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Installation,OperationandMaintenanceManual
MatrixxMX-100,MX-150,MX-200System
AutomaticBypass Theregenerationcyclelastsapproximately75minutes,afterwhichsoftwaterservicewillbere
stored.Duringregeneration,hardwaterisautomaticallybypassedforuseinthehousehold.Hot
watershouldbeusedaslittleaspossibleduringthistimetopreventhardwaterfromfillingthewa
terheater.Thisiswhyautomaticregenerationissetforsometimeduringthenightandmanualre
generationsshouldbeperformedwhenlittleornowaterwillbeusedinthehousehold.
SafetyFloat Thebrinetankisequippedwithasafetyfloatwhichpreventsyourbrinetankfromoverfillingasa
resultofamalfunctionsuchasapowerfailure.
NewSounds Youmaynoticenewsoundsasyourwatersofteneroperates.Theregenerationcyclelastsapproxi
mately2-1/2hours.Duringthistime,youmayhearwaterrunningintermittentlytothedrain.
ManualBypass Inthecaseofemergency,suchasanoverflowingbrinetank,youcanisolateyourwatersoftener
fromthewatersupplyusingthebypassvalvelocatedatthebackofthecontrol.Innormaloperation
thebypassisopenwiththeon/offknobsinlinewiththeinletandoutletpipes.Toisolatethesoften
er,simplyrotatetheknobscounterclockwiseuntiltheylock.Youcanuseyourwaterrelatedfix
turesandappliancesasthewatersupplyisbypassingthesoftener.However,thewateryouusewill
behard.Toresumesoftwaterservice,openbypassvalvebyrotatingtheknobsclockwise.
Figure15.BypassInstallationView