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Morton
®
Water Softener Installation & Operation Manual
Routine Maintenance
Refilling with Salt
Lift the salt lid and check the salt storage level fre-
quently. If the water softener uses all the Morton
®
Clean and Protect
™
or Clean and Protect
™
Plus Rust
Defense
™
Pellets before you refill it, you will experi-
ence hard water. Until you have established a refill-
ing routine, check the salt every two or three weeks.
Always add if less than 1/4 full. Be sure the brinewell
cover is on.
NOTE:
In humid areas, it is best to keep the salt stor-
age level lower, and to refill more often to
avoid salt “bridging”.
Recommended Salt:
We recommend using
Morton
®
Clean and Protect
™
or Clean and Protect
™
Plus Rust Defense
™
Pellets in the familiar yellow bag.
For soft water, nothing works harder. Guaranteed
®
.
Salt Not Recommended:
Rock salt, high in impu-
rities, block, granulated, table, ice melting, ice cream
making salts, etc., are not recommended.
Salt with Iron Removing Additives:
Some salts
have an additive to help a water conditioner handle
iron in a water supply. For this we recommend
Morton
®
Rust Remover Super Pellets
®
in the green
bag.
Breaking a Salt Bridge
Sometimes, a hard crust or salt “bridge” forms in the
brine tank. It is usually caused by high humidity or
the wrong kind of salt. When the salt “bridges,” an
empty space forms between the water and the salt.
Then, salt will not dissolve in the water to make brine.
Without brine, the resin bed is not recharged and
hard water will result.
If the storage tank is full of salt, it is difficult to tell if
you have a salt bridge. A bridge may be underneath
loose salt. Take a broom handle, or like tool, and
hold it next to the water softener. Measure the dis-
tance from the floor to the rim of the water softener.
Then, carefully push the broom handle straight down
into the salt. If a hard object is felt before the pencil
mark is even with the top, it is most likely a salt
bridge. Carefully push into the bridge in several
places to break it. Do not use any sharp or pointed
objects as you may puncture the brine tank. Do not
try to break the salt bridge by pounding on the out-
side of the salt tank. You may damage the tank.
FIG. 55
Salt Bridge
Salt
Empty Space
Water Level
1” - 2”
Pencil
Mark
Broom
Handle
Push tool into
salt bridge to
break
Questions? Call Toll Free 1-888-64 WATER (1-888-649-2837)
or visit
www.mortonwatersofteners.com
When you call, please be prepared to provide the model and serial number,
found on the rating decal, located on the rim below the salt lid hinges.