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7800 Carbon Filter 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 chlorine free water for many years. 

 

CARBON MEDIA CONTAINS DUST.  

USE PAPER MASK AND VENTILATE TO AVOID BREATHING DUST. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for Pro-OX 7800

Page 1: ...tallation and a little routine maintenance your system will be providing chlorine free water for many years CARBON MEDIA CONTAINS DUST USE PAPER MASK AND VENTILATE TO AVOID BREATHING DUST Questions Call us toll free 1 888 600 5426 or 1 831 462 8500 Email us support cleanwaterstore com See more information on our website www cleanwaterstore com resources ...

Page 2: ... Fig 1 Carbon Filter Tank Water Flow 5 Fig 2 Typical Carbon Filter 7800 piping installation with ball valve and hose bib after the filter 6 Fig 3 7800 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 7 Fig 4 7800 Bypass and Service Positions 7 Assembly and Installation ...

Page 3: ...r kit 1 or 10 x 54 filter tank with distributor tube Blue media funnel for adding the Carbon media 16 lbs Filter gravel 1 5 cubic foot of Carbon media Carbon Filter 2 0 cubic foot size 7800 Backwash Control Valve w Bypass Assembly and Pipe connector kit 1 or 12 x 52 filter tank with distributor tube Blue media funnel for adding the Carbon media 20lbs Filter gravel 2 0 cubic foot of Carbon media Ca...

Page 4: ...pressure tank 2 Make sure to connect the IN pipe to the 7800 inlet and the OUT pipe to the outlet see Fig 2 As you face the 7800 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 which is marked with arrows as well 3 Make sure there is a working gate or ball valve bef...

Page 5: ...re from your well pump Most plumbing codes require an air gap connection so that if your sewer or septic tank backs up it cannot cross connect with the drain tubing How Your Carbon Filter Works See Fig 1 below In your Carbon Filter the water enters the top of the tank red arrows and flows down through the media and up the distributor tube blue arrows The downflow type Carbon Filter removes sedimen...

Page 6: ...7800 Carbon Filter Installation Startup Guide Page 6 www cleanwaterstore com Rev 120215 Fig 2 Typical Carbon Filter 7800 piping installation with ball valve and hose bib after the filter ...

Page 7: ...leanwaterstore com Rev 120215 Fig 3 7800 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 7800 Bypass and Service Positions ...

Page 8: ...n before adding the Carbon media 3 Next add Carbon media The tank will be about 2 3rds full of media Do not fill past 2 3rds even if there is some left over 4 Remove cap or tape from top of distributor tube Be careful not to pull up distributor tube when removing cap or tape 5 If possible at this point fill tank completely with water This will allow the Carbon Filter media to settle and eliminate ...

Page 9: ...ody of the 7800 Once bypass is in far enough you will be able to insert the red connector clips 10 Next lubricate the end connectors 2 in Fig 5 with some silicone grease or vegetable cooking oil and insert them into the bypass valve and then insert the red clips 3 11 Note that the 7800 is usually shipped in the bypass position There is a bypass valve knob on both the inlet and the outlet You can e...

Page 10: ...em can be put into service Initial Programming 16 Plug in your 7800 control valve to an outlet 17 From the display screen press and hold the settings button for three seconds to access the programming menu 18 Set Time of Day Use the up and down arrows to select the proper value Once the proper value is set press the Settings button Enter to proceed to the next setting Hitting the Manual Regen butt...

Page 11: ...ervice position The 7800 bypass valve knobs are a little stiff so you can use Allen wrench placed in the holes to turn the knobs Turn the bypass valve knobs in the correct direction which is counter clockwise as you face the bypass valve knobs 29 There should be no Carbon media coming out of the drain line but the water will be black or dirty looking At this point the Carbon filter will be in a ba...

Page 12: ...manual for instructions on how to access the master programming How To Remove Media From Control Head Sometimes when doing the Initial Backwash the media gets lifted up into the control head You can tell this happened because you will have little or no flow either going out to drain while in the backwash positon or when in the service positon To remove media from a control head do the following 1 ...

Page 13: ...you plug the valve back in after a minute it will return to where it was when you unplugged it i e 2 32 remaining in BW Understand it is not possible to jam media into the head while in Rapid Rinse or Service just in the Backwash when the flow direction is reversed What you are trying to accomplish after you have pushed the media back in to the tank in the Rapid Rinse position is to get the Inlet ...

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