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HANS
™ Premium Water
Appliance
Owner’s
Manual
Terms and Definitions
TERMS
DEFINITIONS
Ambient temp
Air Temperature of the immediate area of the
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Water Appliance
Bypass
System to divert feed water around the
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Chlorine
Water additive in feed water; may be used as a disinfectant
Dual Filter
Mount that holds Stage 1 and Stage 2 filters
Feed Water
Unfiltered water from municipal or well that is plumbed into the
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Filtered Water
Clean water output from the
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gpg
Grains per gallon, a unit of measure of calcium carbonate
Hardness
Scale in grains per gallon rating amount of water impurities
Jet
Metered orifice used to control amount of waste water from the
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Element
Reverse Osmosis "filter"
ppm
Parts per million , unit of measure for small concentrations of
substances in water
pH
Scale of acidity from 0-14, with 7 being neutral
Pressurized Storage
Tank
Tank used to store Filtered water from the
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Appliance
Stage 1 Filter
Well
–
10 micron sediment filter used as the 1
st
filter of feed water to
remove debris
Municipal/Chloramine
–
Granular activated carbon filter used as the
first filter to remove chlorine
Stage 2 Filter
Well
–
Granular activated carbon filter used as the 2nd filter to remove
chlorine
Municipal
–
Granular activated carbon filter used as the 2nd filter to
remove chlorine
Chloramine
–
Catalytic carbon filter used as the 2nd filter to remove
chloramines
Stage 3 Element
Reverse osmosis Elements used as final stage to clean feed water
Stage 4 Filter
Raises pH and re-mineralized filtered water