09/2016 Page 58...
  • Page 59 K5 Drinking Water Station. If you must use a faucet that is not K5 compatible, Kinetico has designed a flow suppressor which will limit the K5 flow to the faucet and eliminate the pulsing and noise. The flow suppressor can be purchased in packs of 25 under part number P13477.
  • Page 60 K5 Drinking Water Station Service Notes Drinking Water Systems Section 7 Revised: 09/2016 Page 60...

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