Clean Water Systems Pro-OX Iron Filter 1650 with Chlorine Installation manual

Pro‐OX Iron Filter 1650 with Chlorine
Side Tank Installaon & Start‐Up Guide
Thank you for purchasing a Clean Water System! With proper installaon
and a lile roune maintenance your system will be providing iron free wa-
ter for many years.
Please review this start-up guide enrely before beginning to install your
system, and follow the steps outlined for best results.
PRO-OX MEDIA CONTAINS DUST.
USE PAPER MASK AND VENTILATE AREA TO AVOID BREATHING DUST
DURING INSTALLATION
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Table of Contents
Packing List...................................................................................................................................................3
Pre-Installaon.............................................................................................................................................4
Best Pracces for Piping & Drain Installaon ..............................................................................................4
How Your Iron Filter Works .........................................................................................................................5
Assembly and Installaon Instrucons........................................................................................................8
Fig. 7—Chlorine Side Tank Installaon ..........................................................................................10
Programming .................................................................................................................................11
Maintenance..............................................................................................................................................13
Troubleshoong the Pro-OX 1650 Iron Filter ............................................................................................13
What To Do If Your Filter Tank Does Not Sit Level On the Floor...................................................13

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Packing List
0.75 Cubic Foot Size System
Quanty (1): CWS 165 control valve w/ bypass assembly and pipe connector kit (1” or 3/4”)
Quanty (1): 8” x 44” standard filter tank with distributor tube
Blue media funnel for adding Pro-OX media
12 lbs. filter gravel
0.75 cubic foot of Pro-OX media
Side tank
1.0 Cubic Foot Size System
Quanty (1): CWS 165 control valve w/ bypass assembly and pipe connector kit (1” or 3/4”)
Quanty (1): 10” x 44” (or 9” x 48”) standard filter tank with distributor tube
Blue media funnel for adding Pro-OX media
16 lbs. filter gravel
1.0 cubic foot of Pro-OX media
Side tank
Carbon Filter 1.5 cubic foot size
Quanty (1): CWS 165 control valve w/ bypass assembly and pipe connector kit (1” or 3/4”)
Quanty (1): 10” x 54” standard filter tank with distributor tube
Blue media funnel for adding Pro-OX media
16 lbs. Filter gravel
1.5 cubic foot of Pro-OX media
Side tank

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Pre‐Installaon
1. Review your packing list and make sure you have received all the parts before beginning installaon.
2. If you are going to turn offthe water to your house and you have an electric water heater, shut offthe
power to the water heater before beginning installaon in case the water heater is accidentally
drained.
3. Pick a suitable locaon for your filter system on a dry, level spot where it won’t be exposed to freezing
temperatures. A minimum of 20 PSI is required; maximum pressure is 90 PSI.
4. Get all of your plumbing parts together before beginning installaon. Installaon typically takes 3 to 5
hours, though the Pro-OX 1650 iron filter must also be allowed to run through a complete backwash
and rinse cycle aer installaon.
5. Your water may be discolored or full of sediment and rust for a day or two aer installing and running
your system, parcularly if you have older or corroded piping.
Best Pracces for Piping & Drain Installaon
1. See typical installaon on page 6 (Fig. 2). The iron filter is installed aer the pressure tank.
2. Make sure to connect to the IN pipe to the Canature 165 inlet and the OUT pipe to the outlet (See Fig.
3). If you face the control valve from the front, the water will enter on the right and exit on the le.
From the back, the water enters on the le. The inlet and outlet are aached to the bypass valve,
which is marked with arrows as well.
3. Make sure there is a working gate or ball valve before the iron filter and also one aer as shown in Fig.
2. The pressure gauges are oponal and perhaps not necessary but a hose bib (a faucet to which you
can aach a garden hose) is strongly recommended aer the iron filter and before the second ball
valve. This makes it easy to rinse your new iron filter on start-up and gives you a place to test the wa-
ter before it enters your household plumbing.
4. If you will be using copper piping, do not sweat the copper pipe directly on to the Canature 165 control
valve, and avoid heang the valve’s plasc with your torch.
5. If you have copper pipe before the iron filter and it is too difficult to replace, you may sll experience
some copper staining of fixtures and have a copper residual in your water, because the copper pipe
will sll have acidic water flowing through it. We recommend PEX or PVC pipe up to the iron filter and
then copper aer it, if you will use copper piping.
6. You do not need unions to install your Canature 165 control valve. It has quick-release couplings that
make it easy to put the filter on bypass and remove it from your piping.

