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SECTION 3
CARE OF YOUR SOFTENER
3C.
KEEP THE SOFTENER
FROM FREEZING
If the softener is
installed
where
it could
freeze
(summer
cabin,
lake home,
etc.),
you
rnust
drain
all water
from it to stop possible
freeze
damage.
To drain the softener-
1. Close the shut-off
valve on the house
main
water
pipe, near the water meter or pressure
tank.
2. Open a faucet in the soft water pipes to vent
pressure in the softener.
.
I.ooking at FIG. 16 on [)age 21, move the stem
in a single bypass valve to bypass. Close the
inlet and outlet
valve in a 3-valve bypass
system, and open the bypass valve. If you want
water in the house pipes again, reopen
the
shut-off valve on the main water pipe.
4. Unplug
the transformer
at the wall outlet.
Remove the salt hole cover and the main
cover. Take off"both drain hoses.
.
Carefully remove the large holding clips at the
softener inlet and outlet (see Key No. 61, on
page
34). Separate
the softener
from the
adaptors or bypass valve.
°
Remove the brinewen
cover and disconnect
the brine valve tubing at the nozzle and venturi
assembly (see page 34). Lift the brine valve out
of the brinewell.
Tip the brine valve upside
down to drain out water.
DRAIN WATER FROM THE
SOFTENER
Drain
Wood Block
.
°
Looking
at FIG. 14, lay a piece of 2 inch thick
board
near the floor drain. Move the softener
close to the drain.
SLOWIX and CAREFULIX
tip it over until the rim rests on the wood block
with the inlet and outlet over the drain. Do not
allow
the
softener's
weight
to rest
on
the
inlet
and
outlet
fittings
or they
will
break.
Tip the bottom
of the softener
up a few inches
and hold until all water has drained.
Leave the
softener
laying like this until you are ready to
use it. Plug the inlet and outlet
with rags to
keep dilx, bugs, etc. out.
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