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SECTION3
STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL
D. CONNECT
VALVE AND SALT TANK DRAINS
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CONNECT
THE VALVE DRAIN
HOSE
•
Keep
the hose
lower
than
the drain
fitting.
(In
Take a length
of 3 / 8" inside
diameter
drain
tub-
ing and attach
one end to the drain
fitting
(FIG.
12). Use a tube clamp
to hold it in place.
Put the
other
end of the tubing
over a floor drain,
into a
laundry
tub, standpipe,
or other
suitable
drain.
Check
your
local
codes.
•
Leave an air gap of about
1-1/2"
between
the end
of the hose and the drain.
This gap is needed
so you
don't get a back-flow
of sewer water
into the soften-
er. Do not put the end of the hose into the drain
or
connect
without
the air gap.
•
Place and support
the hose so it does not kink or
have sharp
bends.
So water
pressure
does not cause
the hose
to "whip",
tie or wire it in place.
Do not
pinch
the hose
shut.
The softener
will not work
if
this drain hose
is pinched,
plugged,
closed
or re-
stricted
in any way.
some
homes,
to get to a drain
you
must
raise
the
hose and run it over-head.
If you need an overhead
drain,
do not raise the hose
more than
8' above
the
floor. A copper
drain
tube is best to use.)
COPPER
DRAIN
TUBE:
The
plumbing
codes
where
you live may say that you must
use a copper
valve
drain tube. A copper
tube is also best to use for
an over-head
drain.
Use a copper
drain
tube if the
softener
is installed
outside,
or in the sunlight.
Heat
from the sun makes
many
kinds
of rubber
or plastic
hose
to soften,
flatten
and close up.
To adapt
a copper
drain
tube
to the softener,
buy a
compression
fitting
(1/4
in. female
pipe
threads
x
1/2 in. O.D. tube)
and tubing
from your local hard-
ware
store.
DELUXE VALVE
/
overflow drain
tubing (seestep 2,
top of page 3-6)
tie or wire
tubing in plac:;e
1-1[2"
airgap
floor drain
To drain point
"_- other than
floor drain.
Support tubing
in pla_
as
needed.
STANDPIPE
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3 - 5
Deluxe Valve
Problems,
Questions?
Call 1-800-426-9345
Kenmore
Water Line
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