Vertex PWC-500 Service Manual
  1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. Vertex Manuals
  4. Water Dispenser
  5. PWC-500
  6. Service manual

Vertex PWC-500 Service Manual

Purewatercooler
Hide thumbs Also See for PWC-500:

Advertisement

Table of Contents

See also: Owners & Installation Manual
PWC – 500/1000/1010/1500
PureWaterCooler
SERVICE MANUAL
for
PureWaterCooler
™
by Vertex
Model PWC-500/1000/1010/1500
P/N man-7008
Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading
Need help?

Need help?

Do you have a question about the PWC-500 and is the answer not in the manual?

Questions and answers

Related Manuals for Vertex PWC-500

Summary of Contents for Vertex PWC-500

  • Page 1 PWC – 500/1000/1010/1500 PureWaterCooler SERVICE MANUAL PureWaterCooler ™ by Vertex Model PWC-500/1000/1010/1500 P/N man-7008 Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    • Cold Temperature Adjustment • Drain Cooler Tanks • Remove/Replace Cold Temperature Switch and Sensor • Sanitization Procedure • Trouble Shooting • PWC-1010 Version • Specifications • Cooler Exploded View • Parts List • Schematics Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    7 grains because of lime scale build up on the heating element. If hardness is higher than 7 grains, softening of the feed water is recommended or another option is to install a “phosphate” filter to the filter system. Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...
  • Page 4 Feedwater/Drain Connections -Feed Connection 2.1 Open hinged door to access filter compartment 2.5 Remove feed water plug (orange) from back of cooler. 2.6 Connect supplied orange feed water tubing to feed connector on back of cooler. Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...

  • Page 5: Cooler Set-Up

    2.6 Remove outlet line of carbon filter (bottom) 2.7 Attach 3 feet of ¼” tubing to the carbon filter outlet port (flush tubing) 2.8 Place flush tubing in bucket to catch water carbon fines. Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...
  • Page 6 1 ½” drain pipe see fig. 1 below Drain saddle connection method Drain connection required only for cooler with reverse osmosis filtration Figure 1 RO filter set showing autovalve. The autovalve automatically turns off the water flow when the tanks are full Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...
  • Page 7 3. Top Cover Removal 3.1 Remove (2) screws on back of cooler top cover 3.2 Lift cover 3.3 Cold tank is now accessible for cleaning and servicing other parts of the cooler. 3.4 Reinstall in reverse order Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...
  • Page 8 PWC – 500/1000/1010/1500 PureWaterCooler 4. Remove/Replace Mechanical Float Valve Assembly 4.1 First, remove top cover. See Section 3 Float Valve/Level Control 4.2 Disconnect tubing from fitting 4.2 Remove elbow connector from float stem Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...
  • Page 9 PWC – 500/1000/1010/1500 PureWaterCooler 4. Remove/Replace Mechanical Float Valve Assembly continued 4.3 Remove nut holding float assembly to tank 4.5 Lift out float assembly Fitting washer Float Float Assembly Parts Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...

  • Page 10: Remove Top Cover

    5.3 Remove 2 top screws from front of panel 5.4 Remove 2 screws from bottom of panel. 5.5 Remove 2 screws from back side of front panel. Requires extra long Phillips-head screwdriver. 5.6 Hold front panel in hand. Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...
  • Page 11 5.7 Disconnect electrical connector at circuit board. 5.8 Hot tank is now accessible 5.9 Remove silicon tubing – 4 places 5.10 Disconnect 2 electrical connectors at bottom of tank 5.11 Remove (1) hot tank screw from below Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...
  • Page 12 5.12 Remove (1) hot tank screw from above. 5.13 Pull hot tank down 5.14 Disconnect (4) electrical connectors from hot tank temperature sensors. 5.15 Hot tank can now be removed. 5.16 To replace the hot tank, reverse the above procedure. Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...
  • Page 13 6.3 To remove the working mechanism of the faucet, reach in from the top and unscrew the top nut of the faucet mechanism. 6.4. Lift out the faucet mechanism from the faucet body. Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...

  • Page 14: Faucet Repair

    To connect the seal to the lever assembly, firmly push the seal on to the button on the lever assembly. 6.6 Reinstall the top panel. Correctly connected seal/lever assembly Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...

  • Page 15: Hot Tank Reset Button

    7.4 Using a long thin object such as a screw driver or a pen, depress the small black button at the center of the upper thermal switch. You should feel a click when you depress the button. This action resets the over-temp sensor. Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...
  • Page 16 8.3 Carefully pull the cooling grill away 30 degrees from the cooler. The grill is still attached at the bottom. Do not move the grill more than 30 degrees away from the cooler frame or the cooling system may be damaged. Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...
  • Page 17 8.6 Remove (2) screws holding sensor to tank. 8.7 Install new thermal sensor, replace screws, reconnect electrical terminals to sensor. 8.8 Carefully relocate cooling grill to original location and re-attach using rubber grommets and screws. Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...

  • Page 18: Cold Temperature Adjustment

    There are stops on the adjustment shaft. DO NOT force the control shaft over the stop. If this happens, it will be necessary to replace the temperature controller 270º Travel STOP WARMEST COLDEST STOP Normal Travel is 270º Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...

