Installation Guide

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INDICATOR LIGHTS
On the face plate of the control box are three indicator lights. The top light - Power indicator -lets you know that power
is going to the control box. This light should stay on all the time as long as the power source is on. The bottom two
lights - Alternating Electrode Indicators - lets you know a charge is going to the electrodes. One light should come on
at a time, meaning a charge is going to one of the electrodes. Every 3 minutes and 30 seconds or so, the charge will
alternate - and the other light will come on.
NOTE: With the control knob set to the "OFF" position, the “Power indicator” light will be ON but the
“Alternating Electrode Indicators” lights will be OFF (both of them).
TO DETERMINE ACTUAL OUTPUT OF THE UNIT
There is a way to determine the actual milliamp charge going to the electrodes while the electrodes are in the water and
the unit turned on.
By using a standard multimeter to read out DC current (an LCD Digital is preferred), take one of the connectors either the
red (positive) or the black (negative) and connect it to one of the electrode terminals. Take the other connector and hook it
up with one of the electrode wires (black or red) coming from the control box. The other wire from the control box should
remain hooked up to the electrode terminal. This hookup, while running in series, will give you the actual milliamp output
of the ionizer at the given moment. The R-20 should read about 250 mA on max (setting number 5). The R-40 should read
about 500 mA on max (setting number 5).
NOTE: These actual readouts will vary slightly, so do not be alarmed if you get a reading of 265 on the R-20, and 530 on
the R-40. The readings should lower as the control knob is turned to a lower setting.
If the TDS level is not at least 500, the readings will be lower.
The electrode chamber must be full of water with the filtering system on for this to give
you an accurate readout.
Multimeter
Control Box
Electrode