Eco Pure EP 6130 Installation And Operation Manual
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16GENERAL WATER SOFTENER MAINTENANCECHECKING THE SALT STORAGE LEVEL, AND ADDING SALT (also see page 9) . . . . . . . . . . .Brine (salt dissolved in water) is needed for eachand every regeneration. The water for making brineis metered into the salt storage area by the softenervalve and electronic control. However, you mustmaintain a level of salt in the tank. In humid areas,it is best to add less salt, more often.WHEN TO ADD SALT: Check the salt level a fewweeks after you install the softener and every weekafter that. Add when the brine tank is from 1/3 to 1/2full. Never allow the softener to use all the salt beforeyou add more. Without salt, you will soon have hardwater.Use clean water softener salt only, at least 99.5%pure. NUGGET, PELLET or coarse SOLAR salts arerecommended. Do not use rock, block, granulated,and ice cream making salts. They contain dirt andsediments, or mush and cake, and will create main-tenance problems. For best results, EcoPure rec-ommends MortonR System SaverR Pellets for usein this water softener.BREAKING A SALT BRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sometimes, a hard crust or salt bridge forms in thesalt storage area. It is usually caused by high humid-ity or the wrong kind of salt. When the salt bridges,an empty space forms between the water and salt.Then salt will not dissolve in the water to make brine.If the brine tank is full of salt, it is hard to tell if youhave a salt bridge. Salt is loose on top, but the bridgeis under it. The following is the best way to check fora salt bridge.Salt should be loose all the way to the bottom of thetank. Take a broom handle, or like tool, and careful-ly push it down into the salt, working it up and down.If the tool strikes a hard object (be sure it’s not thebottom or sides of the tank), it’s most likely a saltbridge. Carefully break the bridge with the tool. DONOT pound on the walls of the tank.If the wrong kind of salt made the bridge, take it out.Then fill the tank with nugget or pellet salt only. Forbest results, EcoPure recommends MortonR Sys-tem SaverR Pellets for use in this water softener.Broom Handlepush tool into saltbridge to breakSaltSalt BridgeWater LevelPencilMark1” -- 2”CLEANING IRON OUT OF THE WATER SOFTENER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Your water softener takes hardness minerals (cal-cium and magnesium) out of the water. Also, it cancontrol some (see specifications, page 4) “clearwater” iron. With clear water iron, water from a fau-cet is clear when first put into a glass. After 15 to 30minutes, the water begins to cloud or turn rust col-ored. A water softener WILL NOT remove any ironthat makes the water cloudy or rusty as it comesfrom the faucet (called red water iron). To take redwater iron out of water, or over the maximum of clearwater iron, an iron filter or other equipment is need-ed. Your local dealer has trained people to help youwith iron water problems.If your water supply has clear water iron, periodicresin bed cleaning is needed. Clean the bed at leastevery six months, or more often if iron appears in thesoft water between treatments. Follow directions onthe resin bed cleaner container. |
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