Fleck 5600-SXT Softener Installation & Startup Guide
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Pre-Installation
1.
Review your packing list and make sure you have received all the parts before beginning installation.
Please ensure that all parts are included before scheduling a plumber or installer to come to the site.
2.
If you are going to be turning off the water to the house and you have an electric water heater, shut
off the power to the water heater before beginning installation in case water heater is accidentially
drained.
3.
Pick a suitable location for your filter system on a dry level spot where it won’t be exposed to freezing
temperatures. A minimum of 20 PSI is required. Maximum pressure is 90 PSI.
4.
Get all of your plumbing parts together before beginning installation. Installation typically takes 3 to
5 hours. However after installation the Softener must be allowed to run through a complete
backwash and rinse cycle (also called ‘regeneration’). You don’t have to be present for this first
backwash necessarily, but it does take 90 minutes.
5.
After the system is installed and running, your water may be discolored, or full of sediment or rust,
particularly if this is older piping that has been exposed to iron or manganese for some time.
Typically this clears up over a day or two, but can persist for weeks if the pipe is old galvanized iron
pipe that is corroded.
Best Practices for Piping & Drain Installation
1.
See typical installation (see Fig 1). The softener is installed after the pressure tank.
2.
Make sure to connect the inlet pipe to the Fleck 5600-SXT inlet and the outlet to the outlet (see Fig
2). As you face the Fleck 5600-SXT control from the front, the water enters on the right and exits on
the left. From the back (see Fig 2) 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 before the Fleck 5600-SXT Softener and also one after
as shown in the diagram. The pressure gauges are optional and not necessary but a hose bib (which
is a faucet that you can attach a garden hose to) is strongly recommended after the softener before
the second ball valve. This makes it easy to rinse your new softener on start-up and gives you a place
to test the water before it enters your household plumbing.
4.
If you will be using copper piping, do not sweat the copper pipe directly on to the Fleck 5600-SXT
control valve. Avoid heating up the Fleck 5600-SXT control valve plastic with the torch.
