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Procedure
17. Add Salt
Add a clean grade of salt at this time.
DO NOT USE ROCK SALT OR SOLAR SALT.
18. Purge Air from Plumbing
After the unit is fully pressurized, open a faucet in the
house to purge air from lines.
Check all other house faucets, and purge air by
manually cycling unit from one tank to the other.
19. Sanitize Softener
Regenerate both tanks.
Use a clean grade of salt appropriate for use with water treatment equipment. DO NOT USE ROCK SALT OR
SOLAR SALT.
Mix 29.6 mL of unscented household bleach in 15.1 liters of clean/soft water. This should make a 100 ppm solution.
Use 22.7 liters for commercial units.
Put the system into by-pass.
Disconnect the brine line from the brine valve and put the 3/8” tube into the container holding the bleach mixture from
the step above.
Note: Do not add bleach to brine tank. Salts containing red-out additives will create hazardous fumes.
Put the system into service.
Put the unit into brine draw on one tank.
Draw the mixture until a strong bleach odor is detected (smelled or tested) in the drain line. This procedure should
produce approximately 20 ppm in the mixed solution.
Switch quickly to the other tank and repeat the procedure.
Advance the control disc to the service position, then put unit into by-pass. Allow the unit to stand for 30-60 minutes.
The colder the water, the longer the stand time should be.
Reconnect the brine line (3/8” tube) to the brine tank and put unit into service. Then backwash each tank of the
softener two times.
After regeneration time,
initiate regeneration on
Using #2 Philips screwdriver,
turn actuator clockwise into
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