Operation
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3.3.4 Water Softener/Filter Flow Diagrams
Figure 9 Inlet Check Valve Assembly
Note:
Install 1” stainless steel female check valve on the inlet of the control valve.
Supply
Water En ters
Trea ted
Water Exits
1
•
Service Position: Raw water
enters control head and flows
down through the media,
removing hardness.
2
•
Brine Tank Fill Position: Water
enters control head to self clean
injector while flowing back to refill
the brine tank. Unit will deliver soft
water in this position.
3
•
Softening Position: Water in the
brine tanks slowly dissolves salt in
preparation for Brine/Rinse
Position. During this cycle, unit will
delivery soft water. Factory setting
for this cycle is 240 minutes.
4
•
Backwash Position: Raw water
enters control head and flows into
lower distributor upward through
mineral bed and out to drain, lifting
and cleaning turbid particles from
media bed.
5
•
Brine/Rinse Position: Raw water
enters control head flowing
through the injector, drawing brine
from the brine tank.
6
•
Slow Rinse Position: Raw water
enters control head and flows
down through the media, rinsing
residual brine to drain.
