Culligan ESTATE 2, 2M, ESTATE 2M User Manual
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2 AND 2M
Water Conditioners
Use and Care Guide
Thank you . . .
AND WELCOME TO YOUR NEW WORLD
OF BETTER LIVING WITH SOFTENED WATER.
If this is your first experience having soft, conditioned water in your home,
you’ll be amazed at the marvelous difference it makes. W e promise that you ’ll
never want to be without it again.
We hope you will become familiar with this Guide so that you will better
understand how your new appliance works, and how you can help it give you
the many benefits of softened, filtered, conditioned water.
SODIUM INFORMATION: Water softeners using sodium chloride for regeneration add sodium to the water. Persons who are on sodium restricted diets
should consider the added sodium as part of their overall sodium intake.
Some localities have corrosive water. A softener cannot correct this problem
and so its printed warranty disclaims liability for corrosion of plumbing lines,
fixtures or appliances. If you suspect corrosion, your Culligan Dealer has
equipment to control the problem.
NOTE: Operational, maintenance and replacement requirements are
essential for this product to perform as advertised.
INDEX
How Your Water Conditioner Works .............................................1
When and How to Make Adjustments........................................ 2-4
Salt Supply, Usage and Service ......................................................5
Care and Cleaning of Your Water Conditioner ........................... 5-6
Things to Check Before You Call for Service ............................... 7-8
When & How to By-Pass Your Water Conditioner .................... 9-10
Important Records and Warranty Information .............................11
How your water conditioner works
WHY WA TER GETS HARD AND HOW IT’S SOFTENED
All of the fresh water in the world originally falls as rain, snow , or sleet. Surface
water is drawn upward by the sun, forming clouds. Then nearly pure and soft
as it starts to fall, it begins to collect impurities as it passes through smog and
dust-laden atmosphere. And as it seeps through soil and rocks it gathers
hardness, rust, acid, unpleasant tastes and odors.
Water hardness is caused primarily by limestone dissolved from the earth by
rainwater. Because of this, in earlier times people who wanted soft water
collected rainwater from roofs in rain barrels and cisterns before it picked up
hardness from the earth.
THE CULLIGAN PROCESS
Today, research and technology have combined to produce an appliance that
removes hardness (dissolved rock) using ion exchange resins which have superior ability to attract and capture the dissolved hardness impurities in water .
Culligan’s Cullex® water conditioning resin is the happy result of such research.
Here’s how it works in your water conditioner. . . .
1 Your water conditioner directs the flow of your household water through a
column of Cullex resin. The beads of resin remove the hardness impurities
from the water and hold them. When they can hold no more, they must be
recharged. First, the automatic recharge system supplies hard water to your
household, bypassing your water conditioner.
2 Next, the filtered sediment is flushed to the drain. Then, the Cullex resin is
automatically bathed by a salt solution (brine), removing hardness
impurities. Then it is rinsed free of excess brine.
3 The water conditioner is again ready to soften more water for you. Under
normal conditions, this cycle can be repeated indefinitely as the resin lasts
for years and years.
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When and how to make adjustments to
the electro-timer . . .
AN ADJUSTMENT IS NEEDED WHEN:
1 you must reset the clocks around your home due to a power failure, time
change, or other reason. Remember also to reset the time-of-day on your
water conditioner.
2 you want recharge to occur at a different time than was set at installation.
Note: recharge should be set for a time when water use is at a minimum.
Usually this is in the wee hours of the morning, such as 2:00 a.m.
3 more softening capacity is needed on a continuous basis than was
originally set, either because of increased use or change in water characteristics. (If a temporary increase in water use is anticipated or has
occurred, an immediate recharge can be initiated without interfering with
the automatic settings. Use the “Manual Recharge”.)
ACCESS TO TIMER ADJUSTMENTS
Grasp the front cover by the slots and carefully pull forward. Lay the cover
aside in a safe place.
SERVICE (SOFT WATER) POSITION
The timer is in the “service” position supplying conditioned water to the house
lines when the toothless section of the cam gear is over the idled gear.
TIME-OF-DAY
The stationery pointer P tells the time of day on the moving 24-hour dial J. If
the pointer is not pointing to the correct time-of-day, according to your watch,
you can reset this by pulling out the black gear, behind the time dial, and
rotating it until the correct time-of-day is opposite the pointer. After releasing
the black gear, be certain it meshes properly with the gear beneath it. Note:
the dark half of the time dial represents nighttime hours.
TIME OF RECHARGE
During recharge, hard water is automatically by-passed into the house lines.
Recharge time is factory set to start at about 2:00 a.m. when water is not
being used by most families. However, if you desire to have your unit charge
at a time other than 2:00 a.m., this can be accomplished with a single
adjustment:
The position of the tiny round dot or pin on the tab H is opposite the time on
the 24-hour dial when the unit will begin to recharge. To change the time of
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