Clean Water Systems Fleck 2510 Installation & Start?Up Manual

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Fleck 2510 Neutralizer Installation & Startup
Guide
For Neutralizers with Vortech Distributor Screen
Thank you for purchasing a Clean Water System! With proper installation and a little
routine maintenance your system will be providing neutral pH water for many years.
For best results, please review this start‐up guide entirely before beginning to install
your system and follow the steps outlined.
CALCITE MEDIA CONTAINS DUST. USE PAPER MASK AND VENTILATE TO AVOID
BREATHING DUST.
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  • Page 1 Clean Water Made Easy www.cleanwaterstore.com Fleck 2510 Neutralizer Installation & Startup Guide For Neutralizers with Vortech Distributor Screen Thank you for purchasing a Clean Water System! With proper installation and a little routine maintenance your system will be providing neutral pH water for many years.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Fig 6 – Stainless Steel Backwash Drain Flow Control (2.5 Cubic Foot Systems Only) ........8 Maintaining Your Neutralizer 2510 Filter System ....................9 How to Add Calcite Media to the Fleck 2510 Neutralizer Filter ................10 When to Use Calcite Blends ..........................10 How to Mix and Use Calcite Blends ........................
  • Page 3: Packing List

    Fleck 2510 Neutralizer Installation & Startup Guide Packing List  Fleck 2510 Backwash Control Valve + Pipe connector kit 1” + Top Basket  Neutralizer filter tank with Vortech distributor tube installed & Media funnel Plus the filter media as follows: For Calcite only types –...
  • Page 4: Pre-Installation

    1. See typical installation (see Fig 2). The system is installed after the pressure tank. 2. Make sure to connect the IN pipe to the Fleck 2510 inlet and the OUT pipe to the outlet (see Fig 2). As you face the Fleck 2510 control from the front, the water enters on the right and exits on the left.
  • Page 5: How Your Neutralizer Works

    7. The drain line tubing (not supplied) is connected to a drain from the drain outlet using flexible ½” ID tubing. Note that the drain can run up above the Fleck 2510 control and into a drain, it does not have to drain down as the filter backwashes under line pressure from your well pump.
  • Page 6: Fig 2 - Calcite Neutralizer Full Installation Diagram

    Fleck 2510 Neutralizer Installation & Startup Guide Fig 2 - Calcite Neutralizer Full Installation Diagram Page 5 www.cleanwaterstore.com Rev 062714...
  • Page 7: Assembly And Installation Instructions

    Assembly and Installation Instructions 1. By hand, unscrew the entire Fleck 2510 control valve from the top of the tank (if it was shipped screwed on). If not already done, make sure the blue cap is on top of distributor tube, or wrap the top of distributor tube with electrical or duct tape.
  • Page 8 11. Connect some flexible tubing from the drain connection on the Fleck 2510 control valve to a suitable drain such as a septic tank or sewer drain. It is OK to run the drain line up and over the Fleck 2510 Neutralizer filter up to 4 feet above the top of the tank.
  • Page 9: Fig 6 - Stainless Steel Backwash Drain Flow Control (2.5 Cubic Foot Systems Only)

    Fig 6 – Stainless Steel Backwash Drain Flow Control (2.5 Cubic Foot Systems Only) 13. Plug your Fleck 2510 control valve into an outlet. Your Neutralizer 2510 control valve is already pre- programmed. All you need to do is to set the time of day, and then set the number of days the Neutralizer filter will run before it backwashes and regenerates automatically.
  • Page 10: Maintaining Your Neutralizer 2510 Filter System

    Inlet Side of the bypass valve. Second slowly open the Outlet Side of the bypass until it is in the full service position. The Fleck 2510 bypass valve knobs are a little stiff, so you can use a screw driver placed in the holes to turn the knobs.
  • Page 11: How To Add Calcite Media To The Fleck 2510 Neutralizer Filter

    6. Put the top fill plug back in. You can lubricate the threads with some vegetable oil or silicone grease, but do not use Teflon tape or plumbing grease. 7. Plug the control valve back in and press the Extra Cycle button so the Fleck 2510 control is in a backwash cycle.
  • Page 12: How To Mix And Use Calcite Blends

    Fleck 2510 Neutralizer Installation & Startup Guide For most residential well applications, a 90% Calcite and 10% Corosex is best. However, in some cases an 80%/20% mix or even a 70%/30% is used. It is always better to start with a 90%/10% mix at first as this solves the majority of low pH problems in the range of 4.5 to 5.9.
  • Page 13: Neutralizers 2.5 Cubic Foot: Use 200 Lbs Calcite And 20 Lbs Corosex

    Fleck 2510 Neutralizer Installation & Startup Guide Neutralizers 2.5 Cubic Foot: use 200 lbs Calcite and 20 lbs Corosex Your new 2.5 Cubic Foot Neutralizer Blend filter includes:  Calcite 200 lbs (4 50-lb boxes) 2.2 cu ft  Corosex 20 lbs (2 10 lb boxes) .26 cu ft...
  • Page 14: Backwash Flow Rate

    You can verify the backwash flow rate by running the drain line into a bucket and timing it when the Fleck 2510 is in Cycle 1 or backwash.
  • Page 15: Master Programming

    Master Programming Perform a Master Reset: Unplug the Fleck 2510 from the electrical wall outlet. Hold the Extra Cycle button while plugging in and powering up the unit. This resets all of the parameters in the unit. Enter Master Programming Mode: Set the Time of Day display to 12:01 P.M. Press the Extra Cycle button to exit Setting Time of Day mode.
  • Page 16: Fleck 2510 Metered Flow Sensor Filter System Programming Guide

    Fleck 2510 Metered Flow Sensor Filter System Programming Guide This is for Fleck 2510 backwash filters that have are equipped with the optional built-in flow sensor only. There are two types of programming, standard USER PROGRAMMING, where you can set the time of day and gallons of water used and/or days between backwashes.
  • Page 17 Valve Type (Display code VT): Set to DF2b. This means it is set for standard Down-flow mode, similar to a water softener so that we can take advantage of the flow meter in this Fleck 2510 5-cycle valve, but we won’t be using all 5 cycles that the water softeners use. Press the Extra Cycle button to go to the next step.
  • Page 18 SV - Service (meaning it is in Service or filtering mode) no setting is needed for this. Press the Extra Cycle button Flow Meter Type (Display Code FM): Set to t1.2 (this is standard Fleck 2510 meter). Press the Extra Cycle button.

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