Kenmore 170, 275 Connect Valve and Salt Tank Drains, Connect the Valve Drain Hose

[i!i! ::i:i ! ::i:i ! ::i SECTION 3STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL

D. CONNECT VALVE AND SALT TANK DRAINS

_1_ CONNECT THE VALVE DRAIN HOSE

Take a length of 3 / 8" inside diameter drain tub- ing and attach one end to the drain fitting (FIG. 12). Use a tube clamp to hold it in place. Put the other end of the tubing over a floor drain, into a

laundry tub, standpipe, or other suitable drain. Check your local codes.

•Leave an air gap of about 1-1/2" between the end of the hose and the drain. This gap is needed so you

don't get a back-flow of sewer water into the soften- er. Do not put the end of the hose into the drain or

connect without the air gap.

•Place and support the hose so it does not kink or

have sharp bends. So water pressure does not cause

the hose to "whip", tie or wire it in place. Do not

pinch the hose shut. The softener will not work if

this drain hose is pinched, plugged, closed or re- stricted in any way.

•Keep the hose lower than the drain fitting. (In some homes, to get to a drain you must raise the

hose and run it over-head. If you need an overhead drain, do not raise the hose more than 8' above the floor. A copper drain tube is best to use.)

COPPER DRAIN TUBE: The plumbing codes where you live may say that you must use a copper valve drain tube. A copper tube is also best to use for

an over-head drain. Use a copper drain tube if the softener is installed outside, or in the sunlight. Heat from the sun makes many kinds of rubber or plastic hose to soften, flatten and close up.

To adapt a copper drain tube to the softener, buy a

compression fitting (1/4 in. female pipe threads x 1/2 in. O.D. tube) and tubing from your local hard- ware store.

grommet tube

adaptor

" _ tube

l_lamp

NOTE: Overflow

drain tubing is

available from Sears, Item No.

42 - 3433 (20 ft) overflow drain --

tubing (see step 2, top of page 3-6)

DELUXE		VALVE
							Optional copper drain hook-up,
								check with local codes
			_/_ _/L_		11/4NPT Threads
						barbs
					"i !			Diameter
		clip			_ "::/			Copper Tube
			cut barbs		#			(not furnished)
		from drain		fitting
		(pull	clip and remove
		lilting from		valve)				.2"--...
					Comp Fitting,		1/4	NPT
N\					x 1/2 in. OD.		Tube	-...
					(not	furnished)
	x\
	XX
	\\
		\\
		NN
		\\						STANDPIPE
		X\
		K\
			N\
			\x_...		To drain point
			"_		other	than
valve	drain	hose			floor	drain.
(see	step	1, above)		Support		tubing
					in place as
					needed.			r gap
			1 1/_p,
tie	or wire		air gap			1-'_/'air gap
tubing in place			1

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Deluxe Valve