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at the waste elbow, on the membrane housing. Place the storage tank in the location you
have chosen for it. Using the clear 3/8” tube connect the system fitting marked “to tank” to
the tank valve. Connect the 3/8’” tube attached to the faucet to the system fitting marked
“to faucet”. If the tubing is not pre-attached to the faucet, cut the 3/8” clear tubing to the
desired length and attach the tube to the fitting at the base of the faucet shank to the fitting
marked “ to faucet” on the RO unit.
3. You may find that your unit does not have labels attached to indicate the water line and
drain line connections. The photos below are labelled with the correct locations for the
water and drain connections.
To Storage Tank
Raw Water Inlet
To Drain
To Faucet
Top View
Back View
Step 9. Filling and Sani-Flushing the System
1. Turn on the feed water adapter valve and check all connections for leaks. Do not proceed
further until any leaks are fixed.
2. Let the RO system and the storage tank fill with water. Open the faucet at the sink and let
the water run free for 10 minutes. Turn the saddle valve OFF. Leave the faucet open and
drain all the water from the tank until water flow stops.
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THOROUGHLY WASH HANDS BEFORE LOADING CARTRIDGES AND MEMBRANE
ELEMENTS.
3. a) Vectapure II Models: Remove the clear prefilter housing by turning counter clockwise
with the housing wrench supplied. Remove all protective wrapping from the filter
cartridges. Insert the 5-micron combo carbon/sediment filter cartridge in the clear housing
and reassemble housing. The housings are seated with o-rings
– DO
NOT OVER TIGHTEN
– 1/4 turn after hand tight is usually sufficient.
Repeat with the white 1-micron sediment cartridge in the middle
housing (RO-4052H and RO-4152H only). Install carbon block
cartridge in the remaining white filter housing and reassemble.
4. b) WR2 Models: Remove the left housing by turning clockwise with
the housing wrench supplied. Remove all protective wrapping from
the filter cartridges. Insert the 5-micron white sediment cartridge
(carbon cartridge in two-housing WR2 units) in the housing and
reassemble. The housings are seated with o-rings
– DO NOT OVER
