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General Information
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Section 1 General Information
1.1 Pre-installation Instructions for Dealers
The manufacturer has preset the water treatment unit’s sequence of cycles, cycle times, salt dose, exchange capacity and
salt dose refill time.
The dealer should read this page and guide the installer regarding hardness, day override, and time of regeneration, before
installation.
For the installer, the following must be used:
• Program Installer Settings, Hardness, Day Override (preset to 12 days), and Time of Regeneration (preset to 2 a.m.,
refer to Section 3.2 )
• Read Normal Operating Displays
• Set Time of Day
• Read Power Loss and Error Display
For the homeowner, refer to Section 3.2 .
1.1.1 Impression Series Water Softeners
During operation, the normal user display is time of day and gallons per minute.
Days Remaining is an optional display but is not normally used. Each of these can be viewed by pressing
NEXT
to scroll
through them. When stepping through any programming, if there aren’t any buttons pressed within 5 minutes, the display
returns to a normal user display. Any changes made prior to the 5 minute time out are incorporated.
To quickly exit any Programming, Installer Settings, etc., press set clock. Any changes made prior to the exit are
incorporated. If desired, two regenerations within 24 hours are possible with a return to the preset program. To do a double
regeneration:
1. Press the
REGEN
button once. “
REGEN TODAY
” will flash on the display.
2. Press and hold the
REGEN
button for three seconds until a regeneration begins.
Once the valve has completed the immediate regeneration, the valve will regenerate one more time at the preset.
1.2 Bypass Valve
The bypass valve is typically used to isolate the control valve from the plumbing system’s water pressure in order to
perform control valve repairs or maintenance. The 1” full flow bypass valve incorporates four positions including a
diagnostic position that allows a service technician to have pressure to test a system while providing untreated bypass
water to the building. Be sure to install bypass valve onto main control valve, before beginning plumbing, or make
provisions in the plumbing system for a bypass.
The bypass body and rotors are glass filled Noryl
®
and the nuts and caps are glass filled polypropylene. All seals are self-
lubricating EPDM to help prevent valve seizing after long periods of non-use. Internal O-rings can easily be replaced if
service is required.
The bypass consists of two interchangeable plug valves that are operated independently by red arrow shaped handles.
The handles identify the direction of flow. The plug valves enable the bypass valve to operate in four positions.
1. Normal Operation Position : The inlet and outlet handles point in the direction of flow indicated by the engraved
arrows on the control valve. Water flows through the control valve for normal operation of a water softener or filter.
During the regeneration cycle this position provides regeneration water to the unit, while also providing untreated water
to the distribution system. Refer to Figure 1 .
2. Bypass Position : The inlet and outlet handles point to the center of the bypass. The system is isolated from the water
pressure in the plumbing system. Untreated water is supplied to the building. Refer to Figure 2 .