GE GXSF40H Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions page 5

Installation Instructions
PLAN HOW YOU WILL INSTALL THE
SOFTENER
You must first decide how to run in and out pipes
to the softener. Look at the house main water pipe
at the point where you will connect the softener.
Is the pipe soldered copper, glued plastic or
threaded galvanized? What is the pipe size?
-&WARNING:
Use only lead-free solder and
flux to prevent lead poisoning.
See Typical Installation Illustration. Use this as a guide
when planning your particular installation. Be sure
to direct the incoming hard water supply to the
softener valve inlet fitting. The valve is marked
IN and OUT.
TYPICAL INSTALLATION ILLUSTRATION
O-rings (2)
NOTE: See Drain
Hose Connections
section.
Fig. 1
CROSSOVER
Use if water supply flows
from the left. Include single
or 3-valve bypass.
Hard "-_--4_.._
water .._._
From
_
softene
outletJ
Soft
water
_ To softener
inlet
OPTIONAL 3-VALVE BYPASS
INSTALLATION ILLUSTRATION
Soft water
Hard water
to outside
PIPE faucets
24V
transformer
120-volt
outlet
Inlet
valve
Hard
water
1" NPT male
adapter (2)
_'N O-rings (2)
INLET Clips (2)
SALT :-, _-Brinewell
GOES :_:
HERE ;:
;Is
Fig. 2
CROSSOVER
Use if water supply flows
from the left. Include single
or 3-valve bypass.
Hard
water
I
From d
softener t
outlet
Soft
water
To softener
inlet
3-Valve Bypass
System
For soft water
service:
• Open the inlet
and outlet
valves
• Close the
bypass valve
For bypass hard
water:
• Close the inlet
and outlet
valves
• Open the
bypass valve