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CWS Plus Sediment Filter 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 neutral pH water for many years.
Your new system comes with a printed CWS Service manual, which along with this start-up
guide will help guide you in the installation and start-up of your new system. The CWS
service manual covers other types of systems as well such as water softeners and filters, so
there may be information in your CWS service manual that does not pertain to your
system. Please review this start-up guide entirely before beginning to install your system
and follow the steps outlined for best results.
SEDIMENT 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 CWS Plus Sediment Filter 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 neutral pH water for many years.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
How Your Sediment Filter Works ....................... 6 Fig 1: Sediment Filter Tank Water Flow....................7 Fig 2: Typical Sediment Filter CWS Plus piping installation ..............8 Assembly and Installation Instructions ....................10 Fig. 5: CWS Plus By-Pass and Pipe Connectors ................. 11 Troubleshooting the CWS Plus Sediment Filter .................. - Page 3 CWS Plus Sediment Filter Installation & Startup Guide Page 3 www.cleanwaterstore.com Rev 120215...
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Page 4: Packing List
Packing List Sediment Filter 1.0 cubic foot size Quantity 1 CWS Plus Backwash Control Valve w/ Bypass Assembly and Pipe connector kit (1”or ¾”) Quantity 1 10” x 44” filter tank with distributor tube Blue media funnel for adding the Sediment media 12lbs. -
Page 5: Pre-Installation
1. See typical installation on page 7 (Fig 2). The Sediment Filter is installed after the pressure tank. 2. Make sure to connect the IN pipe to the CWS Plus inlet and the OUT pipe to the outlet (see Fig 2). -
Page 6: How Your Sediment Filter Works
CWS Plus Sediment Filter Installation & Startup Guide 4. If you will be using copper piping, do not sweat the copper pipe directly on to the CWS Plus control valve. Avoid heating up the CWS Plus control valve plastic with the torch. -
Page 7: Fig 1: Sediment Filter Tank Water Flow
CWS Plus Sediment Filter Installation & Startup Guide Fig 1: Sediment Filter Tank Water Flow Chemsorb Media Filter distributor bottom screen (built-in to tank) Page 7 www.cleanwaterstore.com Rev 120215... -
Page 8: Fig 2: Typical Sediment Filter Cws Plus Piping Installation
CWS Plus Sediment Filter Installation & Startup Guide Fig 2: Typical Sediment Filter CWS Plus piping installation with ball valve and hose bib after the filter Page 8 www.cleanwaterstore.com Rev 120215... - Page 9 CWS Plus Sediment Filter Installation & Startup Guide Fig 3: CWS Plus from the rear showing the inlet (left) and outlet (right) end- connector fittings 1” or 1-1/4” NPT in Noryl plastic. Brass end-connectors are also available for connecting to copper tubing.
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Page 10: Assembly And Installation Instructions
7. See how the CWS Plus by-pass is connected in Fig. 5 on the next page. Note that Items 2 are the pipe connectors and the other end is what gets attached to the control valve. Items 3 are the red clips that hold the pipe connectors to the by-pass valve. - Page 11 It is OK to run the drain line up and over the CWS Plus Sediment Filter up to 4 feet above the top of the tank. If the drain line will be more than 20 feet, use larger diameter tubing such as ¾”...
- Page 12 CWS Plus Sediment Filter Installation & Startup Guide 14. Plug your CWS Plus control valve into an outlet. After being plugged in, the screen may display “WAITING PLEASE” while it finds the service position. By default, the control valve will be set to work like a Water Softener, but that’s not correct for this application.
- Page 13 We advise using a bathtub, laundry sink, or other fixture that does not have an aerator screen as any remaining residue may get caught in the screen. 22. Refer to your CWS Plus service manual for more information about how your control valve is programmed if desired.
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Page 14: Troubleshooting The Cws Plus Sediment Filter
Sediment filter. You can verify the backwash flow rate by running the drain line into a bucket and timing it when the CWS Plus is in Cycle 1 or backwash. A 1.0 or 1.5 cubic foot system should have 5 gallons per minute and a 2.5 cubic foot system should have 10 gallons per minute of backwash. - Page 15 CWS Plus Sediment Filter Installation & Startup Guide Any time that you are in the Backwash or Rapid Rinse position, you may need to unplug the power- this will hold the valve in its current position, so it doesn’t ‘time out’ and go to the next position. When you plug the valve back in, after a minute it will return to where it was when you unplugged it (i.e.
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