Clean Water Systems Pro-OX 7800 Installation manual

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7800 Neutralizer 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 neutral pH 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.
CALCITE MEDIA CONTAINS DUST. USE PAPER MASK AND VENTILATE TO AVOID
BREATHING DUST.
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Table of Contents
Packing List ........................................................................................................................................................ 3
Neutralizer 1.0 cubic foot size................................................................................................................3
Neutralizer 1.5 cubic foot size................................................................................................................3
Neutralizer 2.0 cubic foot size................................................................................................................3
Pre-Installation .................................................................................................................................................. 4
Best Practices for Piping & Drain Installation ..................................................................................................... 4
How Your Neutralizer Works ............................................................................................................................. 5
Fig 1 - Neutralizer Filter Tank Water Flow .........................................................................................5
Fig 2 - Typical Neutralizer 7800 piping installation with ball valve and hose bib after the filter.........6
Fig 5: 7800 By-Pass and Pipe Connectors ..........................................................................................9
Initial Programming ......................................................................................................................................... 10
Starting the Initial Backwash............................................................................................................................ 11
How to Add Calcite Media to the 7800 Neutralizer Filter................................................................................. 12
When to Use Calcite Blends ............................................................................................................................. 13
How to Mix and Use Calcite Blends.................................................................................................................. 13
Neutralizers 1.0 Cubic Foot: use 90lbs Calcite and 10 lbs Corosex ......................................................13
Neutralizers 2.5 Cubic Foot: use 200 lbs Calcite and 20 lbs Corosex....................................................14
Troubleshooting the 7800 Neutralizer Filter ................................................................................................... 14
pH is Too High! ....................................................................................................................................14
pH is Too Low! .....................................................................................................................................14
White Spots on Fixtures and Glasses ...................................................................................................15
Backwash Flow Rate: ...........................................................................................................................15

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Packing List
Neutralizer 1.0 cubic foot size
7800 Backwash Control Valve w/ Bypass Assembly and Pipe connector kit (1”or ¾”)
10” x 44” filter tank with distributor tube
Blue media funnel for adding the Calcite media
12lbs. Filter gravel
1 cubic foot of Calcite media
*15 lbs. of Corosex included with Calcite-Corosex Blend systems
Neutralizer 1.5 cubic foot size
7800 Backwash Control Valve w/ Bypass Assembly and Pipe connector kit (1”or ¾”)
10” x 54” filter tank with distributor tube
Blue media funnel for adding the Calcite media
16lbs. Filter gravel
1.5 cubic foot of Calcite media
*15 lbs. of Corosex included with Calcite-Corosex Blend systems
Neutralizer 2.0 cubic foot size
7800 Backwash Control Valve w/ Bypass Assembly and Pipe connector kit (1”or ¾”)
12” x 48” filter tank with distributor tube
Blue media funnel for adding the Calcite media
20lbs. Filter gravel
2.0 cubic foot of Calcite media
*20 lbs. of Corosex included with Calcite-Corosex Blend systems

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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 Neutralizer 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 7 (Fig 2). The Neutralizer is installed after the pressure tank.
2. Make sure to connect the IN pipe to the 7800 inlet and the OUT pipe to the outlet (see Fig 2). As
you face the 7800 control from the front, the water enters on the right and exits on the left.
From the back (see Fig 2) 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 7800 Neutralizer 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
Neutralizer and before the second ball valve. This makes it easy to rinse your new Neutralizer
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 7800 control
valve. Avoid heating up the 7800 control valve plastic with the torch.
5. If you have copper pipe before the Neutralizer 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 Neutralizer and then copper after it, if you have copper plumbing.
6. You do not need unions to install your 7800 control valve. If you need to remove it, the 7800
has quick-release couplings that make it easy to put the Neutralizer on by-pass and remove the
filter system from the piping.

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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 7800 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.
How Your Neutralizer Works
See Fig 1 below. In your Neutralizer the water enters the top of the tank (red arrows) and flows down
through the media and up the distributor tube (blue arrows). The downflow type Neutralizer raises the
pH of your water and can be backwashed, which cleans and re-classifies the Calcite, preventing
channeling. During backwash the flow of water is reversed and water flows down the distributor tube
and up through the media, lifting and expanding the Calcite media. During the backwash the Calcite is
cleaned by the action of the water flowing through it.
Fig 1 - Neutralizer Filter Tank Water Flow
Calcite Media

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Fig 2 - Typical Neutralizer 7800 piping installation with ball valve and hose
bib after the filter

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Fig 3: 7800 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 7800 Bypass and Service Mode Positions

