Commissioning; Water Filling, Draining And Waterproofness Inspection; Start Up Procedure - Pentair AUTOTROL 368 Installer Manual

Installer manual Autotrol 368 (604-606) - Commissioning
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Commissioning

Info
This chapter is available for standard regeneration flows. Contact your supplier if the
actual regeneration is not standard and if you need assistance.
7.1

Water filling, draining and waterproofness inspection

7.1.1

Start up procedure

1. With the bypass still in Bypass position (inlet and outlet of the valve closed), plug in the
600 series controller to the power source.
2. Proceed to programming according to your system specification if not done yet. See
Programming [ →
3. Start a manual regeneration by pressing
[ → Page 41]).
The camshaft will turn into backwash position. Once in this position, unplug the controller
from the power source.
4. With the outlet manual valve still closed, slowly open the inlet manual valve and the bypass.If
you do not have manual inlet/outlet valve but only a bypass, open the nearest faucet close to
the system, then slowly open the bypass valve.
The valve and tank will slowly get filled with raw water, allowing air to be purged by the drain
and/or by the open faucet next to the system. Open the inlet progressively until fully open
position.
5. Once the drain runs clear and the inlet manual valve fully open, plug in again the controller to
the power source.
6. Press on and on
position. Leave the valve 1 minute in each positions and move to the next one, until C7 is
displayed. When C7 is displayed, let the valve run the entire cycle and check the level of water
in the brine tank or cabinet. The level of water in the brine tank should be about 5 cm above
the salt platform. You may want to mark the level on the brine tank as this can be used as an
indicator for the future lifetime of the softener.
7. Once C7 is completed, the valve will automatically go back into service position. Start again a
manual regeneration by pressing for 3 seconds on
The valve will move to backwash position.
8. Press on and
tank if the water level decrease.
9. Once the draw function is observed and confirmed (level of water in the brine tank or cabinet
has decreased), you may go through each cycle by pushing on
water come back to the "full" level, and then push on
into service position.
10. Slowly open the outlet manual valve, and close the bypass manual valve. The system is now in
service.
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together once to move the camshaft to the next regeneration cycle
on together once to move to brine draw position. Check to see in the brine
for 3 seconds (see Manual regeneration
(see Manual regeneration [
and
and on
Ref. MKT-IM-007 / D - 09.10.2020
→ Page 41]).
until C7 cycle. Let the
so that the valve returns