Installation Instructions

PLAN HOW YOU WILL INSTALL

THE SOFTENER

You must first decide how to run the inlet and outlet pipes to the softener. Look at the house main water pipe at the point where you will connect the softener. Is the pipe soldered copper, glued plastic or threaded galvanized? What is the pipe size?

WARNING: Use only lead-free solder and flux to prevent lead poisoning.

See Typical Installation Illustration. Use this as a guide when planning your particular installation. Be sure to direct the incoming hard water supply to the softener valve inlet fitting. The valve is marked

IN and OUT.

TYPICAL INSTALLATION ILLUSTRATION

Hard water

MAIN

WATER

 

 

Hard water to

 

PIPE

outside faucets

 

Soft

12V

 

water

transformer

 

 

120-volt

 

 

outlet

 

 

 

 

Pipe coupler

 

 

Union nut

 

Adapter

OUTLET

 

Brine line

Brine

 

tank cover

OPTIONAL 3-VALVE BYPASS

INSTALLATION ILLUSTRATION

Hard water to outside faucets

 

Hard water

 

MAIN

WATER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PIPE

12V

 

 

 

Soft

120-volt

Bypass

 

water

transformer outlet

valve

 

Outlet

 

 

Inlet

 

valve

 

 

 

 

 

 

valve

 

 

Pipe coupler

Union nut

Adapter

OUTLET Brine line

SALT

 

 

GOES

 

 

HERE

 

NOTE: See

 

 

Drain Hose

Brinewell

Connections

section.

 

 

Fig. 1

CROSSOVER

 

 

 

Use if water supply flows

 

from the left. Include single

 

 

or 3-valve bypass.

 

Soft

 

 

water

 

 

 

Hard

 

 

water

 

To softener

 

inlet

From

 

 

softener

 

 

outlet

 

Brine tank cover

SALT

GOES

HERE

Brinewell

Fig. 2

CROSSOVER

Use if water supply flows from the left. Include single or 3-valve bypass.

Soft water

Hard water

To softener inlet

From softener outlet

3-Valve Bypass System

For soft water service:

Open the inlet and outlet valves

Close the bypass valve

For bypass hard water:

Close the inlet and outlet valves

Open the bypass valve

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GE GNPR40L Plan HOW YOU will Install Softener, Optional 3-VALVE Bypass Installation Illustration, Valve Bypass System