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7. The drain line tubing (not supplied) is connected to a drain from the drain outlet using flexible 1/2” ID
tubing. Note that the drain can run up above the 165 control valve and into a drain—it does not have
to drain down, as the filter backwashes under line pressure from your well pump. Most plumbing
codes require an air-gap connecon, so that if your sewer or sepc tank backs up, it cannot cross con-
nect with the drain tubing.
How Your Iron Filter Works
See Fig. 1 below. Water enters your iron filter through the top of the tank and flows down through the
media and up the distributor tube. Downflow type filters remove sediment and can be backwashed to
clean and reclassify the media inside, prevenng channeling. During backwash the flow of water is re-
versed: water flows down the distributor tube and up through the media, liing, expanding, and cleaning
it.
Fig. 1—Iron filter cutaway diagram

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Fig. 2—Typical Pro‐OX 1650 iron filter piping installaon with ball valve and hose bib aer filter

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Inlet Outlet
Outlet
Drain Line
Inlet
Fig. 3—Canature 165 valve from the rear showing the inlet (le) and outlet (right) end‐connector fings
(1” or 1‐1/4” NPT in Noryl plasc). Brass end‐connectors are also available for connecng to copper tub‐
ing.
Fig. 4—Canature 165 side view
Bypass Knobs (bypass posion)

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Assembly and Installaon Instrucons
1. By hand, unscrew the enre Canature 165 control valve from top of tank if it was shipped screwed on.
Place distributor tube in tank if not already inside. Make sure the tube is capped, or wrap the top of
the tube with electrical or duct tape. This will prevent gravel and Pro-OX media from entering the dis-
tributor tube when you add them to your tank.
2. Add the filter gravel that came with your. You want the gravel to cover the boom distributor screen
before adding the Pro-OX media. Note: Be sure not to let any parts of the bag or other foreign materi‐
als enter the tank when you are adding media.
3. Next add Pro-OX media. The tank should be about 2/3 full of media.
4. Remove cap or tape from distributor tube, being careful not to pull up on the tube.
5. Add 2 cups of household bleach down the inside of the distributor tube and fill tank completely with
water. This will acvate and sanize the Pro-OX media.
6. Add a small amount of silicone grease or vegetable cooking oil to the tank threads and screw on con-
trol valve carefully.
7. Note regarding Teflon tape and pipe sealants: It is okay to use Teflon tape and pipe sealant on the
water pipe connector threads, where you aach your pipes or plumbing to the Canature 165. DO NOT
USE any Teflon tapes or pipe joint compound on the tank itself or on the threads where the Canature
165 threads into the tanks. Also note that when installing the Canature 165 backwash control-mer
valve on to the top of the filter tank, do not over-ghten. Tighten by hand; there is no need for a pipe
wrench or other wrench.
8. See how the bypass assembly is connected. Note that Items 1 in Fig. 5 on the next page are the pipe
connectors, while the other end is what gets aached to the control valve. Your Canature 165 valve is
usually shipped in the bypass posion, as seen below.

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Fig. 5—Canature 165 bypass and pipe connectors
9. Lubricate the bypass valve O-rings with some vegetable oil or silicone grease and connect the bypass
assembly to the control valve by sliding the bypass valve firmly into its body.
10. Next, lubricate the end-connectors with some silicone grease or vegetable cooking oil and insert them
into the bypass valve. Then, insert the red clips to lock them into place.
11. Make sure both knobs are in the bypass posion, as seen above. It is not necessary to remove the red
clips in order to put the bypass valve into either bypass or service mode.
12. Now install your water pipes to the bypass valve’s end connectors. Make sure the inlet is installed to
the IN pipe connector and the outlet to the OUT connector.
13. Connect some flexible tubing from the drain connecon on the Canature 165 control valve to a suitable
drain such as a sepc tank or drain to a sewer. It is ok to run the drain line up and over the filter up to
4 feet above the tank. If the drain will be more than 20 feet, use larger diameter tubing such as 3/4” or
1”. Note that is desirable to be able to run the drain line into a bucket in order to test the backwash
flow rate in the future. This is why hard piping the drain line is discouraged. However, you may use
hard PVC piping for the drain line if you are able to remove it and aach flexible tubing should you ever
desire for tesng purposes. Make sure the drain line tubing is firmly clamped to the barbed fing with
a hose clamp to prevent leaks.
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Fig. 6—Pro‐OX 1650 Chlorine Side Tank Installaon
A.
B.
14. Insert 3/8” diameter tubing into the chlorine side tank connecon. Simply push the tubing into the
fing unl it can go no further. The tube should be snug in the fing (Fig. 6A). If you need to remove
the tubing, hold the flanged ends of the tube against the fing and firmly pull the tubing out (Fig. 6B);
simply pulling on the tubing can damage the fing.
15. Remove the rubber band and felt polypro pad from the tank and discard. Add 2 cups of non-perfumed
household bleach to the tank, followed by 2 gallons of water. Note that the tank may not be used with
solid chlorine pellets or powder, just liquid bleach.
16. Plug your Canature 165 control valve into an outlet. Aer being plugged in, the screen may display
“WAITING PLEASE” while it finds the service posion. By default, the control valve will be set to work
like a water soener, which is obviously not correct for this applicaon, so you’ll need to program the
system to work as an iron filter. There are a few sengs that must be changed before the system can
be put into service for this purpose.
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17. PROGRAMMING:
a. First, press the menu buon labeled “ ” once. If it says “SCREEN LOCKED,” you may have to
press and hold the upper lebuon labeled “ “ about 3 seconds unl a beep sounds to unlock
the display screen.
b. NOTE: Use the up and down arrows to cycle through the various program sengs. To
change any seng, press “ “ . When the display flashes, the value may be changed. Press ei-
ther the up or down arrow to change the value. Press “ “ once more to accept the value, and
the display should stop flashing to indicate that the seng has been saved.
c. Step 1: REGIONAL US GAL—this stands for US gal- lons format; if it is different, change it
to US GAL. When it is set, press the down buon to proceed.
d. Step 2: The display should be set to CALENDAR CLOCK. By default, the system is most likely set
to METER IMMEDIATE or METER DELAYED. We recommend CALENDAR CLOCK for the opera-
on of your iron filter, to backwash aer a set number of days. Change the seng, then press
the down arrow to proceed. It is ok to set it to backwash every 600 to 1200 gallons, but we also
recommend every 3 – 4 days as well, or a 3 – 4 day over-ride, depending on usage.
e. Step 3: TIME—set the me of day and press the down buon to proceed.
f. Step 4: REG. TIME—set to 2:00 AM or some other me when no water is being used and no
other filter or soener is likely to be in a regeneraon cycle. Press the down buon to proceed.
g. Step 5: REG. DAYS—this tells the iron filter to how oen to regenerate, in days. It can be set for
anywhere from 1 to 10 days, with 7 being the commonly recommended seng. If you are hav-
ing problems with bleed-through of iron aer your filter has been running for a few days,
change this seng to 2 or 3 days.
h. Step 6: BACKWASH—stands for backwash length in minutes. It should be set to 10 MIN, which
means 10 minutes of backwash. If your water is extremely high in iron you can change this
seng to 12 or 14 minutes to allow some extra backwash me. Generally, though, 10 minutes
is a good seng. Press the down buon again to proceed.

