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Maintaining Your Water Optimizer
11
Storing & Relocating Your Water Optimizer
At some point, you may need to store or relocate your Water Optimizer. Should one of
these situations be the case for you, below are a few simple steps to prevent any damage
from occuring.
1. If applicable, first flip
T
Hot Mode Power Switch
and
S
Cold Mode Power Switch into the down position to power off the heating and cooling
systems.
2. Next, unplug
U
110v Power Cord
from the electrical outlet.
3. Shutoff water flow to your appliance by turning the blue handle on the
C
1/4 in. Quick Connect Shutoff Valve (see Installation Guide) connected to your
Optimizer’s
Y
Source Input Port
located at the back of the appliance.
4. Place a container below the each of the dispensers, and dispense water from each of
the three temperature modes until no more water will come out.
5. Next, if applicable, shutoff the
C
1/4 in. Quick Connect Shutoff Valve connected
between your Optimizer’s
X
Accessory Output Port and any accessory appliances
(i.e. coffee maker) and disconnect the tubing from the port. Placing a towel underneath
your ports will help save time cleaning up drippage.
6. Make any necessary adjustments to your accessory appliances in lieu of them no longer
receiving water (i.e. powering them off in necessary).
7. Disconnect the tubing running between our Optimizer’s
Y
Source Input Port and
the
C
1/4 in. Quick Connect Shutoff Valve
you just shutoff, and place end of the
tubing into a container to catch any water that drains back.
8. Now place your container at the back of the Optimizer below
V
Drain Port .
9. Using a Phillips screwdriver, remove the transparent plastic cap that covers
V
Drain Port and remove it.
10. Next, remove the blue silicon drain plug from the drain, and tilt the Water Optimizer
backwards (no more than 45 degrees) , allowing the water to drain from the
appliance.