D. SANITIZE THE WATER SOFTENER
Care is taken at the factory to keep your water soft-
ener | clean | and | sanitary. | Materials | used to make the | |||||||||||||||
softener |
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supply, and will not cause bacteria to form or grow. | ||||||||||||||||||||
However, |
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| shipping, |
| storage, | installing |
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operating, |
| bacteria | could | get |
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| softener. | For | ||||||||||
this | reason, |
| sanitizing | as follows | is | suggested | ® | |||||||||||||
when | installing. |
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| first | time | you | sanitize |
| your | softener, | be sure | ||||||||||
| to do | all | steps |
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| pages | and | of | this | manual | first. |
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| Note: | Be certain | the | bypass |
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_J | Lift | the | salt | hole | cover | and |
| use | a | pat | to | fill | the | |||||||
| salt | storage |
| tank | with | up | to | 3 | gallons | of | water. | |||||||||
_ | Remove | the | bfineweU | cover | (FIG. | 3) | and | pour | ||||||||||||
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| 3/4 | ounce, | or | 1 | to | 2 tablespoons, | of com- | |||||||||||
| mon | 5.25%, | unscented, | household |
| bleach | (Clo- | |||||||||||||
| rox, Linco, | BoPeep, | White Sat, Eagle, etc.) in the | |||||||||||||||||
| softener |
| brinewell. |
| Replace |
| the | brinewell | cover. | |||||||||||
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| to | start | a recharge. |
| This | first | recharge | |||||||||||
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•It draws the bleach into and through the softener
to sanitize it.
•It fills the salt tank to the water level needed.
•It gets all the air out of the resin tank.
•It prepares the resin bed (see page
vice and flushes residual chlorine from the soften-
er.
Notes:
This recharge takes about
pending on the salt type setting (page
You can sanitize the softener with or without salt
in the storage tank.
water,
about 3 gallon.:
brinewe{I cover
about 3/4 oz. bleach)
brinewell
q)Recommended by the Water Quality Association. On some
water supplies, the water softener may need periodic disinfecting.
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