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i. Step 7: BRINE—this stands for Brine Draw. During this cycle more chlorine bleach from your
chlorine tank will be sucked into the filter tank. Set to 60 MIN, for a 60 minute brine draw cy-
cle. Press the down buon to proceed.
j. Step 8: RINSE—this is the rapid rinse cycle, and should be set to 10 MIN. Press the down buon
to proceed.
k. Step 9: REFILL—It should be set to 6 minutes, and should display 6.0 MIN. Press the down
buon to proceed.
l. Programming is complete—to exit, press the upper menu buon “ “ one more me to re-
turn to service mode.
18. Now you can start the inial manual backwash. Turn the manual knob clockwise to “BA. WA” and a
manual backwash will begin.
19. Very slowly turn the inlet knob on the bypass valve towards the service posion (the bypass valve
knobs may be a lile sff at first) but DO NOT open the valve all the way. You want to allow all of the
air in the tank to escape before allowing the water to flow freely.
20. Once water begins to flow from the drain line, open the inlet valve all the way. Connue to let the wa-
ter run from the drain line unl there are no longer any media fines present. This may take 1-2 back-
wash cycles.
21. If possible, verify that the backwash flow is 5 gallons per minute, which is the recommended backwash
flow rate for 1.0 and 1.5 cubic foot systems. If you have a 2.5 cubic foot filter, it should be backwash-
ing at 10 gallons per minute. You can easily run the drain hose to a bucket and, using a watch, verify
the flow rate in gallons per minute. An adequate backwash is crical to properly cleaning the Pro-OX
media and prevenng it from cemenng together.
22. Next, open the outlet on the bypass valve and then open the nearest treated water faucet to the unit
and allow the water to run unl it is clear. We advise using a bathtub, laundry sink, or other fixture
that does not have an aerator screen, as any remaining residue may get caught in the screen.

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Maintenance
Add 1 cup of Clorox or other non-perfumed bleach to the chlorine side tank 1 to 4 mes a month. If there is
sulfur or high levels of manganese, we recommend once a week. If there is no sulfur odor, then add 1 cup of
Clorox to the chlorine side tank once a month.
Troubleshoong the Pro‐Ox 1650 Iron Filter
Measure the backwash flow rate by pung the system into a backwash mode and pung the drain tube
into a 5 gallon bucket and ming the flow rate. A 0.75 cubic foot system should flow at 5 gallons in one mi-
nute, so the 5 gallon bucket should fill in one minute. The 1.0 cubic foot system should flow at 7 GPM dur-
ing backwash.
In some cases, the Canature 165 valve has simply been programmed incorrectly. Double-check your sengs
against those described above in step 18 of Assembly and Installaon Instrucons (“PROGRAMMING”, page
11) or consult your system’s service manual for instrucons. In some cases a nightly backwash is required
for best results. Adjust backwash frequency to every 1 to 2 nights if necessary.
What To Do If Your Filter Tank Does Not Sit Level On the Floor
Your black filter tank base is not glued to the boom of your tank. Occasionally tank bases will become
crooked during shipment. If you find that that your tank does not sit level on the floor, you can easily adjust
it by holding the empty tank and rapping it on a concrete or solid floor once or twice in order to level it.