Clean Water Systems 5900e-AIR Installation manual

Pro Ox 5900e-AIR Installation & Startup Guide
Pro-Ox 5900e-AIR Installation & Start-Up Guide
Thank you for purchasing a Clean Water System!
With proper installation and a little routine maintenance
your system will be providing iron free water for many years.
Please review this start-up guide entirely before beginning
to install your system and follow the steps outlined for best results.
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AVOID BREATHING DUST.
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Pro Ox 5900e-AIR Installation & Startup Guide
Table of Contents
Packing List.................................................................................................................................................... 3
Pro-Ox 5900e-AIR 948........................................................................................................................... 3
Pro-Ox 5900e-AIR 1054......................................................................................................................... 3
Pro-Ox 5900e-AIR 1254......................................................................................................................... 3
How Your Pro Ox 5900e-AIR Works.............................................................................................................. 4
System Limitations.................................................................................................................................... 4
Pre-Installation.............................................................................................................................................. 5
Best Practices for Piping & Drain Installation ............................................................................................... 5
Installation of Your System into Copper or Metal Piping Systems ........................................................... 6
Fig 2 - Typical Pro Ox 5900-AIR piping installation with ball valve and hose bib after the filter ......... 7
Fig 3: 5900 from the rear showing the inlet (left) and outlet (right) end-connector fittings 3/4” or 1”
NPT in Noryl plastic. Brass end-connectors are also available for connecting to copper tubing ......... 8
Fig 4 5900 Bypass/Service Mode Knob Positions................................................................................ 8
Assembly and Installation Instructions......................................................................................................... 9
Fig 5: 5900e Bypass with Barrels Fig 6: Bypass with steel mounting clips..................................... 10
Programming Your Valve ............................................................................................................................ 13
Master Programming Mode ....................................................................................................................... 14
Initial Backwash .......................................................................................................................................... 15
Maintenance ............................................................................................................................................... 16
Normal Operation................................................................................................................................... 16
Battery back-up (this unit uses a standard 9 volt alkaline battery)........................................................16
How To Start An Extra Regeneration Cycle.............................................................................................17
Troubleshooting the 5900 Pro Ox 5900e-AIR Filter.................................................................................... 17
Backwash Flow Rate................................................................................................................................ 17
Error Codes ............................................................................................................................................. 18
What To Do If Your Filter Tank Does Not Sit Level On the Floor ............................................................18
How To Remove Media From Control Head ...........................................................................................18

Pro Ox 5900e-AIR Installation & Startup Guide
Packing List
Pro-Ox 5900e-AIR 948
Pro-Ox 5900e-AIR control valve w/ bypass assembly and pipe connector kit (1” or 3/4”)
9” x 48” standard filter tank with distributor tube
Blue media funnel for adding Pro-OX media
69 lbs. of Pro-OX media
10 lbs. of Chemsorb media
16 lbs. filter gravel
Pro-Ox 5900e-AIR 1054
Pro-Ox 5900e-AIR control valve w/ bypass assembly and pipe connector kit (1” or 3/4”)
10” x 54” standard filter tank with distributor tube
Blue media funnel for adding Pro-OX media
110 lbs. of Pro-OX media
20 lbs. of Chemsorb media
16 lbs. filter gravel
Pro-Ox 5900e-AIR 1254
Pro-Ox 5900e-AIR control valve w/ bypass assembly and pipe connector kit (1” or 3/4”)
12” x 54” standard filter tank with distributor tube
Blue media funnel for adding Pro-OX media
165 lbs. of Pro-OX media
20 lbs. of Chemsorb media
20 lbs. filter gravel

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How Your Pro Ox 5900e-AIR Works
The Pro Ox 5900e-AIR, when properly applied, is an efficient and cost effective system for the removal
of iron. The Pro Ox 5900e-AIR control valve maintains a compressed “air pocket” in the top of the tank
while the system is in service. As the water passes through the air pocket, iron is oxidized. Additionally,
dissolved oxygen is added to the water. The Pro Ox filter media bed then removes the iron from the
water. The backwash (usually done at night, once every 2-4 days) will remove accumulated iron and
replenish the filter media bed. The regeneration process also adds a fresh air pocket to the system.
Fig 1 - Pro Ox 5900e-AIR Control Valve, Front View
System Limitations
The Pro Ox 5900e-AIR utilizes air, oxidation and filtration for the removal of Iron. This process will leave
some air or effervescence in the water. The effervescence may give the water a milky appearance and is
simply excess air in the water. While a certain amount of effervescence will always be present, it may be
most noticeable during the first 30 days after installation of the system.

