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5900S Softener Installation & Start-Up Guide
Thank you for purchasing a Clean Water System! With proper
installation and a little routine maintenance your system will be
providing softened water for many years.
Please review this start‐up guide entirely before beginning to install
your system and follow the steps outlined for best results.
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- Page 1 Clean Water Made Easy www.cleanwaterstore.com 5900S Softener Installation & Start-Up Guide Thank you for purchasing a Clean Water System! With proper installation and a little routine maintenance your system will be providing softened water for many years. Please review this start‐up guide entirely before beginning to install your system and follow the steps outlined for best results.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
5900S Softener Installation & Startup Guide Table of Contents: Table of Contents: .................................. 2 Packing List for Different Size Softeners ..........................3 Pre-Installation ..................................4 Best Practices for Piping & Drain Installation ......................... 6 How Your Softener Works ..............................7 Installation Instructions ................................ -
Page 3: Packing List For Different Size Softeners
5900S Softener Installation & Startup Guide Packing List for Different Size Softeners Each order includes: 5900-S control valve and Top Screen, Bypass assembly with 1” connector yoke, Power supply (dual voltage 110-230V 50/60hz), Hose Barb Adaptor (5/8” OD), Drain Line Flow Control (DLFC), Media Funnel for adding resin to tank, Drain line tubing Softener 16K Grain 0.5 cubic foot size... -
Page 4: Pre-Installation
5900S Softener Installation & Startup Guide Pre-Installation 1. Your black filter tank base is not glued to the bottom of your tank. Occasionally tank bases will become crooked during shipment. If you find that that your tank does not sit level on the floor, you can easily adjust it by holding the empty tank and rapping it on a concrete or solid floor once or twice to level it. - Page 5 5900S Softener Installation & Startup Guide Page 5 www.cleanwaterstore.com Rev 071218...
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Page 6: Best Practices For Piping & Drain Installation
1. See typical installation diagrams on Page 5. 2. Make sure to connect the IN pipe to the 5900S inlet and the OUT to the outlet (see Fig 3). As you face the 5900S control from the front, the water enters on the right and exits on the left. -
Page 7: How Your Softener Works
5900S Softener Installation & Startup Guide How Your Softener Works Fig. 1: In the softener, water enters the top of the tank and flows down through the media and up the distributor tube. Hardness minerals are drawn to the resin beads in the softener where the hardness minerals are removed. -
Page 8: Installation Instructions
7. Add a small amount of silicone grease to the large O-ring on the bottom of the control valve and screw on 5900S control valve carefully. Do not use pipe-joint compound, vegetable oil, Teflon tape, or Vaseline or other petroleum greases to lubricate tank threads. -
Page 9: Assemble The By-Pass Valve
5. Note that the yoke is already attached to the bypass, it is not necessary to remove it. 6. Now install your water pipes to the 5900S yoke using a small amount of Teflon tape and Teflon pipe joint compound. Make sure inlet is installed to the 'In"... -
Page 10: Assemble The Drain Line Flow Control Hose Barb
Connect some flexible tubing from the drain connection on the 5900S control valve to a suitable drain such as a septic tank or drain to a sewer using an appropriate air-gap. That is, do not connect drain tubing directly to drain, use at least 1 -2”... -
Page 11: Brine Tank Set Up
5900S Softener Installation & Startup Guide Brine Tank Set Up 1. Add approximately 5 gallons of water to the brine tank, and then fill the brine tank with salt, add just one bag until after you have done the initial regeneration, then you can fill the brine tank about 2/3 full of salt, which will generally be enough for several months. -
Page 12: Program Your Softener Control
5900S Softener Installation & Startup Guide Program Your Softener Control Enter main menu by pressing the Menu/Enter button (Time of day will flash) Set current time of day by pressing the Set / Change button (the first digit will begin to flash) -
Page 13: How To Enter Master Programming Mode
5900S Softener Installation & Startup Guide How to Enter Master Programming Mode To enter Master Programming Mode press and hold both buttons for 5 seconds. 1. Regeneration Time (r) Press the Menu/Enter Button. The next display viewed is the option setting for Regeneration Time. - Page 14 5900S Softener Installation & Startup Guide Set each step according to the values below, appropriate for a softener: 1 8 minutes. This is the Backwash cycle. [ 1 - 8 ] 2 60 minutes. This is the Brine Draw cycle. [ 2 - 60 ] 3 6 minutes.
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Page 15: Exiting The Master Programming Mode
5900S Softener Installation & Startup Guide Exiting the Master Programming Mode Press the Menu/Enter Button until all steps have been viewed. The Program Mode will be exited and normal operation resumed. If no buttons are pressed for 60 seconds or longer in Master Programming Mode it will be exited automatically. -
Page 16: Normal Operation & Maintenance
5900S Softener Installation & Startup Guide Normal Operation & Maintenance Normal display alternates between time of day and days until regeneration. Days remaining until the next regeneration will count down from the regeneration day override value to 1 day remaining. Once the count reaches 1, a regeneration cycle will be initiated at the next designated regeneration time. -
Page 17: Installing On Systems With Copper Piping
5900S Softener Installation & Startup Guide Installing on Systems with Copper Piping If your new filter system is to be installed in a metal (conductive) plumbing system, i.e. copper or galvanized steel pipe, the plastic components of the system will interrupt the electrical continuity of the plumbing system. -
Page 18: Troubleshooting Guide
5900S Softener Installation & Startup Guide Troubleshooting Guide Page 18 www.cleanwaterstore.com Rev 071218... - Page 19 5900S Softener Installation & Startup Guide Page 19 www.cleanwaterstore.com Rev 071218...
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Page 20: Brine Solution Not Being Sucked In During Regeneration
You can verify the backwash flow rate by running the drain line into a bucket and timing it when the 5900S is in Cycle 1 or backwash. A 1.0 or 1.5 cubic foot system should have 2.0 gallons per minute and a 2.5 cubic foot system should have 4.0 gallons per minute of backwash. -
Page 21: Error Codes
5900S Softener Installation & Startup Guide System Not Programmed Correctly In some cases, the 5900S may not be programmed correctly. Review the programming instructions earlier in this guide. Brine Tank Not Filling with Enough Water Sometimes if the brine tank is not filling adequately, it is possible that the float assembly in the tank is set too low. - Page 22 5900S Softener Installation & Startup Guide Page 22 www.cleanwaterstore.com Rev 071218...
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