6. Pre-Installation
Instructions
Contact your local distributor to have a complete water analysis and check your water hardness from the
water supplier, this will keep your softener in proper working order.
YOU MUST FOLLOW ALL NATIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITY CODES AND
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE INSTALLATION OF THESE DEVICES.
NOTE
Installation Instructions
Determine the correct location of the water conditioning equipment
Select the location of your softener with care. Review the various conditions below to determine a proper
location:
1. Locate as close as possible to the water supply source.
2. Locate on a at stabel surface.
3. Locate in correct relationship to other water conditioning equipment. (See diagram above ).
4. Softener should be located in the supply line before the water heater. Temperatures above
38oC damage softeners.
5. Do not install a softener in a location where freezing temperatures occur. Freezing may cause
permanent damage to this type of equipment and will void the factory warranty.
6. Allow sufcient space around the unit for easy servicing.
7. Determine if additional plumbing is required if your water source is a community water supply,
a public water supply or you wish to bypass water used for a geothermal heat pump, lawn
sprinkling, out-buildings or other high demand applications, refer to Fig. 1) .
8. Keep the softener out of direct sunlight. Heat build up from direct sunlight may soften and
distort plastic parts.
Cold soft water
Hard soft
water
Water
heater
Softener
Earth bond
Drain
Hard
ltered
water
Electrical panel
Ground
strap
Raw water to
outdoors
Water meter