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SANITIZING PROCEDURES
Care is taken at the factory to keep your water softener clean and sanitary. Materials
used to make the softener will not infect or contaminate your water supply, and will not
cause bacteria to form or grow. However, during shipping, storage, installing and
operating, bacteria could get into the softener. For this reason, sanitizing as follows is
suggested when installing.
1. Be sure to complete all installation steps, including timer programming.
2. Pour about 22 ml of common 5.25% household bleach (Clorox, Linco, Bo Peep,
White Sail, Eagle, etc.,) into the brine well.
3. Use the RECHARGE NOW feature, on the timer, to start an immediate regeneration.
The bleach is drawn into and through the water softener to sanitize it. This sanitizing
regeneration is over in about two hours. Then, soft water is available for your use.
NOTE: When the above sanitizing regeneration is over, all remaining bleach is
flushed from the conditioner and your house COLD water supply is fully soft
immediately. However, your water heater is filled with hard water and, as hot
water is used, it will refill with soft water. When all the hard water is replaced, in
the water heater, hot only, and mixed hot and cold water will be fully soft. If you
want totally soft water immediately, after the above regeneration, drain the water
heater until the water runs cold. If you do drain the water heater, use extreme
care as the water could cause severe burns.
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