MAINTENANCE MANUAL
Speedster
page 20
Materials needed
PVC-hose (included in your shipment)
Bucket
Coarse grained regeneration salt (e.g. Broxomatic); 1,0 kg
Procedure
1.
Shut down your Speedster.
2.
Turn the water softener such that the valves are facing you with both handles in
the “9 ‘o clock” position (see figure 2).
3.
Cut the PVC hose in two, one section should be approximately 50 cm (18 in) long.
4.
Attach one end of the short section to the slender spout (right hand side) of the
upper valve and dangle the other end in the bucket.
5.
Turn the upper valve clockwise into the “3 ‘o clock” position. Inflow of water to
the water softener is now cut off and excess pressure is released into the bucket.
6.
Turn the black knob on top of the water softener a few times counter clock wise
such that the lid can be removed, remove the lid.
7.
Pour 1,0 kg of Broxomatic (or other coarse grained regeneration salt) into the
water softener.
8.
Use caution as the rim of the water softener is sharp! Wipe the inside of the water
softener where the rubber ring of the lid will be clean with your finger.
9.
Put the lid back in its place and tighten it by turning the knob, use only little force.
10.
Attach one end of the long section of PVC hose to the slender spout of the lower
valve and place the other end in the discharge.
11.
Turn the lower valve clockwise into the “3 ‘o clock” position.
12.
Turn the upper valve counter clock wise into the “9 ‘o clock” position.
13.
Water will now slowly run through the water softener (regulated by a restrictor in
the spout of the lower valve). The salt will dissolve and attach itself to the resin in
the water softener thus substituting the precipitated calcium carbonate particles
which in turn will be discharged.
14.
We advise you to shake your water softener up and down during regeneration to
ensure that the salt solution penetrates in all parts of the resin bed.
15.
The regeneration process is complete when the discharged water no longer tastes
salty, this will take 30-45 minutes.
Note
The water tastes salty because salt not used to replace calcium carbonate is
expelled from the water softener. If it takes very long (more than 90 minutes) for
the water to taste fresh, regeneration was not necessary yet.
16.
When the salty taste is gone, turn the lower valve back to the “9 ‘o clock”
position, remove the PVC hoses and turn your Speedster “on”.
Notes
Do not use descaling solution (or e.g. vinegar), as you would with a consumer coffee
brewing apparatus, because it might damage your Speedster. The aggressive agent may
corrode metal and sealing materials of the machine from the inside.
Our commercial machines, which are used in bars and restaurants and thus produce up
to hundreds (and even a thousand) of beverages per day, do not show noticeable scaling
for years provided that the water softener of these machines is regenerated as often as
needed.
