intermountain watermaster User manual

Owner’s Manual
Watermaster
High Efficiency
Water System
Intermountain Water
© 2002 Intermountain Water. All Rights Reserved.
424 West 1200 North, Orem UT 84057 USA
Part number FM 500-010-03-00
www.intermountain-water.com
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Please call our Customer Assistance Hotline and
speak to one of our Customer Service Specialists.
They can provide you with additional information,
answer product questions and help you get the
most out of your system.
If service is necessary, you can arrange for a visit
from a highly skilled Factory Authorized Service
Technician who is trained to fulfill the product war-
ranty and perform any out-of-warranty service on
your system.
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Congratulations on purchasing the Watermaster water system.
This investment will not only protect your home, it will change
the way you live.
The Watermaster water system’s cutting-edge technology
makes life more convenient for you. Many years of dedicated
research and concentrated effort have gone into bringing it to
you.
Intermountain Water has a proud tradition of manufacturing
excellence. We know that you will be extremely satisfied as
you experience the feeling of high quality water in your home.
This Owner’s Manual was compiled to help enjoy years of
trouble free operation from your Watermaster water system.
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Warranty
Residential Water System
Limited Lifetime
1
st
year of ownership
This residential water system is warranted as to workmanship and material for
a period of one year from date of original installation at the original installation
site, if properly installed by an Intermountain Water Certified Installer. Should
any component in your system prove defective in the first year, it will be repaired,
rebuilt or replaced at our option, provided it is returned directly to us.
After the 1
st
year of ownership
Should any component in your system prove defective after the first year, it will
be repaired, rebuilt or replaced at our option for a maximum charge of $50.00,
provided it is returned directly to us. Labor, transportation, shipping or other
charges incurred in the diagnosis, replacement or repair of defective components
are not covered by this warranty.
If you choose not to send a defective component back to us, repairs to your system
can be conducted in your home by a factory authorized service technician if your
home is within the operating radius of an Intermountain authorized repair center.
This warranty does not cover transportation, shipping, diagnosis, replacement and
repair charges resulting from your in-home repair request.
Intermountain Water or its subsidiaries will not be held responsible for loss
or damage caused by any defective component.
This warranty must be presented at time of claim and all claims must be
presented within 30 days of oc cur rence.
This warranty is void if your water system is not installed in compliance with pre-
vailing plumb ing codes, including necessary overflow protection, or if the influent
water temperature is hotter than 90
0
F or where the static water pressure is less
than 25psi, or more than 90psi. In ten tion al/malicious damage, misuse, neglect,
unauthorized modifications or accidental damage to the system are not covered by
this warranty. This warranty does not cover damage caused by pressure surges,
water hammer, power surges or sags, lightning, fire, flood, freezing, earthquake,
acts of God or other casualty.
Your water system is subject to normal wear and tear during it’s usable service
life. Wear and tear is not regarded as a product defect and is not covered by this
warranty.
Your water system includes a Hydroclear performance-enhancing injection system
in the salt tank. The Hydroclear per for mance-en hanc ing additive is essential to
proper functioning of your system. If Hydroclear is not added to the injection
system at the prescribed interval in your owner’s manual, this warranty will be
void.
This limited lifetime warranty is only valid if registered within 10 days of
initial installation. If unregistered, this warranty is only valid for 1 year from
the date of original manufacture.

Watermaster
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PROTECT THE INVESTMENT THAT PROTECTS YOU
Intermountain Water
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As the world’s water gets worse, better equip ment is needed
to clean it.
The Watermaster is designed to cope with the ex treme wa ter
conditions found here in the West ern Unit ed States.
Years of drought conditions and massive pop u la tion growth have
caused water prob lems to be come far more serious than ever
before.
Treating water in the 21st century re quires high ly specialized
equipment to protect you and your home from minerals and met-
als that could be lurk ing in your water.
The water specialists - Since 1966
Intermountain Water
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Water Pressure Regulator
The influent water pressure into this water sys tem must be
reg u lat ed by a code-compliant pressure regulating device not
to exceed 75psi.
Power protection
Power to this system must be supplied by an unswitched 110VAC
supply. Surge protection is mandatory and is to be supplied by
the cus tom er.
Hydroclear
Your Watermaster residential water softener is one of the hard-
est working ap pli anc es in your home.
Years of drought conditions and massive population growth
have caused water to become much worse than before.
Hydroclear performance enhancer is designed to help your
water system work at maximum efficiency levels. This en vi ron -
men tal ly friendly supplement is designed to clean the moving
parts of the softener as well as synergistically ac ti vate the resin
media inside your system, allowing maximum efficiency.
A Hydroclear Injection system is installed in your system’s
brine tank. The feeder should be kept as full as possible. The
innovative design of the injector allows the system to only use
Hydroclear when it needs it, so your system will use Hydroclear
proportionately to the amount of water that you use. Be sure
to always have the injection system full, so that your system
complies with the terms of it’s warranty and that it functions at
the highest levels of performance and efficiency.

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Salt
To keep your system running efficiently,
fill your brine tank with 8 bags of high
quality pellet salt and top-up when nec-
essary.
Programming
All you need to do is make sure that the clock is set to the right
time of day. Turn the little white wheel on the right side until the
correct time is displayed.
Valves
Keep water flowing freely through your system by keeping the
Bypass Valves in the correct position. Open the bottom two
valves and close the top one in the middle. To bypass your
system, simply reverse the order.
Electricity
Keep the Power Supply plugged into an
unswitched electrical outlet.
The Watermaster is so simple, that all you have to do is ensure
the following to keep your system running...
Your Watermaster is a simple electro-me chan i cal water
softener.
As an entry-level water softener, it will re move cal ci um and
magnesium from your water with the abil i ty to be programmed
to regenerate on a fixed day timer schedule.