Kinetico gold 15759 User manual

Model/Product Numbers
Gold (15759)
Platinum (15210)
Owner’s Manual
Guide d’ utilisation
Manual del usuario

Kinetico Essential Series Owner’s Manual
Part No. 15754
Rev. 10.07.2015
Kinetico Essential Series Water Conditioning Systems are tested
and certified by WQA against the requirements of NSF/ANSI
Standard 44 for softener performance and chemical reduction of
barium and radium 226/228. They are also certified to NSF/ANSI
372, Drinking Water System - Lead Content and the CSA
Standard B483.1 - Drinking Water Treatment Systems.
Table of Contents
How to Use Soft Water......................................................................................... 2
Product Line Overview......................................................................................... 4
System Operation................................................................................................. 4
System Maintenance and Install Guidelines......................................................... 6
Commonly Asked Questions................................................................................ 8
Kinetico Dealer and System Installation Information............................................ 9
Version: Française .............................................................................................F1
Version: Español................................................................................................E1
Congratulations!
We know you’ll love your clean, soft water and your new Kinetico Essential
Series®water softener. You’ll soon wonder how you ever lived without it.
Improving your water with a Kinetico Essential Series water softener is just one
way to enjoy better water in your home. Contact your Kinetico dealer for more
information about additional products.
Note: Photos shown with optional slider
by-pass, not included with system.

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How to Use Soft Water
Now that your Kinetico Essential Series water softener is installed, you can enjoy
all the benefits of having soft water. If you are not accustomed to soft water, here
are some tips to follow to get the most benefit from your new system:
Use pure soap products.
Most leading brands of laundry soaps, household
cleaners and shampoos contain large amounts of
detergents. The harsh chemicals in these detergents
are necessary when using hard water, but you can
reduce your use or eliminate them altogether with soft
water. We recommend you use pure soap products,
clear liquid soaps without dyes and perfumes. If you
continue to use your normal detergents, you should
significantly reduce the amount used. Your Kinetico
dealer can provide you with more information and
recommended detergent amounts.
Use less soap and household cleaners.
When using soap or cleaners with soft water, start by cutting the amount of soap
you normally use in half. You may even find you can use as little as one-quarter
the amount you were using before. Hardness minerals in water interfere with
soap’s cleaning ability. Once they are removed, soap can do its job better. Even
though you’ll use less soap, you’ll get more suds and cleaner results.
It’s especially important to reduce the amount of laundry soap you use. Washing
clothes in soft water not only means you’ll need less
soap to get your clothes clean, but also that the soap
you do use will rinse out completely. Washing in soft
water makes your clothes look whiter and brighter,
and they’ll last longer too. It is very important not to
let your clothes sit in the washer after the cycle is
complete. Detergent buildup can stain your clothing.
When possible, use clear, liquid soaps, without dyes
or perfumes.
Soft water, better water.
After bathing in soft water, your skin should feel “slippery.” It’s not soap you feel
on your skin. What you’re feeling is your own smooth skin without any leftover
soap curd or residue. When you bathed in hard water, you were never able to
rinse this residue off completely. The soap curd that left a ring in your bathtub
was also left on your skin. But now that you have soft water, you’ll feel soft,
smooth and clean. The same holds true for rinsing shampoo out of your hair.
Reduce or eliminate the use of fabric softeners.
Fabrics washed in hard water retain soap curd or residue making them “crackle”
when removed from the dryer or stiff if air-dried. Fabric softeners are necessary
with hard water to keep your clothing soft, but with soft water, you can reduce
your use of fabric softeners or eliminate them altogether.