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Assembly and Installation Instructions
1. By hand, unscrew the entire 7800 control valve from the top of the tank if it was shipped
screwed on. Place distributor tube in tank if not already inside. If not already done, make sure
the blue cap is on top of distributor tube, or wrap the top of distributor tube with electrical or
duct tape. You do not want gravel or Calcite to go down the distributor tube.
2. Add the filter gravel that came with your order. You want the gravel to cover the bottom
distributor screen before adding the Calcite media.
3. Next add Calcite media. The tank will be about 2/3rds full of media. There may be a little calcite
left over from what was sent to you, however you ONLY need to fill it up 2/3rds. You can save
the leftovers for later when it is time to refill the calcite.
4. Remove cap or tape from top of distributor tube. Be careful not to pull up distributor tube
when removing cap or tape.
5. If possible at this point, fill the tank completely with water. This will allow the Neutralizer media
to settle and eliminate the need of “purging” the air out of the tank later.
6. Attach plastic top screen to the under-side of the 7800 control valve. It is a funnel-shaped
plastic screen that snaps on to the control valve and prevents resin from being backwashed out
to drain during the regeneration cycles.

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7. Add a small amount of silicone grease or vegetable cooking oil to the tank threads and screw on
7800 control valve carefully. Do not use pipe-joint compound, Teflon tape, or Vaseline or other
petroleum greases to lubricate tank threads.
8. See how the by-pass is connected. Note that Items 2 in Fig 5 below are the pipe connectors and
the other end is what gets attached to the control valve. Items 3 are the red clips that hold the
pipe connectors to the by-pass valve. Your 7800 is usually shipped in the by-pass position, as
in Figure 4.
Fig 5: 7800 By-Pass and Pipe Connectors
9. Lubricate the by-pass valve o-rings with some vegetable oil or silicone grease and connect the
bypass assembly to the 7800 control by sliding the bypass valve firmly into the body of the 7800.
Once bypass is in far enough, you will be able to insert the red connector clips.
10. Next lubricate the end-connectors (#2 in Fig 5) with some silicone grease or vegetable cooking
oil and insert them into the bypass valve and then insert the red clips (#3).
11. Note that the 7800 is usually shipped in the bypass position. There is a bypass valve knob on
both the inlet and the outlet. You can easily tell if it is in bypass because the two knobs will be
in line with each other (Fig 4). If the valve is in the Service position (Fig 5) the knobs will be
parallel to each other. Make sure both sides are in the by-pass position.
12. Do NOT remove the red clips in order to put the bypass valve in either bypass or service, it is not
necessary nor desired to remove the red clips on the bypass valve hand knobs.
13. Now install your water pipes to the 7800 bypass end connectors. Make sure inlet is installed to
the 'In" pipe connector on the bypass valve and outlet is on the “Out” connector.
14. Connect some flexible tubing from the drain connection on the 7800 control valve to a suitable
drain such as a septic tank or drain to a sewer. It is OK to run the drain line up and over the

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7800 Neutralizer up to 4 feet above the top of the tank. If the drain line will be more than 20
feet, use larger diameter tubing such as ¾” or 1”. Note that it 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, if you do use hard PVC piping for the drain line,
and you are able to remove the hard PVC drain piping and attach flexible tubing should you ever
desire for testing purposes, it is OK to use rigid PVC pipe for the drain. Make sure the drain
tubing is firmly clamped to the barbed fitting with a hose clamp to prevent leaks.
15. Plug your 7800 control valve into an outlet. After being plugged in, the screen may display
“WAITING PLEASE” while it finds the service position. By default, the control valve will be set to
work like a Water Softener, but that’s not correct for this application. So, next you will need to
program the system to work as a Neutralizer Filter. There are a few settings that must be
changed before the system can be put into service.
Initial Programming
1. Plug in your 7800 control valve to an outlet
2. From the display screen, press and hold the settings button for three seconds to access the
programming menu.
3. Set Time of Day –Use the up and down arrows to select the proper value. Once the proper
value is set, press the Settings button (Enter) to proceed to the next setting. Hitting the Manual
Regen button at any time will take you out of the programming and back to the main menu
4. Set Year - Use the up and down arrows to select the proper value. Once the proper value is set,
press the Settings button (Enter) to proceed to the next setting
5. Set Month - Use the up and down arrows to select the proper value. Once the proper value is
set, press the Settings button (Enter) to proceed to the next setting
6. Set Day - Use the up and down arrows to select the proper value. Once the proper value is set,
press the Settings button (Enter) to proceed to the next setting
7. Set Regen Days - This tells the Neutralizer filter how often to regenerate in days. It can be set for
any setting from 1 to 10, with 7 being the recommended common setting.
8. Gallons On/Off –Select Off to program it to be used as a neutralizer filter
9. Regen Time - Set the time of the night that you want the neutralizer filter to backwash. The
default time is 2:00 am. Adjust the time by pushing the up or down arrow if you want.
10. Programming Complete –If you need to go back and change anything, simply press and hold
the Settings button to go through the programming menu again.