Pro
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OX 2510 Manual Backwash Iron Filter Installa on & Startup Guide
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Pre
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Installa on
1. Review your packing list and make sure you have received all the parts before beginning installa on.
2. If you are going to be turning o
ff
the water to the house and you have an electric water heater, shut o
ff
the power to the water heater before beginning installa on in case water heater is accidentally drained.
3. Pick a suitable loca on for your
fi
lter system on a dry level spot where it won’t be exposed to freezing
temperatures. A minimum of 20 PSI is required. Maximum pressure is 90 PSI.
4. Get all of your plumbing parts together before beginning installa on. Installa on typically takes 3 to 5
hours. However a er installa on the iron
fi
lter must be allowed to run through a complete backwash and
rinse cycle (also called "regenera on"). You don’t have to be present for this
fi
rst backwash necessarily,
but it does take 90 minutes.
5. A er the system is installed and running, your water may be discolored, or full of sediment or rust, par c-
ularly if this is older piping that has been exposed to iron or manganese for some me. Typically this
clears up over a day or two, but can persist for weeks if the pipe is old, galvanized iron pipe that has been
corroded.
Best Prac ces for Piping & Drain Installa on
1. See typical installa on (see Fig. 2, page 6). The iron
fi
lter is installed a er the pressure tank.
2. Make sure to connect the inlet pipe to the Fleck 2510 control valve inlet and the outlet to the outlet (see
Fig. 3, page 7). Water enters on the right and exits on the le when facing the control valve from the
front. From the back (Fig. 3) the water enters on the le . The inlet and outlet are a ached to the bypass
valve which is marked with arrows as well.
3. Make sure there is a working gate or ball valve before the
fi
lter and also one a er as shown in Fig. 2 on
page 6. The pressure gauges are op onal and not necessary but a hose bib (which is a faucet that you can
a ach a garden hose to) is strongly recommended a er the
fi
lter before the second ball valve. This makes
it easy to rinse your new
fi
lter on start-up and gives you a place to test the water before it enters your
household plumbing.
4. If you will be using copper piping, do not sweat the copper pipe directly on to the
control valve. Avoid
hea ng up the control valve plas c with the torch.
5. You do not need unions to install your Fleck 2510control valve. If you need to remove it, the valve has
quick-release couplings that make it easy to put the
fi
lter on bypass and remove it from your piping.
6.
The drain line tubing (not supplied) is connected to a drain from the rain outlet using
fl
exible 1/2” ID tub-
ing. Note that the drain line can run up above the control valve and into a drain—it does not need to
drain down, as the
fi
lter backwashes under line pressure from your well pump. Most plumbing codes re-
quire an air-gap connec on, so that if your sewer or sep c tank backs up it cannot cross-connect with the
drain tubing.
