Tannin 5900e 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 accidentally
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 Tannin filter 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/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 2). The Tannin filter is installed after the pressure tank.
2.
Make sure the water is soft going into the Tannin filter as hardwater will ruin the Tannin resin.
3.
Make sure to connect the IN pipe to the 5900e inlet and the OUT to the outlet (see Fig 3). As you face
the 5900e 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 and exits on the right. The inlet and outlet are attached to the
bypass valve which is marked with arrows as well.
4.
Make sure there is a working gate or ball valve before the 5900e Tannin filter and also one after as
shown in the diagram (Fig 2). The pressure gauges are optional but a hose bib (a faucet that you can
attach a garden hose to) is strongly recommended after the Tannin filter and before the second ball
valve. This makes it easy to rinse your new Tannin filter on start-up and gives you a place to test the
water before it enters your household plumbing.
5.
If you will be using copper piping, do not sweat the copper pipe directly on to the 5900e control
valve. Avoid heating up the 5900e control valve plastic with the torch.
6.
You do not need unions to install your 5900e control. If you need to remove it, the 5900e has quick-
release couplings that make it easy to put the Tannin filter on by-pass and remove the filter system
from the piping.
