WATER SOFTENER START-UP
SECTION 1
7
1D. SANITIZING THE WATER SOFTENER
Care is taken at the factory to keep your water
softener clean and sanitary. Materials used to
make the softener will notinfect orcontaminate
yourwatersupply,andwillnotcause bacteriato
form or grow. However, during shipping, stor-
age, installing and operating, bacteria could get
into the softener. For this reason, sanitizing as
follows is suggested¡ when installing.
1. Lift the salt hole cover and use a pail or hose
to fill the salt storage tank with at least 3
gallons of water.
2. Remove the brinewell cover (FIG. 3) and
pour about 3/4 ounce of common 5.25%
household bleach (Clorox, Linco, BoPeep,
White Sail, Eagle, etc.) in the softener brine-
well.
3. PresstheON/OFF-HOLDbuttonandholdfor
3 seconds to start a recharge. This first re-
charge does several things.
— It draws the bleach into and through the
softener to sanitize it.
— Itfillsthesalttanktothewaterlevelneed-
ed.
— It gets all the air out of the resin tank.
— Itmakesthe resinbed (see page 11)ready
for service.
NOTES:
This recharge takes about 2 hours.
You can sanitize the softener with or with-
out salt in the storage tank.
¡ Recommended by the Water Quality Association. On
some water supplies, the water softener may need
periodicdisinfecting.Sanitize withor withoutsalt inthe
storage tank.
FIG. 3
Water,
About 3 Gallons
Brinewell
Cover
(remove and add
about 3/4 oz. bleach)
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