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Some Assembly Required
April 19, 2007 |
Lately, our most frequently asked question, or rather statement, is that our water treatment systems such as softeners, conditioners and automatic filters arrive with empty tanks. This is true for some very obvious and good reasons least of which is the fact that very few UPS delivery drivers can, or want to, lift a 150 pound tank.
But putting the media in the tank is very easy. Much easier than trying to position that 150 pound tank to where it needs to connect to your water pipes. In homes or buildings with basements or utility rooms, most people can appreciate that fact. And if you visit our installation and assembly page, you’ll see that there really is not much to putting a complete system together.
Some of the owner’s manuals will also explain how to assemble the system. The Autotrol Logix owner’s manual is a good example, but our instructional example is just as good and it has pictures.
No, the softeners do not come with salt. You will need to buy a couple of bags of that locally. It would be too expensive to ship $4 worth of salt in a 40 pound bag. That bag would end up costing at least $30 after shipping. Besides, many people would like to have the choice of using either softener salt (sodium chloride) or potassium chloride.
Unless you are purchasing a large softener (80,000 grain capacity or larger), your system will not require a layer of gravel on the bottom. The gravel layer is to help with water flow and softener resin is slippery enough to prevent flow rate restrictions to a point. But all of our auto-filters come with a gravel bed designed to reside on the bottom of the tank. The media in carbon, birm, greensand and other filters is not as flow friendly as cation water softener resin beads, so the gravel is necessary. Simply pour the gravel in first. If you forget to put the gravel in first, put it in anyway. Once the system backwashes once or twice, the gravel will work it’s way down to where it belongs.
Just remember that we here at WaterValue.com have designed these systems to include everything you need to get up and running with your new water conditioner.
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