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• BEFORE YOU START TO I
L YOUR SOFTENER
I
FACTS
AND
FIGURES
TO KEEP
Fill in the blanks
below
and keep this book in
safe place so you always have these facts.
Water Softener
Model No.!"
Serial Number
Date Installed
Water Hardness
Grains
Per Gallon
Iron Content
Parts Per Million
"pH
Taste And/Or
Odor
Water Pressure
__
Pounds/Square
Inch
Water
Flow Rate ____
Gallons
Per Minute
t'Get from the rating
decal on the softener.
"The acidity
or alkalinity
measure
of water
WHERE
TO PUT THE SOFTENER
Think
of the following
points as you choose
a
place to put your softener.
(See Fig. 1).
• Place
as close
as possible
to the pressure
tank (well water)
or water
meter (city water).
= Place as close
as possible
to a water drain
such as a floor
drain,
laundry
tub, sump
or
standpipe.
• • Connect
to the house main water pipe BEFORE
THE WATER
HEATER.
Temperature
of water
going
through
the softener
must not be more
than
120 F (49 C).
= Keep your outside faucets
on hard water to
save soft water and salt.
• o DO
NOT
install
in
a place
where
the
softener
could
freeze.
Freeze
damage
voids
the warranty
by Sears,
Roebuck
and
Co. (See page 24.)
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•e
Keep the softener
out of direct
sunlight.
The
sun's
heat can melt plastic
parts.
Put the softener
in a place
water damage
is
least likely to occur if it develops
a leak. Sears
or the manufacturer
will not repair or pay for
water
damage.
TOOLS,
PIPE,
FITTINGS
AND
OTHER
MATERIALS
YOU WILL NEED
TO know what tools and materials
you will need.
you must first decide how tO run in and out pipes
to the softener.
Look at your house main water
pipe at the point you wilt connect the softener, is the
pipe soldered
copper, glued
plastic, or threaded
galvanized
or brass? What is the pipe size?
Now look at the common
plans
for in and out
piping
on pages 6 and 8. Select
the drawing
best for you and use it as a guide to plan what
materials
you will
need. As you plan your
in
and
out
piping,
keep
in mind
the
following
check
list. Then get all the materials
you will
need.
THE
PROPER
ORDER
TO INSTALL
WATER
TREATING
EQUIPMENT
(Shows
sequence
of equipment
only _ seldom,
if ever
would all items
be needed)
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Always
put
the Iron
Filter
before
_he
Sediment
or_:_--*.,_
softener
the Taste
& O0or
Filte
after
Taste
& O_or_
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