GE GXSF23Z01 Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions page 7

Step-by-stepinstallation instructions.
• Turn offthe gas or elecuic supply to tile water heater, in the possibili b that the
water heater may be drained while draining pipes.
• Turn off the water supply to pipes to be cut and drain the house water pipes.
• Open both hot and cold tmmels.
1. INSTALL BYPASS VALVE
• Rem{)ve plastic shipping plug and wire flom v:dve outlet.
NOTE: Be sure the turbine
and support me firmly in
place in the valve outlet.
Blow into the xvdve port
and obsevve the turbine
fin flee rotation.
"_Turbine
e outlet
Turbineshaft
andsupport
Fig. 3A
inlet
O-ring seal goesinto
the outergrooveonly.
Theclipsnapsintothe
innergroove(see
below).
° l'ush the bypassvalve (lubricate oqing seals with silicone grease) into both ports
ofthe valve as sho_ in Fig. 3A.
Fig. 3B
° Snap the 2 lmge plastic clips in place, flom the top, down as shown in Figures
3A and 3B. Be sure they snap into place. Pull on the bypass valve to make sure it SIDE
is held
securely
in place. VIEW
2. MOVE THE SOFTENER ASSEMBLY INTO INSTAIJ.ATION POSITION:
• Be sure tile installation suttilce is level and smooth. Sh_up objecls under the
tank m W puncture it. If needed, place tile tank on a section of 3/4" thick
(minimum) pl}w_)od. Then, place shims under tile pl}_v_)odas needed to level
the softener.
3. PLUMB !NAND OUT PIPES TO AND FROM SOFTENER:
_ CAUTION: Observe all of the fi)lloxdng cautions as you connect inlet and
outlet plumbing. See Fig. 1 or 2.
° BE SURE INCOMING HARD WATER SUPPI N IS DIRECTED TO THE
SOFTENER VA137E INLET PORT. If h{ )use w_lter flow is fiom the left, use a
plumbing cross-over as shown in Fig. 1.
° If making a soldered copper installation, do all sweat soldering before
connecting pipes to the bypass valve. Torch heat will dmnage plastic parts.
° When turning threaded pipe fittings onto plastic fittings, use care not to
cross-thread.
° Use pipe joint compound on all external pipe threads.
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Support inlet and outlet plumbing in some manner (use pipe hangers) to keep
the weight off of the valve fittings.
4. CONNECT AND RUN THE VALVE DRAIN HOSE:
° Use the proxfded &ain hose (20' length included) to attach to the valve drain
fitting. To keep water pressure fiom bloxfing tile hose oil use a hose (lamp to
seone in place.
• I_ocate the other end of the hose at a suitable drain point (floor drain, sump,
laund U rob, etc.) that terminates at the sewer. Check and comply with local
codes.
Outlet
IMPORTANT: If more drain hose is needed, it should be ordered fiom GE Pmts
at 800.626.2002. The water softener will not work if water cannot exit this hose
during regenerations.
° Tie or xdre the hose in place at the drain point. High water pressure xdll cruise it
to whip &ning the back-wash and fast rinse/ycles of regeneration. 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 st)flener, if the
sewer should "back-up."
If raisin2 tile drain hose overhead is reouired to 2el to the drain point,
do not raise higher than 8 above the floor. Elevating the hose may (ause a
back-pressure that c{mld reduce brine draw during regenerations.
Valvebodyinlet or
outlet
Bypass v alve
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bypass valveam 1"male
pipe.if 1"pipesareneeded,
donot usethe coppertubes
and nutsincluded.Buy1"
pipetbreadfemaleadapter,
and plumbdirectlyto I"
threads.
Clip
X END
VIEW
Bypass valve
(pushall theway in)
Fig. 3C
Turnbypass valve
up-sidedownto
U connect t o floor
t levelplumbing T
iN
Fig. 4
Valve
drain
hose
fitting
on
valve
fie orwire hose
in place
FLOOR DRAIN
STANDPIPE
LAUNDRY T UB
SUMP _'',J,_,e I
._ 1½"air gap