Membrane Removal; Membrane Installation - Waterite Vectamaxx RSL Owner's Manual

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3.4. Membrane Removal

Rubber/Nitrile gloves must be used to prevent microbial contamination.

Turn off the system's power as a safety precaution.

Shut off the water supply to the unit.

Verify operating pressure gauge is reading 0 PSI.

Loosen bolts and slide top end cap clamp down housing out of the way. (Figure 13)

Repeat on all remaining membrane housings.

Firmly grasp housing end cap(s) and using a rocking motion, remove them from the housing(s).

Lay the housing end cap assembly to the side and remove membrane by lifting it from the housing. Pliers may be necessary

to grasp the membrane if it has been installed for an extended period. (Figure 14)

Rubber/Nitrile gloves must be used to prevent microbial contamination.

Note the Direction of flow label on membrane housing(s).

Down Flow Membranes

Remove plastic wrapping/packaging from the membrane element(s).

Lightly lubricate the membrane brine seal and all O-rings located in the membrane housing caps with a good quality, silicone

O-ring lubricant (DO NOT use petroleum-based lubricants).

Figure 15

Insert the membrane element into the housing, so that the brine seal of the membrane will seat at the inlet side of the

membrane housing (this is indicated by the direction of flow label on the housing).

Gently push and slowly twist the membrane until the product adapter fully seats inside the housing cap still in place at the

bottom of the housing.

Repeat steps 8-10 for remaining membranes.

Inspect housing end cap O-rings for damage and to make sure they are seated correctly. Figure 16 & 17

Re-install the housing end cap assembly into housings using rocking motion.

Re-install the band clamp and snug bolts equally to maintain an even gap between the clamp halves.

Repeat steps 6-8 on any remaining housing end cap assemblies.

Figure 13

Figure 14

Figure 16

Figure 17

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