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Take special precautions with automatic dishwashers.
Soft water, when combined with caustic phosphates in some dishwasher
detergents and very high temperatures in the dry cycle, can etch dishes and
glassware. To prevent this possibility:
•use the “no heat” dry cycle on your dishwasher;
•use the minimum amount of a good quality, low
phosphate dishwasher detergent needed to clean
your dishes. This may be as little as 20 percent of
the amount recommended by the appliance
manufacturer or on the dishwasher soap box;
•wash good china and crystal by hand.
Special care for plants and fish.
Depending on your water hardness level, amount of rainfall and how often you
water, you could use soft water for outside watering,
but why waste your soft water? Water your lawn,
shrubs and outside plants from an outside hard
water faucet, or put your Kinetico Essential Series
water softener in by-pass before watering. See “By-
pass” on page 6 for instructions on by-passing your
system. Many houseplants can be watered with soft
water, although some can be highly sensitive to the
elevated level of sodium ions in soft water. You may
prefer to water houseplants with hard water or water
from a reverse osmosis system.
Fish accustomed to hard water may have trouble with an abrupt change to soft
water. Make the change gradually over a period of seven to 14 days by blending
hard and soft water until the tank contains 100 percent soft water. Once you
begin using soft water, you should notice that your fish tank stays cleaner longer.

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Product Line Overview
Kinetico Essential Series water softeners are available in two (2) sizes that allow
you to use the ideal configuration for your application.
System Operation
Your Kinetico Essential Series water softener is designed to provide years of
trouble-free operation. The following cycles soften your water and regenerate
your system when necessary.
Service: Hard water enters the unit at the valve inlet and flows down through the
center tube. The hard water then passes through the lower distributor and flows
up through the resin. Conditioned water passes through the upper distributor and
flows to the system outlet and into your home.
Regeneration:
Brine/Slow Rinse: Hard water enters the unit at the valve inlet and flows
into the compartment housing the venturi which draws brine (or sodium
chloride solution) from the brine tank or cabinet. Brine flows down through
the resin and then enters the center tube through the lower distributor. Then,
the brine flows through the drain valve to the drain line. The resin beads are
replenished with sodium ions from the brine solution during the brine/slow
rinse stage. Since the resin beads prefer calcium and magnesium ions, a
high concentration of sodium ions during the brine and slow rinse stages is
necessary to force the calcium and magnesium off the resin beads.
Backwash: Hard water enters the unit at the valve inlet, flows down through
the resin bed, and then through the lower distributor to the center tube. The
backwash water then flows through the drain valve to the drain line. The
backwash flow rinses excess brine from the resin bed after the brine/slow
rinse so that you do not get “salty” water after going back into service.
Brine Tank/Cabinet Refill: After brine draw, hard water refills the brine
tank/cabinet through the brine valve to make a brine solution for the next
regeneration.
Essential
Gold
Essential
Platinum
Tank Size
8” x 17”
9” x 35”
Media Volume (per tank)
0.37 cu. ft.
0.60 cu. ft.
Maximum Compensated Hardness
42 gpg
50 gpg
Maximum Iron (ferrous)
0.5 mg/L
0.5 mg/L
Maximum Iron (ferric)
0.01 mg/L
0.01 mg/L
Backwash Flow Rate
1.0 gpm
2.5 gpm

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AccuDial Adjustment:
The valve allows for the adjustment of regeneration frequency
based on inlet water hardness. This improves performance and
reduces water consumption. The integrated system meter tracks
the volume of water processed and after the adjustable set-point
has been reached, the regeneration process begins.
Top View of Softener Valve
Note: Actual disc colors and markings may vary. Colors shown are for
illustration purposes only.
Hardness Adjustment
Knob
Softener Valve
Screw
Decal Viewing
Window Area
Example: Setting = F
Meter Disc

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System Maintenance and Install Guidelines
Adding Salt
Ensure that the salt level in the brine tank or cabinet is always above the water
level.
Use a quality grade of pellet salt processed especially for use in water softeners.
DO NOT USE ROCK SALT.
Water Pressure
Inlet water pressure range of 25 –125 psi is required for valve to operate
effectively.
Existing Plumbing
Existing plumbing should be free from lime and iron buildup. Replace plumbing
that has heavy lime and/or iron buildup. If plumbing is clogged with iron, install a
separate iron filter unit ahead of the water softener.
System By-pass
Installation should always include a system by-pass. If optional by-pass (shown
below) is not used, please use alternate design.
Blending Adjustment
Screw
Service Position
(blue visible)
By-pass Position
(red visible)
Fully Closed,
No Blending
Fully Open,
Maximum Blending

