® ESTATE 2 ® AND 2M Water Conditioners Use and Care Guide
Thank you . . . AND WELCOME TO YOUR NEW WORLD OF BETTER LIVING WITH SOFTENED WATER. If this is your first experience having soft, conditioned water in your home, you’ll be amazed at the marvelous difference it makes. We promise that you’ll never want to be without it again. We hope you will become familiar with this Guide so that you will better understand how your new appliance works, and how you can help it give you the many benefits of softened, filtered, conditioned water.
INDEX How Your Water Conditioner Works ............................................. 1 When and How to Make Adjustments ........................................ 2-4 Salt Supply, Usage and Service ...................................................... 5 Care and Cleaning of Your Water Conditioner ........................... 5-6 Things to Check Before You Call for Service ............................... 7-8 When & How to By-Pass Your Water Conditioner ....................
How your water conditioner works WHY WATER GETS HARD AND HOW IT’S SOFTENED All of the fresh water in the world originally falls as rain, snow, or sleet. Surface water is drawn upward by the sun, forming clouds. Then nearly pure and soft as it starts to fall, it begins to collect impurities as it passes through smog and dust-laden atmosphere. And as it seeps through soil and rocks it gathers hardness, rust, acid, unpleasant tastes and odors.
When and how to make adjustments to the electro-timer . . . AN ADJUSTMENT IS NEEDED WHEN: 1 you must reset the clocks around your home due to a power failure, time change, or other reason. Remember also to reset the time-of-day on your water conditioner. 2 you want recharge to occur at a different time than was set at installation. Note: recharge should be set for a time when water use is at a minimum. Usually this is in the wee hours of the morning, such as 2:00 a.m.
recharge, grasp the white outer 24hour dial J and rotate until the desired recharge time on the dial is opposite the dot. Note: Whenever the time of recharge is changed, the time-of-day setting must also be changed following above instructions. (When you reset time-of-day, double check to be sure that the time of recharge is not accidently changed in the process.) FREQUENCY OF RECHARGE The frequency of recharge was preset for your expected family needs when the water conditioner was installed.
If salt dosage is changed, the float on the brine valve in the salt storage container must also be repositioned. See Installation Manual or call your dealer. MANUAL RECHARGE FOR MORE SOFTENING CAPACITY When you expect guests or feel that your use of soft water will temporarily increase, you can get more softening capacity with a manual recharge. This can be initiated by moving the lever M in the direction of the arrow. After the level is released, the unit will resume its automatic, programmed cycle.
Salt supply, usage and service . . . WHAT KIND OF SALT IS BEST All Culligan Water Conditioners are designed to use any water conditioner salt of good quality, including “rock,” “pellet,” “solar,” or “evaporated” types. All rock salt, regardless of source, contains insoluble material which collects at the bottom of the salt storage tank and requires periodic clean-out.
5 Should service, adjustment or trouble-shooting information be needed which is not covered in this Use and Care Guide, refer to the appropriate Installation Manual for your model. If you do not have this material, it may be obtained from your independently operated Culligan dealer. To clean out the salt storage tank A periodic clean-out of the Salt Storage Tank is necessary to keep your Culligan Water Conditioner at peak operating efficiency. Do it at least every 2 years when the salt supply is low.
Before you call for service . . . If you unexpectedly experience hard water, make these simple checks before calling your Culligan Man. One of the following conditions may be the reason for your interruption of service. IMPORTANT: If any of the following conditions are found, the water conditioner should be manually recharged according to instructions on page 7 after you have corrected the condition. POWER SUPPLY Check your power supply cord.
INCREASED USAGE Guests, family additions, new water-using appliances, etc. all will result in more water usage and will require more capacity from your conditioner. You can reprogram your recharging schedule by following the directions on adjustments on pages 6 and 7. Call your Culligan Man for advice and save a service call. NO WATER If you aren’t getting any water flow at all, make sure your water supply is working. Open a tap ahead of the conditioner (outside tap) to see if you have any water pressure.
When and how to bypass your Culligan water conditioner . . . Normally, all water except to outside lines passes through the water conditioner. There are times when the water conditioner should be by-passed, using the push-button Cul-Flo-Valv® by-pass, or a 3-way by-pass valve. You should by-pass: 1 If lines to outside faucets do not by-pass the water conditioner, and you do not want to waste soft water on lawn sprinkling or other outside uses.
HAND VALVE BY-PASS If hand valves are closed, close the inlet and outlet valves and open the center by-pass valve. To get soft water, reverse the process by closing the center by-pass valve and opening the inlet and outlet valves. NOTE: If the media tank is to remain connected while the conditioner is in by-pass, close the inlet valve ONLY, and open the by-pass valve. This will prevent a possible pressure build-up in the media tank. NOTE: When the conditioner is by-passed, all water is hard.
Records and warranty IMPORTANT DATA ON YOUR WATER CONDITIONER It is advisable to have the salesman or installer fill in the information below for your future reference. If this has not been done, please ask for it, as it is necessary if you contact the factory. IDENTIFICATION Model Name Catalog No. Control Model No. Control Serial No. Date of Installation Tank Serial No.
With Culligan, you get more than a quality product . . . YOU GET LOCAL CULLIGAN CARE AND SERVICE Our reputation is based on prompt, courteous, efficient attention to your needs. Selling and servicing water conditioners is our full-time business, and satisfied customers are our guests assets. AND YOU GET THE SECURITY OF DEALING WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT’S TRUSTED IN 91 COUNTRIES The Culligan System sells and services more water conditioners than does any other brand in the world.
