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Sanitizing the Reverse Osmosis System
Sanitize upon installation
of the Reverse Osmosis
systeIIl
and after servicing inner parts, including
replacement
of prefilter, postfilter
and the
membrane
cartridge.
Be sure to wash your hands beffne handling
inner parts of the system.
CAUTION'. Be ,,e sa.itiz., , t,e s.,e to
remove all cartridges. Chlorine will destroy the
Reverse Osmosis membrane
camidge.
E Follow steps 1
through
4 under Profiltor,
Postfilter and ReverseOsmosisMembrane Cartridge
ReplacementProcedure.
2. Fill die empty canister labeled "Sanidzadon
Canismr" with water to within 1 inch of the
upper opening. Add 1 oz. (2 Tbsp.) ordinm T
household bleach. Install canister into the
prefilter canismr posidon by turning to the right
about 1/3 mrn undl the alignment marks line
up and the canismr stops.
Turn ON water supply. Turn ON faucet until
water begins to flow fiom the faucet, then turn
faucet OFE Allow system to fill for 10 minutes.
Tmn faucet ON and allow water to flow ff_r 20
minutes, or until bleach odor is gone. Turn OFF
water supply again. Turn ON faucet to drain
the sysmm.
Once file sysmm is drained,
turn file faucet
OFF
and remove
file canisters
by turning
to the left
about
1/3 turn. Keep dlese in a safe. place until
needed
file next time.
Prefilter
position
3. Install the two additional "sanifiziafion canl_te_'s s '
into the membrane
canister and posffilter
openings in the manifold by turning to the right
about 1l/3 turn until the alignment marks line
up and the canister stops.
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Sanitization
canisters
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