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Manual Regeneration
If the unit runs out of salt, refill with salt, and then manually regenerate the
system. Using a #2 Phillips screwdriver, push down firmly on the softener valve
screw (see page 5) and slowly turn clockwise, listening for four (4) clicks to start
the regeneration. At this point you should hear water begin to run through the
system. If you do not hear water running through the system, the disc has not
been advanced far enough, or you are not pressing down hard enough while
turning.
NOTE: If your hot water tank has refilled with hard water, it may take several
days for it to empty and for your water to feel soft again.
CAUTION
Do not exceed water pressure of 125 psi.
Do not exceed water temperature of 120°F.
Do not subject unit to freezing conditions.
Cold Weather Protection
If your Kinetico Essential Series water softener is installed outside or in an area
that is not heated, you should to take precautionary measures to prevent damage
to your unit from freezing.
NOTE: Kinetico’s Limited Warranty doesn’t cover damage to your system due
to freezing. If you have questions about your Kinetico Essential Series
water softener, or if you suspect that it isn’t working properly, contact
your authorized Kinetico dealer.
Sanitization
After installation, or if water is not used for >30 days, sanitization of the system is
recommended.
Regenerate system. After regeneration, go through sanitization procedures:
Mix 1 oz. of household, unscented bleach with 1 U.S. gallon of water in a
bucket.
Disconnect brine line from brine valve.
If the brine line is too short, a length of ⅜” tubing may be connected
temporarily to the brine port for this use.
Place brine line in bucket with diluted bleach solution.
Place system into brine draw.
Draw the solution, then put unit into by-pass. Not all the solution will be
consumed.
Let bleach soak tank for 60 minutes.
Reconnect brine line to brine tank.
Open by-pass valve, continue with system regeneration cycle.
After cycle is complete, repeat the backwash cycle.
Return unit to service.

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Commonly Asked Questions
There has been a drop in my home’s water pressure. What might be the
cause?
A reduction in your home’s water pressure can indicate that it is time to change
your prefilter. If you do not have a prefilter with your system or changing the filter
has no effect, contact your authorized Kinetico dealer.
My system seems to be regenerating more frequently. Is this normal?
Remember, your Kinetico Essential Series water softener is demand-operated,
adjusting automatically to your water usage. If you do not think that your water
usage has increased due to extra house guests, additional laundry or some other
reason, check for any leaky plumbing, dripping faucets or running toilets, all of
which can contribute to more frequent regenerations.
My water doesn’t seem soft. How can I be sure that my system is
regenerating properly?
Be sure that the water supply to the softener is not by-passed. Follow the
instructions on page 7 to manually regenerate the softener tanks. If the unit does
not begin advancing to the next regeneration automatically, please contact your
authorized Kinetico dealer for further assistance.
I can hear my Kinetico Essential Series water softener running or
regenerating during the day. My old softener only used to run at night. Is
this normal?
Unlike traditional water softeners, Kinetico Essential Series water softeners
operate on demand based on your water usage, without timers or electronics. So
your system regenerates whenever necessary, at any time of day.
How will I know when it is time to add salt?
Lift the lid of the cabinet to check the level of salt. If you can see water, it is time
to add salt. You can add salt any time there is enough room to accommodate
additional blocks or pellets.
Is it OK to drink soft water?
Yes, soft water is OK for drinking and cooking. If your softener regenerates with
sodium chloride (salt), keep in mind that there will be a small amount of sodium
added to the softened water. People who are on sodium restricted diets should
consider the added sodium as part of their overall sodium intake.
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If at any time you feel your Kinetico Essential Series water softener is not
operating properly, put the system in by-pass and call your authorized Kinetico
dealer.

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Kinetico Dealer Information
Company Name:
Address:
Web Address:
Email Address:
Telephone Number:
Salesperson’s Name:
System Installation Information
Model:
Date of Installation:
Number of People in Household:
Hardness:
mg/L
Ferrous Iron:
mg/L
Ferric Iron:
mg/L
pH:
TDS:
mg/L
Temperature:
Pressure: