SECTION 3

CARE OF YOUR SOFTENER

 

3C.

KEEP THE SOFTENER FROM FREEZING

 

 

 

 

If the softener is installed where it could freeze

FIG. 11

DRAIN WATER FROM THE

(summer cabin, lake home, etc.), you must drain all

 

SOFTENER

 

water from it to stop possible freeze damage. To

 

 

 

drain the softener:

 

 

 

 

1. Close the shut2off valve on the house main water pipe, near the water meter or pressure tank.

2. Open a faucet in the soft water pipes to vent pressure in the softener.

3. If a single bypass valve is installed, move the

stem into bypass. See FIG. 12 on page 18. In a

floor

 

drain

wood block

32valve bypass system, close the inlet and outlet

 

 

valve

and open the bypass valve. If you want

 

 

water

in the house pipes again, reopen the

8. Looking at FIG. 11, lay a piece of 2 inch thick

shut2off valve on the main water pipe.

board near the floor drain. Move the softener

 

 

4. Unplug the transformer at the wall outlet.

close to the drain. Slowly and carefully, tip it

 

 

over until the rim rests on the wood block with

5. Remove the salt hole cover and the main cover.

the inlet and outlet over the drain. Do not allow

Take off both drain hoses.

the softener's weight to rest on the inlet and

 

 

outlet fittings or they will break.

6. Carefully remove the large holding clips at the

9. Tip the bottom of the softener up a few inches

softener inlet and outlet (see Key No. 61, on page

30). Separate the softener from the adaptors or

and hold until all water has drained. Leave the

bypass valve.

softener laying like this until you are ready to use

 

 

it. Plug the inlet and outlet with rags to keep dirt,

7. Remove the brinewell cover and disconnect the

bugs, etc. out.

brine valve tubing at the nozzle and venturi

 

 

assembly (see page 23). Lift the brine valve out of

 

 

the brinewell. Tip the brine valve upside down to drain out water.

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