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Up-Flow Carbon Installation & Startup guide rev 08112018

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Up-Flow Carbon 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 treated
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 Up-Flow Carbon

Page 1: ...n Water System With proper installation and a little routine maintenance your system will be providing treated 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: ...er Made Easy www cleanwaterstore com Table of Contents Packing List 3 Pre Installation 4 Best Practices for Piping Drain Installation 4 How Your Carbon Filter Up Flow Works 5 Figure 1 Up Flow Carbon tank diagram 5 Assembly and Installation Instructions 6 Maintenance 7 ...

Page 3: ... tube with bottom screen In addition each unit comes with Carbon Up Flow 1 0 Cubic Foot 1 1 cu Ft Bag Activated Carbon 1 box of gravel 12 lbs Carbon Up Flow 1 5 Cubic Foot 1 1 cu Ft Bag Activated Carbon 1 5 cu Ft Bag Activated Carbon 1 box of gravel 16 lbs Carbon Up Flow 2 0 Cubic Foot 2 1 cu Ft Bags 1 box of gravel 16 lbs Carbon Up Flow 2 5 Cubic Foot 2 1 cu Ft Bag 1 5 cu Ft Bag 1 box of gravel 2...

Page 4: ...y be discolored or full of sediment or rust particularly if this is older or corroded piping This typically clears up over a day or two Best Practices for Piping Drain Installation 1 If you are setting up your filter to be an Up Flow filter connect the IN pipe to the Up Flow Inlet on the right side when facing the pipe connectors and then connect the Out pipe to the Downflow Inlet diagram below Th...

Page 5: ...ow Carbon Installation Startup guide How Your Carbon Filter Up Flow Works See Fig 1 In your Carbon Filter water enters the top of the tank and flows down through the distributor tube and up through the carbon media Figure 1 Up Flow Carbon tank diagram ...

Page 6: ...o go down the distributor tube this is very important 2 Next add the gravel first and then the carbon media Disregard the black plug in the tank that is a dome hole and not included with Carbon systems 3 Remove cap or tape from the top of the distributor tube 4 If possible at this point fill the tank completely with water This will allow the carbon media to settle and eliminate the need of purging...

Page 7: ...the Carbon filter off bypass With the valve after the filter closed allow the up flow carbon to flush for 10 to 20 minutes through the hose bib This is necessary to flush out carbon fines and dust The water will be discolored to be black in color at first Maintenance Make sure to occasionally monitor the chlorine residual after the carbon filter there should be very little to no chlorine coming ou...

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