WATER FLOW THROUGH THE SOFTENER
SERVICE CYCLE
Hard water enters the valve inlet port. Internal valve porting routes the water down and out the top distributor, into the resin tank. Hard water is
softened as it passes through the resin bed, then enters the bottom distributor. Soft water flows back
into the valve and out the valve outlet, to the house soft water pipes.
VALVE
SERVICE CYCLE
From Valve Inlet
(Hard Water)
To Valve | Top Distributor |
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(Soft Water) | Resin Tank |
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| Position |
| Switch |
Bottom |
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Distributor |
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FIG. 59
FILL CYCLE
To begin a regeneration, the electronic timer ener- gizes the circuit to the valve motor. The valve motor rotates the rotor and disc and the valve cam until the position switch lever drops, to open the motor circuit and position the valve in FILL. As the rotor and disc rotates, the port opens for SOFT water fin through the venturi. Fill flow continues to the brine valve, and into the salt storage tank. Soft water is still available to the house lines.in.
position switch
fill flow plug
fill water (soft)
To Valve Outlet (Soft Water)
FILL CYCLE
valve cam
rotor & disc
Valve Inlet (hard water)
Distributor
Resin Tank 4
Position
Switch _'f2 (, _'_ ]/)
FIG. 60
BRINING AND BRINE RINSE CYCLES After fill, timer/switch action allows the motor to turn the rotor and disc into BRINING position. Water flow is directed to the nozzle. Suction, creat- ed by the nozzle and venturi, draws brine from the
Venturi
BRINING AND BRINE RINSE CYCLE
Drain
from valve inlet
salt storage tank and injects it into the resin bed
Brine from Salt
(Hard Water)
via the bottom distributor. Flow continues out the
Storage Tank
top distributor and to the drain. Hard water is avail- BypassHard
able at the valve outlet. | WaterTo |
| Valve Outlet |
When the brine valve closes to end brine draw, |
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water flow continues in the same directions to |
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slowly RINSE brine from the resin bed and to the |
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drain. |
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1
Switch
IIII
FIG. 61
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