Operating and maintenance manual AG-CAB1035 Water softner Sivu 2/22 1. GENERAL INFORMATION ......................3 2. INSTALLATION ........................4 2.1 Location selection ....................4 2.2 Filling resin to pressure vessel ................5 2.3 Water line connections ..................5 2.4 Brine tank and tube connection ................6 3 GENERAL CONTROLLER INSTRUCTION ..................
Operating and maintenance manual AG-CAB1035 Water softner Sivu 3/22 1. GENERAL INFORMATION AG-CAB filter can be used for water softening and filtration of iron and manganese. Filters have fully automatic operation principle and only regular refill of salt is needed. More detailed technical information can be found from table 1.
Operating and maintenance manual AG-CAB1035 Water softner Sivu 4/22 2. INSTALLATION 2.1 Location selection Install the filter to even surface and dry place that is equipped with large enough drainage to handle the backwash water. Please note that the filter creates 700- 1300 litres of backwash water each time it regenerates.
Operating and maintenance manual AG-CAB1035 Water softner Sivu 5/22 2.2 Filling resin to pressure vessel Pressure vessel is filled with resin so that the threaded automatic valve is turned open. Diffusor tube is detached from valve and left in its place inside the vessel. Upper end of diffusor tube is sealed with suitable cap or tape and after that resin can be poured into the vessel.
Operating and maintenance manual AG-CAB1035 Water softner Sivu 6/22 2.4 Brine tank and tube connection Brine tank should be installed to even platform. Connect brine tanks suction tube (picture 3) to air checks regenerant line connection. Before starting the filter that all connections are well prepared, and tubes / piping have no places for leakage.
Operating and maintenance manual AG-CAB1035 Water softner Sivu 7/22 3 GENERAL CONTROLLER INSTRUCTION 3.1 Controller display Picture 5. Display icons Description of Symbols 1. Day of week when regeneration takes place 15. Time and date for regeneration when controller is in 2.
Operating and maintenance instructions AG-250/330 water softeners Sivu 8/22 3.2 Controller buttons Controller is operated with following buttons (picture 6). Picture 6. Controller buttons 1. DOWN arrow. Generally used to scroll down or increment through a group of choices. 2. SET. Used to accept a setting that normally becomes stored in memory. Also used together with the arrow buttons.
Operating and maintenance instructions AG-250/330 water softeners Sivu 9/22 4. PROGRAMMING CONTROLLER 4.1 Initial power-up/ Re-initialization (reset) When filter is installed to water supply the start-up can begin. However, do not open the inlet water valve yet. 1) Connect AC adapter to power source (picture 7). Make sure that the electric cord doesn’t tangle around the camshaft.
Operating and maintenance instructions AG-250/330 water softeners Sivu 10/22 Filter Valve type Resin volume AG-250 AG-330 AG-370 AG-410 AG-470 Table 2. Filters valve types and resin volumes 4.2 Default settings Use UP ( ) and DOWN ( ) buttons to increment through the available selections. Press SET ( ) button to accept selected value or type.
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Operating and maintenance instructions AG-250/330 water softeners Sivu 11/22 3) Set time of regeneration • Press DOWN • Choose time of regeneration • Press SET 4) Set days to regenerate OPTION 1 • Press DOWN • Set number of days between time-clock regeneration (regen frequency) •...
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Operating and maintenance instructions AG-250/330 water softeners Sivu 12/22 OPTION 2: Specific day of week regeneration: • Press DOWN • To change the controller to regenerate on specific days, set the number of days between regeneration to zero “0”. • Press the SET button and the display will show a flashing cursor at the top under Sunday. The day of week can be selected when the cursor is below it.
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Operating and maintenance instructions AG-250/330 water softeners Sivu 13/22 6) Set capacity • Press DOWN • Automatic valve will count filter capacity automatically by systems resin volume and salt amount. Don´t chance settings • Press SET StrongFlow Oy Tel. +358 20 730 1820 Domicile: Kaarina Ahokylänkatu 3 www.strongflow.fi...
Operating and maintenance instructions AG-250/330 water softeners Sivu 14/22 4.3 Additional settings (P9-P19) Additional settings (see table 3) are accessible by pressing and holding the UP and DOWN buttons until the control displays a “P” value. P-value Parameter descriptopm Units Notes Unit of measure 0=english, 1 =metric...
Operating and maintenance instructions AG-250/330 water softeners Sivu 15/22 4.4 Cycle time programming Automatic valve will select right regeneration cycle times automatically based on filters system size. Do not chance any settings. 4.4.1 Regeneration modes Below is described the regeneration cycles of automatic valve that is used in AG-CAB filters. C0 = Normal filtering stage (not shown) C1 = Regeneration back wash C2 = Suction of the brine...
Operating and maintenance instructions AG-250/330 water softeners Sivu 16/22 5. START-UP OF THE FILTER AND VALVE The actual start-up of filter can be made after filter is in place and controller is programmed. Please see the following instructions. 1. Remove the cover of valve. 2.
Operating and maintenance instructions AG-250/330 water softeners Sivu 17/22 6. MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING 6.1 Cleaning the automatic valve filter screen/net Within normal use it is enough if automatic valves filter screen/net is cleaned once or twice a year. Screen/net is located on the left side of the valve. 6.2 Changing the resin Please see following instruction for changing the filtering resin.
Operating and maintenance instructions AG-250/330 water softeners Sivu 18/22 6.3 Possible problems and causes Problem Possible cause Solution a. Uncontrolled brine refill flow rate a. Remove brine control to clean ball and seat b. Air leak in brine to air check b.
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