Step-by-step installation instructions.
10
Sanitizing Procedures
Care is taken at the factory to keep your 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.
NOTE: Sanitizing is recommended by the Water Quality
Association for disinfecting.
Be sure to complete all installation steps, including
timer programming.
Remove the brinewell cover (see Fig. 8) and pour
about 3/4 ounce (1
1
⁄2 tablespoons) of common 5.25%
household bleach (Clorox, Linco, BoPeep, White Sail,
Eagle, etc.) in the softener
brinewell
.
Press the
TOUCH/HOLD
button and hold for 3 seconds
to start a recharge. This first recharge does
several
things: fills the salt tank to the water level needed,
gets
all the air out of the resin tank, makes the resin bed
ready for service. See the
Recharging
section.
If after sanitation, water from house faucet tastes salty
or has a slight color, this is a preservative from the
resin tank. Turn on the cold soft water faucets and
drain for a few minutes or until clear.
NOTE: This recharge takes about 2 hours.
4
3
2
1
Fig. 8
Salt hole cover
removed
Hose
Brinewell
Brinewell
cover (remove
and add about
3/4 oz. bleach)
Water, about
3 gallons
NOTE:
When the above sanitizing regeneration is over,
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.
WARNING:
If you do drain the water heater, use
extreme care as the hot water could cause burns.
Turn the water heater off prior to draining.
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