
22
Culligan® Premier Series Automatic Deionizer
22
Cat. No. 01024000
1. Turn the air supply on the main regulator and set the pressure at 80 psi. Observe the feed water static pressure.
Turn the air pressure regulator to 75-95 psi. See
2. Slowly turn on the inlet water ball valve about half the way, observe for any leaks. The OUTLET valve should be
CLOSED.
3. Turn the system controller on and initiate MANUAL REGENERATION: see
.
4. Set the system in SERVICE. Valves C2, A2 & A3 will be OPEN. You will hear water flowing through and start
filling first the CATION tank and then gradually the ANION tank. Do not turn the feed water valve to full throttle.
You want the tanks to fill slowly, because the tanks are still full of air. As the tanks are filling up you may hear
air escaping through the vacuum breakers. Once the tanks are filled; you cannot hear the water flowing; shut
the feed water valve off.
5. Manually (see
) advance the GBE controller to CATION BACKWASH. Valves C1 & C4 will be ener-
gized. Slowly turn the feed water ball valve ON - SLOWLY, at first you may hear some of the entrapped air
coming out from the tank and then you will hear water flowing to drain. Observe that you have a constant flow
of water to drain and that you are not blowing any resin out of the tank. Then start opening the feed water
valve SLOWLY to full throttle. Let the Cation tank continue the backwash for the preprogrammed time on the
controller. The water to drain may originally be discolored light to dark yellow. Make sure that at the end of the
backwash cycle (10-15 minutes) the water comes out clear. Once the pre-programmed cation backwash time is
expired the controller will advance to the next cycle.
6. Next cycle is “Acid Draw”. The chemical is pumped into the system utilizing an air operated diaphragm pump.
The system is equipped with a pressure regulated feed water by-pass in order to regulate and maintain a con-
stant inlet water pressure during the regenerant chemicals injection cycles. The pressure regulator is set at 40
– 50 psi. Check the air pressure to the chemical feed pumps; it should be 80 – 85 psi at 8-10 scfm. In this step
the chemical feed rate and dosage is being set.
NOTE If the chemical feed pumps are not drawing any chemicals, air may still be trapped inside the upper
piping system. Turn off the pumps and relieve the air from the upper piping system.
7. Adjust the air regulator located at the chemical feed pump in a clockwise position to the fully closed position.
Open the regulator adjustment valve in a counterclockwise position to increase the pump flow rate. The flow
rate for the acid feed for the corresponding model numbers is shown in
.
NOTE REFER TO THE CHEMICAL PUMPS MANUAL (COPY ATTACHED IN THE ADDENDUM SECTION) FOR
OPERATING DETAILS OF THE DIAPHRAGM PUMPS.
8. Once you have set the flow rate of the chemical draw the concentration of the chemical must controlled. The
Hydrochloric Acid should be mixed at a rate of 6 – 8%. Adjust the air regulator valve to increase or decrease the
chemical rate accordingly. The concentration of the chemical is measured with a hydrometer. See
Regeneration Specifications" on page 77
NOTE The test port pulls from the bottom of the tank. Allow 10 minutes after an adjustment before sampling
to allow the adjusted concentrations to reach the bottom of the tank.
9. Once you have set the acid draw advance manually to the SLOW RINSE cycle. The feed water continuous to
be through the “By-Pass” line. Make sure that the proper flow rate is flowing through valve C3. The chemical
draw and slow rinse cycles flow is controlled by a flow control valve located by valve C3.
10. Advance the cation column to the FAST RINSE position, let rinse for 2-5 minutes.
11. Manually advance to the ANION BACKWASH position. Valves C2, A1 & A5 will energize. Turn the feed water
ball valve ON - SLOWLY, at first you may hear some of the entrapped air coming out from the tank and then
you will hear water flowing to drain. Observe that you have a constant flow of water to drain and that you are
not blowing any resin out of the tank. Then start opening the feed water valve SLOWLY to full throttle. Let the
Anion tank continue the backwash for the preprogrammed time on the controller. The water to drain may orig-
inally be discolored light to dark yellow. Make sure that at the end of the backwash cycle (10-15 minutes) the
water comes out clear. Once the pre-programmed anion backwash time is expired the controller will advance to
the next cycle.
12. Next cycle is “Caustic Draw”. The chemical is pumped into the system utilizing an air operated diaphragm
pump. The system is equipped with a pressure regulated feed water by-pass in order to regulate and maintain
the inlet water pressure constant during the regenerant chemicals injection cycles. The pressure regulator is set
at 40 – 50 psi. Check the air pressure to the chemical feed pumps; it should be 80 – 85 psi at 8-10 scfm. In this
step the chemical feed rate and dosage is being set.