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Installation
Instructions
141 PLUMB "IN" AND "OUT" PIPES
TO AND FROM SOFTENER
CAUTION:
Observe all of the following
cautions
as gou connect
inlet and outlet
plumbing. See Typical Installation
Illustration.
• BE SURE INCOMING HARD WATER SUPPLY IS
DIRECTED TO THE SOFTENER VALVE INLET PORT.
If house water flow is from the left, use a
plumbing
crossover
as shown in Typical
Installation
Illustration.
If house water flows up
from the floor level, turn the bgpass valve upside
down as shown.
Turn bypass
valve
upside
down
to
connect
to
floor
level
IN
plumbing
• With the softener
in place, determine
the correct
length of piping required to connect the household
plumbing
to the NPT male adapten
• Remove softener from installation
space.
• If making a soldered copper installation,
do all
sweat soldering
before connecting
pipes to the
NPT adapters
and bypass valve. Torch heat will
damage
plastic parts.
• When turning threaded
pipe fittings onto plastic
fittings, use care not to cross-thread.
• Use Teflon Tape on all external pipe threads.
• Support inlet and outlet plumbing
in some manner
(use pipe hangers) to keep the weight off of the
valve fittings.
• Slide softener back into position.
• Hake final connections to the bgpass valve and
snap clips into place.
Be sure the clips for the bypass valve and NPT
adapters
snap into place. Pull on the bypass valve
and NPT adapters
to make sure the parts are held
securely
in place.
151 CONNECT AND RUN THE VALVE
DRAIN HOSE
IMPORTANT: If gou want to attach the drain fitting
to a rigid tube, see Connecting
a Rigid Valve Drain
Tube section on next page.
• Use the provided drain hose (20' length included)
to attach to the valve drain fitting. To keep water
pressure from blowing the hose off, use supplied
spring clamp to secure in place. Cut the necessarg
length and use the remainder
in Step 8.
1/4 " NPT thread
Barbs for 3/8" I.D. tubing
ose clamp
Drain
hose
• Locate the other end of the hose at a suitable
drain point (floor drain, sump, laundrg tub, etc.)
that terminates
at the sewer. Check and complg
with local codes.
IMPORTANT: If more drain hose is needed, it
should be ordered from GE Parts at 800.6262002,
part number WS07X10004. The water softener
will
not work if water cannot exit this hose during
recharge.
Tie or wire the hose in place at the drain point.
High water pressure will cause it to whip during
the back-wash
and fast rinse cgcles of recharge.
Also provide an air gap of at least 1-1/2"
between
the end of the hose and the drain
point. An air gap prevents
possible siphoning
of
sewer water into the softener, if the sewer should
"back-up."
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