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WATER SOFTENER START UP

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

pail

to

fill

the

 

salt

storage

 

tank

with

3 gallons of water.

 

 

 

_J

Remove

the

brinewell

 

cover

(FIG.

 

3) and

pour

 

about

 

3/4

ounce,

or

i

to 2

tablespoons,

 

of

com-

 

mon

 

5.25%,

unscented,

 

household

 

bleach

(Clo-

 

rox, Linco, BoPeep, White Sail Eagle, etc.) in the

 

softener

brinewell.

 

Replace

the

 

brinewell

cover.

[]Press

 

 

 

the

RECHARGE

 

button

 

 

and

 

hold for

 

3 se-

 

conds

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 2-3) for ser-

vice and flushes residual chlorine from the soften-

er.

Notes:

This recharge takes about 2-1/2 hours.

You can sanitize the softener with or without salt in the storage tank.

brinewell cover

brinewell

(!;' Recommended by the Water Qualily Assodatton. On some

water supplies, the water softener may need periodic

disinfecting.

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