Start-Up; Installation Checklist; Care And Use Of Your Brine Tank - Pentair Omnifilter OM34K Instructions D'installation

CYCLE DEFAULTS TABLE continued
OM34K Recharge Cycle Requirements:
Minimum Salt/
Salt/Recharge (lbs)
Regeneration Time
(min)
Water to Drain (gal)
Max . Flow to Drain
(gpm)
OM40K Recharge Cycle Requirements:
Minimum Salt/
Salt/Recharge (lbs)
Regeneration Time
(min)
Water to Drain (gal)
Max . Flow to Drain
(gpm)

START-UP

The conditioner will now need to be placed into operation .
Please review Quick Cycling the Control procedure before
attempting start-up .
DO NOT put regenerant material into the brine tank .
1 . With the supply water for the system still turned off, position
the bypass valve to the "not in bypass" (normal operation)
position .
Both valve
handles pointing
in direction of
water flow
2 . Press and hold the button on the controller for 3
seconds . This will initiate a manual regeneration, and cycle
to the backwash position .
3 . Filling the media tank with water .
A . With the conditioner in backwash, open the water
supply valve very slowly to approximately the 1/4 open
position . Water will begin to enter the media tank . Air
will begin to be purged to drain as the media tank fills
with water .
WARNING:
If opened too rapidly or too far, media may
be lost out of the tank into the valve or the
plumbing. In the 1/4 open position, you
should hear air slowly escaping from the
valve drain line.
B . When all of the air has been purged from the media
tank (water begins to flow steadily from the drain line),
open the main supply valve all of the way . This will
purge the final air from the tank.
12 •
Maximum Salt/
Capacity Capacity
3 .4 16 .7
76 .5 117 .5
46 .3 56 .9
2 .1 2 .1
Maximum Salt/
Capacity Capacity
4 .1 20
74 .1 118 .1
58 .7 72 .1
2 .7 2 .7
C . Allow water to run to drain until the water runs clear
from the drain line . This purges any debris from the
media bed .
D . Pour about 3 gallons of water into the brine tank .
Advance to cycle 2 (Brine Draw) by pressing the
and buttons at the same time . The water in the brine
tank should be drawn into the valve . If the water is not
receding from the tank, refer to Troubleshooting .
E . Quickly cycle the control to the refill cycle (C7). Place
salt in brine tank. Allow this cycle to finish and the
control to move to service . The brine tank will have the
correct amount of water .
WARNING:
Ensure that the system has been properly
disinfected per the water conditioning
system manufacturer's recommendations.
The water conditioning system is now fully operational.
The display will show the hour of the day . The decimal point at
bottom center of the display will blink when water is flowing.

INSTALLATION CHECKLIST

___ Read the owner's/installation manual?
___ Follow all safety guidelines in the manual?
___ If metal pipe was used, did you restore the electrical ground?
___ Securely install both drain hoses to an approved drain?
___ Perform a leak test?
___ Move the bypass valve to service?
___ Sanitize the softener?
___ Add salt pellets to the salt storage tank?
___ Program the control correctly to meet your needs?
___ Start a recharge?

CARE AND USE OF YOUR BRINE TANK

Each time the softener recharges, salty water (brine) is needed
to recondition the media in the water tank . The brine is pulled
from the salt tank at a controlled amount . If the salt tank does
not contain enough salt, the brine is weak, the media will not
fully recondition and untreated water will pass through .
You must keep salt in the tank .
The salt tank operates best when the salt level is below half-
full. If the tank is filled more than that the salt pellets may
"bridge" . The salt pellets wedge against each other and do
not fall into the water at the bottom . Bridging will eventually
provide no salt to make brine . The softener will recharge but
not recondition the media . A salt bridge can be broken up using
a broom handle or similar rod . Carefully pound it into the salt
and the pellets will collapse . After loosening the salt pellets wait
2 hours and start a regeneration . A second recharge may be
needed to fully recondition the media .
You should only use sodium chloride pellet salt for water
softeners . Other types of salt (rock or snow melting) will
contain dirt and chemicals that will affect your water softener .
Keep the brine tank covered .
Empty and clean the tank every 3 years .