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AUTOMATIC
WATER CONDITIONER
INSTALLATION
STEPS,
continued
7'.
INSTALL
GROUNDING
CLAMPS
AND
WIRE
(IF NEEDED):
•
To maintain
electrical
ground
continuity
in the
house cold water piping, install the included
ground
clamps
as shown.
Be sure the pipes are clean,
un-
der the clamps,
to assure good contact.
FIGURE 4
hose clamp
gro_nd_
copper tube
(inlet - outlet)
NOTE: A 3-valve bypass system
maintains ground continuity.
8.
FLUSH PIPES, EXPEL AIR FROM SOFT-
ENER, AND TEST YOUR INSTALLATION
FOR
WATER LEAKS:
CAUTION:
To avoid
water
or air pressure
dam-
age to softener
inner parts, be sure to do the fol-
lowing
steps exactly
as listed.
A. Fully open 2 cold, soft water faucets
nearby the
softener.
valve,
pausing
several
times
to allow the softener
to pressurize
slowly.
E. After about 3 minutes,
open a HOTwater
fau-
cet for 1 minute, or until all air is expelled,
then close.
F. Close both cold water faucets.
G. Check your plumbing
work for leaks and fix right
away,
if any are found.
BE SURE
TO OBSERVE
PREVIOUS
CAUTION
NOTES.
H. Turn on the gas or electric
supply
to the water
heater. Light the pilot, if applicable.
9.
ADD WATER AND SALT TO THE BRINE
TANK:
•
Remove
the salt storage
area cover. Add about
3 gallons
of water into the tank. DO NOT ADD INTO
THE BRINEWELL.
•
*Fill the tank with NUGGET,
PELLET
or coarse
SOLAR
water softener
salt. Do not use rock, block,
granulated,
and ice cream making salts, or salt with
iron removing
additives.
Also
see page 15. Salt
storage
capacity
is 200 Ibs or more.
*Note:
If the softener
is installed
in a humid
base-
ment or other damp area, it is better to fill the tank
more often using less salt (see salt bridging
in the
maintenance
section).
Eighty to 100 Ibs of salt will
last for several
months,
depending
on water
hard-
ness and family size.
B. Place bypass
valve(s)
in "bypass"
position.
On
a single
valve,
slide the stem
into BYPASS.
On a
3-valve
system,
close
the inlet and outlet valves,
and open the bypass
valve...see
page 6.
C.
Fully open the house
main water pipe shutoff
valve. Observe
a steady flow from both opened fau-
cets.
10.
CONNECT
TO ELECTRICAL
POWER:
•
The softener
works on 24 volt, 60 Hz electric
pow-
er. The included
transformer
changes
standard
120
volt AC house
power
to 24 volts.
Plug the trans-
former
into a 120 volt outlet
only. Be sure the out-
let is always
"live" so it can not be switched
off by
mistake.
D. Place bypass
valve(s)
in "service",
EXACTLY
as follows.
KEEP SOFT WATER
FAUCETS
OPEN.
1.
SINGLE
BYPASS
VALVE:
SLOWLY,
slide the
valve stem toward
"service",
pausing
several
times
to allow the softener
to pressurize
slowly.
2. 3-VALVE
BYPASS:
Fully close the bypass
valve
and open the outlet valve.
SLOWLY,
open the inlet
Fasten the 2 power cable lugs to the 2 screws on the
transformer,
and tighten the screws.
Then, plug the
transformer
into the electrical
outlet.
11.
PROGRAM
THETIMER,
pages 10and
11:
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