SECTION3

CARE OF YOUR WATER SOFTENER

C. PROTECT THE WATER SOFTENER FROM FREEZING

If the softener is installed where it could freeze

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

water from it to stop possible freeze damage. To drain the softener:

[]Close

the shut-off

valve

on

the

house main

wa-

ter

pipe,

near

the water

 

meter

or

pressure

 

tank.

[]Open

a

faucet

 

in

the

soft

water

pipes

to

vent

pressure

in the

softener.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[]Refer

to

FIG.

14

on

page

4-1. Move the

stem in

a single

bypass

 

valve

to

bypass.

 

Close

the

inlet

and outlet valve in a 3-valve bypass system, and open the bypass vane. If you want water in the house pipes again, reopen the shut-off valve on

the

main water

pipe.

 

 

 

 

[]Unplug

the transformer

at

the wall

outlet.

Re-

move the salt hole cover and the main cover.

Take off both drain hoses.

 

 

 

[]Carefully

remove

the

large

holding

clips

at the

softener inlet and outlet (see Key No. 66, on page

6-3).

Separate

the softener

from

the copper

tubes, or from the bypass valve.

 

 

B Remove the brinewell cover and disconnect the

brine valve tubing at the nozzle and venturi as- sembly (see page 3- 2). Lift the brine valve out of

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

Drain All Water From Softener

J

drain wood block

[

Looking

at FIG. 12,

lay

a piece

of

2

inch

thick

 

board near the floor drain. Move the softener

 

close to the drain. SLOWLY and CAREFULLY,

 

tip it over until the rim rests on the wood block

 

with the inlet and outlet over the drain. Do not

 

allow

the

softener's

 

weight

to

rest

on

the

inlet

 

and outlet fittings or they will break.

 

 

[Tip

 

the

bottom

of

the softener

 

up

a few inches

 

and

hold

 

until

all

water

has

drained.

 

Leave

the

 

softener

laying like

this

until

you

are ready to

 

use it. Plug

the

inlet

and

outlet

with

rags to keep

 

dirt,

bugs,

etc.

out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3-3

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