CONNECT THE VALVE DRAIN HOSE
Take a length of 3/8" inside diameter drain tubing (supplied) and attach one end to the drain fitting (see Fig. 11). Use a tube clamp from the parts bag 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.
COPPER DRAIN TUBE: Local plumbing codes may require the use a copper valve drain tube. A copper tube is also best to use if running a drain line overhead.
To adapt a copper drain tube to the softener, purchase a compression fitting (1/4" female pipe threads x 1/2" O.D. tube) and tubing from your local hardware store.
Leave an air gap of about
Locate and support the hose so it does not kink or have sharp bends. Secure the hose end 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 restricted in any way. Direct drain flow down into drain from drain line as flow could possibly overshoot the drain cover.
Keep the hose lower than the drain fitting. In some homes, to get to a drain you must raise the hose and run it overhead. Do not raise the hose more than 8 feet above the floor.
CONNECT SALT TANK OVERFLOW HOSE
1.Locate the rubber grommet, adaptor elbow and tube clamp (see Fig. 11) that are in the parts bag.
2.Push the grommet into the hole in the salt tank wall so that half is inside and half is outside.
3.Push the larger end of the adaptor into the grommet.
4.Push one end of a length of 3/8" I.D. tubing (sup- plied) onto the tube adaptor, using a tube clamp from the parts bag to hold it in place.
5.Put the other end of the tubing over the floor drain.
IMPORTANT: Overflow water must run down by gravity through the tubing. Do not raise the tub- ing higher than the adaptor (see Fig. 11).
IMPORTANT: Do not connect this hose to the valve drain hose you just installed (see above). Both drains must have a separate hose.
1/4 NPT SUBSTITUTING RIGID DRAIN LINE
Threads
Barbs
Fitting
Clip
Cut barbs from drain fitting (pull clip and remove fitting from valve)
Compression Fittin, 1/4 NPT x 1/2" O.D. Tube (not supplied)
1/2" Outside
Diameter Copper Tube (not supplied)
Grommet Tube
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Drain Hose
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NOTE: Drain Hose
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Salt Tank
Overflow Hose
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FLOOR DRAIN
Figure 11
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