Best Practices For Piping & Drain Installation - Clean Water Systems 5900-BT Neutralizer Operation & Maintenance Manual

5900S Neutralizer Operation & Maintenance Manual
Best Practices for Piping & Drain Installation
1. See typical installation diagram (Fig 3 on next page). In well water applications, the
neutralizer filter must be installed after the pressure tank.
2. Make sure to connect the IN pipe to the 5900‐BT inlet and the OUT pipe to the outlet. As
you face the 5900‐BT control from the front, the water enters on the right and exits on the
left. From the back (see Fig 3) the water enters on the left. The inlet and outlet are
attached to the bypass valve, which is marked with arrows as well.
3. Make sure there is a working gate or ball valve before the Neutralizer Filter and also one
after as shown in Fig 3. The pressure gauges are optional and perhaps not necessary but a
hose bib (which is a faucet that you can attach a garden hose to) is strongly recommended
after the Neutralizer Filter and before the second ball valve. This makes it easy to rinse
your Neutralizer Filter on start‐up and gives you a place to test the water before the house
pipes.
4. If you will be using copper piping, do not sweat the copper pipe directly on to the 5900‐BT
control valve. Avoid heating up the 5900‐BT control valve plastic with the torch.
5. You do not need unions to install your 5900‐BT control valve. If you need to remove it, the
5900‐BT has quick‐release couplings that make it easy to put the Sediment filter on by‐pass
and remove the filter system from the piping.
6. The drain line tubing (not supplied) is connected to a drain from the drain outlet using
flexible 5/8" ID tubing. The drain can run up above the control head and out to a drain.
Most plumbing codes require an air‐gap connection, so that if your sewer or septic tank
backs up, it cannot cross connect with the drain tubing (if running tubing into the washing
machine drain pipe, for example).
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