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SANITIZING PROCEDURES
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
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when installing.
1.
Be sure to complete all installation steps, includ-
ing timer programming.
2.
Pour the amount shown in the next column of
common 5.25% household bleach (Clorox, Linco,
Bo Peep, White Sail, Eagle, etc.,)
into the brinewell
(Figure 4, page 9).
Model EP 6130:
1--1/2 oz. (3 tablespoons)
Other EP models:
3 oz. (6 tablespoons)
3.
Start a recharge:
Press the RECHARGE button
and hold for 3 seconds, until
RECHARGE NOW
begins to flash in the display. This recharge draws
the sanitizing bleach into and through the water
softener to sanitize it. Any air remaining in the unit
is purged to the drain.
4.
After the recharge has completed, fully open a
cold water faucet, downstream from the softener,
and allow 50 gallons of water to pass through the
system. This should take at least 20 minutes. Close
the faucet.
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NOTE: Sanitizing is recommended by the Water Quality Asso-
ciation for disinfecting. On some water supplies, they suggest
periodic sanitizing.
NOTE: When the above sanitizing regeneration is over, all remaining bleach is flushed from
the conditioner and your house COLD water supply is fully soft immediately. However,
your
water heater is filled with hard water
and, as hot water is used, it will refill with soft water.
When all the hard water is replaced, in the water heater, hot only, and mixed hot and cold water
will be fully soft. If you want totally soft water immediately, after the above regeneration, drain
the water heater until the water runs cold.
If you do drain the water heater,
use extreme care
as the hot water could cause severe burns.
