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

 

will

not

 

infect

or

contaminate

 

your

water

supply, and will not cause bacteria to form or grow.

However,

 

during

 

shipping,

 

storage,

installing

 

and

operating,

 

bacteria

could

get

 

into

the

 

softener.

For

this

reason,

 

sanitizing

as follows

is

suggested

®

when

installing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

_The

 

 

first

time

you

sanitize

 

your

softener,

be sure

 

to do

all

steps

 

in

the

installation

manual,

 

and

on

 

pages

1-2,

1-3

and

1-4

of

this

manual

first.

 

 

Note:

Be certain

the

bypass

 

valve is pulled out

 

to

"service"

 

position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

_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

 

about

 

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.

 

Press

 

the

ON/OFF-HOLD

 

 

button

 

and

hold for 3

 

seconds

 

to

start

a recharge.

 

This

first

recharge

 

does

several

things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•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 2-4) for ser-

vice and flushes residual chlorine from the soften-

er.

Notes:

This recharge takes about 2-1 /2 or 2- 3 / 4 hours, de-

pending on the salt type setting (page 1-4).

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.

1-5

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625.38827, 625.38826 specifications

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