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Pre-Installation
1. Review your packing list and make sure you have received all the parts before beginning
installation.
2. If you are going to be turning off the water to the house and you have an electric water heater,
shut off the power to the water heater before beginning installation in case water heater is
accidentally drained.
3. Pick a suitable location 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 installation. Installation typically takes
3 to 5 hours. However, after installation the Pro Ox 5900e-AIR must be allowed to run through a
complete backwash and rinse cycle.
5. After the system is installed and running, your water may be discolored, or full of sediment or
rust, particularly if this is older or corroded piping. This typically clears up over a day or two.
Best Practices for Piping & Drain Installation
1. See typical installation on page 6 (Fig 2). The Pro Ox 5900e-AIR is installed after the pressure
tank.
2. Make sure to connect the IN pipe to the Pro Ox 5900e-AIR inlet and the OUT pipe to the outlet
(see Fig 3). As you face the Pro Ox 5900e-AIR control from the front, the water enters on the
right and exits on the left. From the back (see Fig 3) the water enters on the left. The inlet and
outlet are attached to the bypass valve, which is marked with arrows as well.
3. Make sure there is a working gate or ball valve before the Pro Ox 5900e-AIR and also one after
as shown in Fig 2. The pressure gauges are optional and perhaps not necessary but a hose bib
(which is a faucet that you can attach a garden hose to) is strongly recommended after the Pro
Ox 5900e-AIR and before the second ball valve. This makes it easy to rinse your new Pro Ox
5900e-AIR on start-up and gives you a place to test the water before it enters your household
plumbing.
4. If you will be using copper piping, do not sweat the copper pipe directly on to the Pro Ox 5900e-
AIR control valve. Avoid heating up the Pro Ox 5900e-AIR control valve plastic with the torch.
5. If you have copper pipe before the Pro Ox 5900e-AIR and it is too difficult to change out, you
may still experience some copper staining of fixtures and have a copper residual in the water
because this section of pipe will still have acidic water flowing through it. We recommend PEX or
PVC pipe up to the Pro Ox 5900e-AIR and then copper after it, if you have copper plumbing.

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6. You do not need unions to install your Pro Ox 5900e-AIR control valve. If you need to remove it,
the Pro Ox 5900e-AIR has quick-release couplings that make it easy to put the Pro Ox 5900e-AIR
on by-pass and remove the filter system from the piping.
7. The drain line tubing (not supplied) is connected to a drain from the drain outlet using flexible
½” ID tubing. Note that the drain can run up above the Pro Ox 5900e-AIR control 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 connection, so that if your sewer or septic
tank backs up, it cannot cross connect with the drain tubing.
Installation of Your System into Copper or Metal Piping Systems
If your new filter system is to be installed in a metal (conductive) plumbing system, i.e. copper or
galvanized steel pipe, the plastic components of the system will interrupt the electrical continuity of
the plumbing system.
As a result any stray currents from improperly grounded appliances downstream or potential
galvanic activity in the plumbing system can no longer ground through the contiguous metal
plumbing.
Some homes may have been built in accordance with building codes, which encouraged the
grounding of electrical appliances through the plumbing system.
Consequently, the installation of a bypass consisting of the same material as the existing plumbing,
or a grounded "jumper wire" bridging the equipment and reestablishing the contiguous conductive
nature of the plumbing system must be installed prior to your systems use.
This is simple and easy step to take if you are installing your water treatment system into copper
piping. A simple ground jumper wire with a pipe clamp can be purchased at any Home Center, or
hardware store etc. for a few dollars.

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Fig 2 - Typical Pro Ox 5900-AIR piping installation with ball valve and hose
bib after the filter

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Fig 3: 5900 from the rear showing the inlet (left) and outlet (right) end-
connector fittings 3/4” or 1” NPT in Noryl plastic. Brass end-connectors are
also available for connecting to copper tubing.
Fig 4 5900 Bypass/Service Mode Knob Positions

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Assembly and Installation Instructions
1. Wrap the top of distributor tube with black electrical tape or blue painter’s masking tape so that
no gravel or Pro-OX media will go down the distributor tube when adding the media. Also,
leaving a folded tab of tape that you will be able to grab onto to gently pull off the tape after
filling the tank. When you are ready to screw the valve head on, apply silicone lubricant to the
outside of the distribution tube, and the o-ring on the control valve where the tube goes in.
2. Add the filter gravel that came with your order. You want the gravel to cover the bottom
distributor screen before adding the Pro Ox media.
3. Next, add the Pro-OX media first, and the Chemsorb media last, so that the Chemsorb sits on
top of the Pro-OX media. The tank should be about 2/3 full of media, do not fill more than 2/3
full, even if there is media left over.
4. Remove tape from top of distributor tube. Be careful not to pull up distributor tube when
removing tape.
5. If possible at this point, fill the tank completely with water. This will allow the Pro Ox 5900e-AIR
media to settle and eliminate the need of “purging” the air out of the tank later.
6. Add a small amount of silicone grease to the tank threads and both o-rings on the bottom of the
control valve and screw on 5900e control valve carefully. Do not use pipe-joint compound,
vegetable oil, Teflon tape, or Vaseline or other petroleum greases to lubricate tank threads.

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Fig 5: 5900e Bypass with Barrels Fig 6: Bypass with steel mounting clips
Assemble the bypass valve:
7. When you remove the bypass valve from the box, the valves are in the open position. Holding
the bypass so that you are reading the In and Out (so that the words are not upside down to you
when holding the bypass), note the following:
8. The red handles are slightly arrow-shaped; the pointed end is pointing in the direction of flow
when open. The Inlet valve (on the left) turns clockwise, from full open at “12:00 o’clock”, to
fully closed at “3:00 o’clock”. The Outlet valve turns clockwise from “6:00 o’clock” full open to
“9:00 o’clock” full closed. The valves are stiff when new, so open and close them a few
times. Leave them closed for now.
a) Choose which yoke (3/4” or 1”) you wish to attach to the back end of the
bypass. Remove the barrels (Figure 5) and apply a small amount of silicone
lubricant to each of the O-rings (two on each barrel, four total) Push the
barrels back into the bypass, and push the yoke onto the barrels. Attach the
steel mounting clips on each side and screw in the two screws (Figure 6)
b) If the valve to which you are attaching the bypass has a flow sensor (see
picture), lube the two O-rings and push the bypass assembly onto the flow
sensor, and attach the steel mounting clips and screws.