Installation Of Your System Into Copper Or Metal Piping Systems; How Your Neutralizer Works - Clean Water Systems 5900e Installation & Start?Up Manual

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 5900e control and into a drain, it does
not have to drain down, as the filter backwashes under line pressure from your well pump. 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.
Installation of Your System Into Copper or Metal Piping Systems
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.
As a result any stray currents from improperly grounded appliances downstream or potential
galvanic activity in the plumbing system can no longer ground through the contiguous metal
plumbing.
Some homes may have been built in accordance with building codes, which encouraged the
grounding of electrical appliances through the plumbing system.
Consequently, the installation of a bypass consisting of the same material as the existing plumbing,
or a grounded "jumper wire" bridging the equipment and reestablishing the contiguous conductive
nature of the plumbing system must be installed prior to your systems use.
This is simple and easy step to take if you are installing your water treatment system into copper
piping. A simple ground jumper wire with a pipe clamp can be purchased at any Home Center, or
hardware store etc for a few dollars.
How Your Neutralizer Works
See Fig 1 on the right. In your Neutralizer, the water enters the top of
the tank (red arrows) and flows down through the media and up the
distributor tube (blue arrows). The downflow type Neutralizer raises
the pH of your water and can be backwashed, which cleans and re‐
classifies the Calcite, preventing channeling. During backwash the
flow of water is reversed and water flows down the distributor tube
and up through the media, lifting and expanding the Calcite media.
During the backwash the Calcite is cleaned by the action of the water
flowing through it.
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