Non Electric Water Softener INSTALLATION AND OPERATING
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1. Non Electric Water Softener INSTALLATION AND OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS Before you proceed Water hardness Before you proceed you must be sure the softener is capable of providing enough softened water for your needs This is done by checking the hardness of the water in your home and following the recommendations given in the chart below Call your local water supply company and they will advise the water hardness in your area look up water in your telephone book Note The softener model is noted under the cover on the serial number plate on top of the softener Softener 500 750 1000 1400 model Maximum 600 400 300 200 water fi m m m hardness PP id 2 a Water pressure This can be tested with a gauge The ideal daytime water pressure is 2 to 6 bar but it must never be below 1 bar or above 8 bar If the pressure is above 6 bar we recommend the installation of a pressure reducing valve set_at 6 bar this valve is available from your supplier Packaging Remove the softener carefully from the packaging lift off the cover from the top of the softener and remove the packaging from the inside the cover and cabinet Drinking water We advise that a drinking water tap is installed Your supplier can provide you with an easy to install drinking water tap kit Important Softened_water should not be used for baby food or drinks also people on a low sodium diet should not dri2. nk softened water Find a place for your softener It should ideally be local to the water supply for the whole house a drain next to an outside wall for the overflow and easily accessible for loading with salt A good site is under the kitchen sink Pipe size Your softener requires an inlet and outlet hose It is supplied with an overflow and drain hose Note 2 hoses and bypass kit are suitable for homes with a cold water storage tank if however your home has a combination or direct hot water system we recommend you install the softener using the high flow hoses and bypass kit Your supplier can provide you with a suitable bypass kit and hoses L429 01 08 Plumbing 1 Turn off the mains water supply to the house by closing the stopcock Then drain the pipe by opening the kitchen tap 2 Cut the pipe after the stopcock and install the inlet outlet and bypass valves To comply with regulations a check valve must be installed between the stopcock and the softener Outlet Valve Bypass Valve Inlet Hose Check Valve Pipe to drinking water and garden taps Drain Hose 3 Connect a hose between the softener inlet and the inlet valve then connect a hose between the softener outlet and the outlet valve 4 Turn off the inlet outlet and bypass valves 5 The drinking water tap connection and the garden tap connection should be made in the pipe between
3. s Outlet Valve open Bypass Valve closed Inlet Valve open The softener will now start softening the water Taps directly connected to the softener will give softened water immediately It will take a while for softened water to fill your storage tank and work its way through your hot water system You should have partially soft water in a few days and completely soft water in a week or so Filling with salt Operation This softener is designed to use tablet salt Fill the bin with tablet salt as shown DO NOT USE FINE OR GRANULAR SALT AS THIS WILL CAUSE A MALFUNCTION Checking salt Regularly check there is salt in the salt compartment If it is getting low top up with salt tablets Turn off the softener If you ever want to turn off the softener you must close the inlet and outlet valves and open the bypass valve Outlet Valve closed Bypass Valve open The softener will no longer operate Turn on the softener To start the softener operating again follow the instructions under Setting to work
4. the stopcock and the bypass valve 6 Run the drain hose to the nearest waste pipe typically a washing machine type standpipe Cut off the excess hose this is used for the overflow pipe Install an air gap to the standpipe and connect the drain pipe to the air gap 7 Push the overflow hose on to the overflow connection on the side of the cabinet and run it downhill to the outside of the house keep the hose as short as possible Setting to work Fill the cabinet with water to just above the platform using a bowl Open the mains stop cock then the inlet outlet and bypass valves Open the kitchen sink tap for a few minutes to remove all the air and any colour from the water and then close the kitchen tap bypass and outlet valves Leave for 10 minutes checking for leaks Outlet Valve closed Bypass Valve closed Inlet Valve open Now manually regenerate the softener by inserting a bladed screw driver into the white button under the cover and depress Rotate slowly one complete turn clockwise adjusting the position until the button pops back up Make sure the white button pops back up into the D Water will now go down the drain for about 12 minutes removing the water from above the platform in the cabinet Then the cabinet will refill above the platform Open the outlet valve The inlet outlet and bypass valves should now look like thi
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