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I SECTION 3 i STEP
DRAIN HOSES
Drain
Fitting,
BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL
Grommel
SEE STEP 8
Hose
The drain fitting "Adaptor
turns 3600 for
running drain hose Hose
in any direction
SEE STEP 9
i
°Overflow
Drain Hose
tie or wire
down
"7116" i D. Hose,
available from Sears.
Ilem No. 42-3433
1-1/2"' Drain
Hose
Z
1.112"°
air gap
r] support in some
1.112 ,0 Hmanner at this point
air gap
STANDPIPE
m
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CONNECT THE VALVE DRAIN HOSE
Take a length of the 7/t6" inside diameter drain
hose and attach 1 end to the drain fitting (FIG., 8).
Use a hose clamp to hold it in place,. Put the other
end of the hose (cut to length needed) over a
floor drain, into a laundry tub, sump, standpipe,
or other suitable drain. CHECK YOUR LOCAL
CODES
IMPORTANT NOTES:
Leave an air gap of about 1-1/2" between the end
of the hose and the drain° This gap is needed so
you don't get a back-flow of sewer water into the
softener. DO NOT put the end of the hose into
the drain or connect without the air gap°
A
Place and support the hose so it does not kink or
have sharp bends,. Tie or wire the hose in place
so water pressure wil! not make it "whip," Do not
pinch the hose shut. THE SOFTENER WILL
NOT WORK IF THIS DRAIN HOSE 1S
PINCHED, PLUGGED OR CLOSED IN ANY
WAY.,
Keep the hose lower than the drain fitting, (In
some homes, to get to a drain you must raise the
hose and run it over-head_ If you need an over-
head drain, do not raise the hose more than 8'
above the floor. A copper drain tube is best to
user..see below_)
COPPER DRAIN TUBE: The plumbing codes where
you live may say that you must use a copper valve
drain tube, A copper tube is also best to use for an
over-head drain., Use a copper drain tube if the soft-
ener is installed outside, or in the sunNghto Heat from
the sun makes many kinds of rubber or plastic hose to
soften and close up.
To adapt a copper drain tube to the softener, use a
hacksaw to cut the barbed end from the drain fitting
as FIG. 9 shows,. Buy a compression fitting (1/4 in,.
female pipe threads x 1/2 in_ O.D.. tube) and tube from
Sears, or your local hardware store.
COPPER DRAIN TUBE
_,,.fZt 114 NPT Threads
/tlli7-.._1Oa,s
ill I_>,,/
..[,.[ ,,'.;'_._ Diameter
_i +" (I V'/,_ CopperT_he
u _7_Z/6'/'_.._.. tool furnishod)
• c,,thart,s /._..S(( _ _.... /
oo,oo
x '/2 in O D _ube ..... ""'J
(nol furnished)
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