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Air Charger Sulfur Filter 5900e-AIR Installation & Startup Guide 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Air Charger Sulfur Filter 5900e-AIR Installation & 
Start-Up Guide

 

Thank you for purchasing a Clean Water System!   
  
With proper installation and a little routine maintenance  
your system will be providing sulfur odor-free water for many years. 
Please review this start-up guide entirely before beginning  
to install your system and follow the steps outlined for best results. 
 

MEDIA CONTAINS DUST. USE PAPER MASK AND VENTILATE TO  
AVOID BREATHING DUST. 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

   

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Summary of Contents for 5900e-AIR

Page 1: ...providing sulfur odor free water for many years Please review this start up guide entirely before beginning to install your system and follow the steps outlined for best results MEDIA CONTAINS DUST USE PAPER MASK AND VENTILATE TO AVOID BREATHING DUST 2806 A Soquel Ave Santa Cruz CA 95062 For assistance call 1 831 462 8500 Email us office cleanwaterstore com More information online www cleanwaterst...

Page 2: ...r 8 Fig 4 5900 Bypass Service Mode Knob Positions 8 Assembly and Installation Instructions 9 Bypass Valve Assembly Instructions 10 Fig 7 5900 Bypass and Service Mode Positions 12 Programming Your Valve 13 Master Programming Mode 14 Initial Backwash 16 Maintenance 17 Normal Operation 17 Battery back up 17 How To Start An Extra Regeneration Cycle 17 Troubleshooting the 5900 Air Charger Sulfur Filter...

Page 3: ...tor kit 1 or 3 4 13 x 54 standard filter tank with distributor tube Blue media funnel for adding Air Charger Sulfur Filter media 2 5 cubic feet of Jacobi Catalytic Carbon media 20 lbs filter gravel All systems also include a Power Supply an Air Draw Fitting a mpt X 5 8 ID Barb Fitting and a 5 and 7 gpm Drain Line Flow Control DLFC Button Your System Install Flow Chart 1 Verify that you have receiv...

Page 4: ...ygen is added to the water The Air Charger Sulfur Filter filter media bed then removes the sulfur and odors from the water Backwash is done by default at 2am programmable about once per week depending on the sulfur odors This will remove the now elemental sulfur and if present light levels of iron as well Fig 1 Air Charger Sulfur Filter 5900e AIR Control Valve Front View System Limitations The Air...

Page 5: ... is installed after the pressure tank 2 Make sure to connect the IN pipe to the Air Charger Sulfur Filter 5900e AIR inlet and the OUT pipe to the outlet see Fig 3 As you face the Air Charger Sulfur Filter 5900e AIR control from the front the water enters on the right and exits on the left From the back see Fig 3 the water enters on the left The inlet and outlet are attached to the bypass valve whi...

Page 6: ...our sewer or septic tank backs up it cannot cross connect with the drain tubing Installation of Your System into Copper or Metal Piping Systems If your new filter system is to be installed in a metal conductive plumbing system i e copper or galvanized steel pipe the plastic components of the system will interrupt the electrical continuity of the plumbing system As a result any stray currents from ...

Page 7: ...er Sulfur Filter 5900e AIR Installation Startup Guide Page 7 www cleanwaterstore com Rev 082616 Fig 2 Typical Air Charger Sulfur Filter 5900 AIR piping installation with ball valve and hose bib after the filter ...

Page 8: ... www cleanwaterstore com Rev 082616 Fig 3 5900 from the rear showing the inlet left and outlet right end connector fittings 3 4 or 1 NPT in Noryl plastic Brass end connectors are also available for connecting to copper tubing Fig 4 5900 Bypass Service Mode Knob Positions ...

Page 9: ... to cover the bottom distributor screen before adding the media Note Be sure not to let any parts of the bag or other foreign materials enter the tank when you are adding media 3 Next add the media The tank should be about 2 3 full of media do not fill more than 2 3 full even if there is media left over 4 Remove tape from distributor tube being careful not to pull up on the tube 5 Fill tank comple...

Page 10: ...is no need for a pipe wrench or other wrench Bypass Valve Assembly Instructions Fig 5 5900e Bypass with Barrels Fig 6 Bypass with steel mounting clips 1 When you remove the bypass valve from the box the valves are in the open position Holding the bypass so that you are reading the In and Out so that the words are not upside down to you when holding the bypass note the following 2 The red handles a...

Page 11: ...t is on the Out connector 4 Assemble the Drain Line Flow Control DLFC Fitting A MPT X 5 8 OD Barb is included Using three wraps of Teflon tape and some Teflon paste on the thread and screw that into the Drain Line Fitting This is located on the side of the valve it is removed by pulling out the black clip The DLFC is a black rubber washer with a hole in it refer to the table on page 15 to determin...

Page 12: ...s only with silicone grease and connect the bypass assembly to the 5900e control by sliding the bypass valve firmly into the body of the 5900e DO NOT USE VEGETABLE OIL OR PETROLEUM GREASE ON ANY PART OF THE 5900e CONTROL VALVE O rings are OK to lubricate but not the main tank threads 8 Next lubricate the end connectors with some silicone grease and insert them into the bypass valve 9 There is a by...

Page 13: ...ust be changed before the system can be put into service Plug in the control valve and continue on to begin the programming instructions Programming Your Valve While scrolling through numbers it only increases the value To decrease the value you will have to go all the way around to get back to a lower value 1 To enter main menu press the Menu Enter button Time of day will flash 2 To set time of d...

Page 14: ...ramming to finish the programming instructions Master Programming Mode Entering Master Programming Mode To enter Master Programming Mode press and hold both buttons for 5 seconds 1 Regeneration Time r Press the Menu Enter Button The next display viewed is the option setting for Regeneration Time It is identified by the letter r in the left digit Set the desired time of day that a regeneration may ...

Page 15: ...eneration done rC the same gPdL shows how many gallons used each day Gbrl is the gallons used between regenerations PfDL This shows the peak or highest flow rate that has passed through the filter in the last 24 hours If you get stuck in these options keep pressing the Menu Enter button until you have returned to the service screen Note on Air Draw Cycle 5 The longer the unit is set to remain in t...

Page 16: ... in flow out of the drain line as you increase the flow of water into the filter After several minutes you should have the valve fully open and with no media coming out The water may appear milky white 3 Verify that the backwash flow corresponds with the size of your system below You can easily run the drain hose to a bucket and using a watch verify the flow rate in gallons per minute An adequate ...

Page 17: ...er failure to conserve battery power the display is turned off However to confirm that the battery is working you can press either button and the display will turn on for five seconds Menus cannot be accessed during power failure If a power failure occurs while the valve is in regeneration the regeneration will resume operation once the power is restored How To Start An Extra Regeneration Cycle 1 ...

Page 18: ...requires service to continue Error 5 Motor overload stalled position or shorted motor Valve requires service to continue Error 6 No Power to Motor usually this means the cable has come loose What To Do If Your Filter Tank Does Not Sit Level On the Floor Your black filter tank base is not glued to the bottom of your tank Occasionally tank bases will become crooked during shipment If you find that t...

Page 19: ...bles present open the valve about another quarter inch again you should see a corresponding increase in the flow And you will continue until the valve is full open IMPORTANT Any time that you are in the Backwash or Rapid Rinse position you may need to unplug the power this will hold the valve in its current position so it doesn t time out and go to the next position When you plug the valve back in...

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