Startup Instructions for your Pure Water Products SXT Water Softener
When plumbing is completed, before running water into the softener, put a couple of bags of salt into the brine tank and pour in three or four gallons of water. (The exact amount isn’t important, but not more than five gallons.)
Put the Bypass valve on the back of the control valve into Bypass (Not Service) position. Then . . .
1. Plug in the control valve and push the button on the left and hold until BW (Backwash) appears on the screen. Let the BWcountdown run for about one minute then unplug the control valve.
2. Move the Bypass valve to Service position and water will start filling the tank. Let it fill until the tank is full or near full and water starts going out of the drain line, then return the bypass to the Bypass position. Water should stop going out of the drain line.
3. Let the tank sit for at least half and hour to soak the resin, then return the Bypass to Service position.
4. Plug the control valve back in and let the softener complete its full cycle.Just leave it alone and let it do its thing. You don’t have to watch it. The whole oeration will take as much as an hour and half. It will finish the Backwash cycle, go through a 60 minute BD (Brine Draw) phase, a ten minute or more Rapid Rinse, and finally a Brine Fill cycle.
Set the time of day to the correct time and you’re done. The softener is now in service and will operate automatically. Other than adding salt to the brine tank when needed, just leave it alone. Don’t put more water into the brine tank. The softener will take care of that.
