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WATER SOFTENER
Installation &
Operating Manual

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  • Page 1 WATER SOFTENER Installation & Operating Manual...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    INDEX SPECIFICATIONS 2. INSTALLATION 2.1 Location 2.2 Installation by bypass 2.3 Startup 2.4 Drain Line Connection 2.5 Brine Tank Rell 3. OPERATION 3.1 Service 3.2 Backwash 3.3 Brine Draw 3.4 Slow Rinse 3.5 Rapid Rinse 3.6 Brine Tank Rell 3.7 Control Valve Timer Setting 4.
  • Page 4: Specifications

    1. SPECIFICATIONS The Dayliff SF range of water softeners are ion exchange type softeners for the removal of hardness in water. The units have been carefully designed to provide the highest levels of performance for all types of domestic, industrial and institutional applications.
  • Page 5 The combination of quality components, integrated design and assured Dayliff quality ensures efficient and dependable softeners that can be relied upon to give many years of trouble free operation SOFTENER SIZING Softeners are rated by their exchange capacity, which is the quantity of Calcium that is removable between regenerations and is determined by the resin performance and specified in gms CaCO .
  • Page 6: Installation

    Tank Dimensions (mm) Weights (kg) Service Tank Valve Model Sizes (”) Volume Capacity Flow Diameter Height Nett Gross Volume SF 200H 1,350 100L Autotrol 368 SF 240H 3,000 200L Autotrol 368 1,370 SF 300 3,750 300L Autotrol 255 1,450 SF 400H...
  • Page 7: Installation By Bypass

    The Dayliff SF water softener has been designed such that the resin tank is to be installed next to the brine tank. This provides a simple and easy to install equipment with no extra pipework required for the brine suction.
  • Page 8: Drain Line Connection

    5. Slowly open the inlet and outlet valves and let the unit fill up with water. This will take a few minutes. Once the sound of running water has stopped and the softener is full, close the bypass valve. 6. Add appropriate number of salt to the brine tank, and carefully add water as per equipment specification table.
  • Page 9: Backwash

    For total hardness of 300ppm, the service flow for this softener has been set to 20 hours before regeneration at a flow rate of equipment specification table Any continuous operation above 22m /hr may result in channeling, bed compaction, and hardness leakage. WARNING 3.2 Backwash This is the first step of the regeneration process, in which water flows upwards...
  • Page 10: Control Valve Timer Setting

    3.7 Control Valve Timer Settings The valve is supplied with factory-set timer intervals. Qualified technical staff may only carry out any changes to these settings. 4. MAINTENANCE 4.1 General A softener should be kept regenerated at all times to avoid hard water Ÿ...
  • Page 11: Maintenance Checks

    4.4 Maintenance Checks Daily Check the operation of the automatic control valve to ensure that it's Ÿ continuously in operation. Check the system gate valves and ensure they are all open. Ÿ Check the brine tank to ensure availability of enough brine. Ÿ...
  • Page 12 PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION Check salt usage and salt settings Improper salt settings Unit uses too much Excessive water in brine Add salt to brine tank and maintain salt salt tank level above water level Iron build up in line to Clean line to water conditioner water conditioner Clean control and add mineral bed.
  • Page 13 PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION Drain line flow control Clean injector and replace screen plugged Injector is blocked Clean injector Injector screen is plugged Clean screen Softener fails to draw brine Line pressure is too low Increase line pressure to 20 p.s.i Change seals, spacers and piston Internal control leak assembly...
  • Page 14: Terms Of Warranty

    6. TERMS OF WARRANTY i) General Liability • In lieu of any warranty, condition or liability implied by law, the liability of Dayliff (hereafter called the Distributor) in respect of any defect or failure of equipment supplied is limited to making good by replacement or repair (at the Distributor’s discretion) defects which under proper use appear therein and arise...
  • Page 16 INS464A-09/20...

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