  • Page 19: Drain Cooler Tanks

    9.1 Remove the plug with fingers. Water will pour from the port 9.2 Drain any remaining water in the system by depressing the faucets. Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...
  • Page 20 11.1 Remove the top cover of the cooler (sec. 3) 11.2 Remove the float assembly )sec. 4) 11.3 Remove the silicon rubber sealing ring 11.4 Remove the silicon over flow tube 11.5 Carefully lift off the insulting foam from the cold tank Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...
  • Page 21 • Remove/Replace Cold Tank Sensor cont. 11.6 Cold tank cooling coils and sensor probe are now visible 11.7 Disconnect (2) wires from sensor switch 11.8 Remove (2) screws holding sensor switch body to cooler cabinet. Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...
  • Page 22 11.13 Adjust sensor tube so it is routed close to the outside of the cold tank. This will allow the insulating foam to fit properly over the tank. 11.14 Reinstall insulating foam. 11.15 Reinstall remaining parts in reverse order. Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...

  • Page 23: Sanitization Procedure

    Fill the main (cold temp.) tank with clear tap water to rinse out the sanitizing solution. • Completely empty the rinse water from the tanks. • The cooler is now sanitized and ready for filling with filtered water. Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...

  • Page 24: Trouble Shooting

    3. Adjust temperature control The thermostat temperature control adjustment is located on the back of the cooler. (see section 9) 4. All cold water has been drained Cooler needs time to recover. wait 10-15 minutes until water cools Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...
  • Page 25 Disconnect one of the connector at the heating element terminals (at bottom of tank). Using an ohm meter, check for continuity across the 2 terminals. If there is no continuity (open), the tank must be replaced. Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...
  • Page 26 This is a safety device to prevent the heating element from burning itself out due to dry heating. Once the hot tank cools off the switch can be reset to operating condition. See section 7. Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...
  • Page 27 Trouble Shooting Cont No Hot Water from Hot Tank cont. An indicator of a hot tank problem can also be the lights on the front control panel. Below is a table of trouble shooting help. If the Hot Tank is not heating and the front panel lights are: Front Panel Lights Cause Check...
  • Page 28 (cold power) and when the compressor is on (cooling). All repair sections of this manual apply to the model PWC-1010 cooler. To remove and replace the room temperature tank refer to the section covering the hot tank in this manual (section 5). Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...

  • Page 29: Specifications

    100 Watts Hot Tank 500 Watts Cold Tank 100 Watts 100 Watts Room Tank 0 Watts Temperature 180 ºF average Cold (adjustable) 38 ºF average 38 ºF average Refrigerant R134a 36 mg. R134a 36 mg. Copyright 2006 Vertex Water Products...
  • Page 30 PWC-1000F/1010F Filtration Configuration p/n ifa-4035 p/n ifa-4034 To Cooler Tanks Feed Water In Flow restrictor In line here...
  • Page 31 PWC-1000R/1010R RO Filtration Configuration p/n mhsa-1103 (membrane housing) p/n ma-4203 (membrane element) To Cooler Tanks p/n avqc-1303 Autovalve Feed Water In p/n ifa-4034 p/n ifa-4035 Clean Water Drain Bulkhead Fitting...

  • Page 32: Wiring Diagram

    Compressor Fuse Cold thermostat adjustment Hot switch blue Circuit board/ Indicator panel Hot Tank Thermal Sensors yellow yellow Wiring Diagram VERTEX yellow For PWC-1000 Cooler Water Products Montclair, California None CL1-10001 Scale Dwg. No. PWC-500-1500 10/10/05 Used on. Date...
  • Page 33 9221 Silicon Tube SL-04 cl1- 9244 Upper Insulator cl1- 9222 Screw, Hot Tank cl1- 9245 Cold Water Tank cl1- 9223 Tank Drain Connector cl1- 9246 Silicon Gasket cl1- 9224 Strain Relief cl1- 9247 VERTEX WATER PRODUCTS 1 of 2 2005...
  • Page 34 9253 Screw, 4 x 12 cl1- 9254 Screw, 4 x 25 cl1- 9255 Screw, 4 x 7 cl1- 9256 Screw, 5 x 22 cl1- 9257 Screw, 3 x 4 cl1- 9258 6/5/2005 VERTEX WATER PRODUCTS 2 of 2 2005...
  • Page 36 9253 Pivot Pin 9616 Cold Temperature Switch 9237 Power Switch 9238 Indicating Panel, (sticker) 9622 Fuse Housing 9252 Fuse Mechanical Float Valve 9233 Screw, 4 x 6 9256 Compressor 9218 Hotlock Safety tab 9623 Power Cord Vertex Water Products 2006...
  • Page 37 Silicon Tube St, 5 x 250 9618 Silicon Tube Elbow, 75 x 4 9244 Silcon Vent "T" Tube 9225 Insulating Sleeve 9214 Silicon Tube Elbow 50x60x4 9028 Drain Fitting Nut 9240 Tank Drain Connector 9246 Drain Plug 9248 Sillicon Plug 9619 Vertex Water Products 2006...
  • Page 38 ÂÅ ÂÅ ¶À ¶À ¶À ¬õ ¶À ¶À ¬õ ¥Õ ¥Õ ÂÅ(*) ´Ä ÂÅ(*) ´Ä ÂÅ ÂÅ ¥Õ ¥Õ...

This manual is also suitable for:

Pwc-1000Pwc-1010Pwc-1500

Table of Contents