5. Water Flow Test of the Softener
5.1 Primary inflow of the Softener
5.1.1 Refer to Section 3 of the manual on the installation of the softener. Refer to Section 4 of the
manual to complete the setup of control valve and regeneration settings.
5.1.2 Activate regeneration manually by referring to Section 4.4 - “Manual Regeneration”.
5.1.3 Partially open INLET knob on bypass valve (Fig 3.3.2). This will allow the unit to fill slowly
from the bottom up, reducing air entrapment. Allow unit to fill slowly, failure to do so could result in
loss of resin to the drain.
5.1.4 Once a steady stream of water, no air, is flowing to drain the inlet and outlet knobs on the
bypass can be fully opened.
5.1.5 Slowly turn on the water faucet and main water supply. Once all air has been purged out of
the system and there is a steady flow of water, turn off water faucet and main water supply.
5.1.6 Initial water flow test has completed, open the inlet and outlet knob of bypass valve (Fig.
5.2.1) to check for any leakage or seepages. Repair any leakage or seepages.
5.2.1 Normal operation (Fig. 5.2.1): Untreated water enters the system via the inlet of the
bypass valve. Soft water exit system via the outlet of the bypass valve to users.
5.2.2 Bypass operation (Fig. 5.2.2): Untreated water enters the inlet of bypass valve and exit
the system via the outlet of bypass valve as the system is being bypass and no water is flowing
into the system. At this state, the bypass valve can be dismantle from the softener to conduct
any maintenance work on the softener.
5.2 Position of bypass-valve
