GE pnrv12zbl01 Owner's Manual

PNRV12ZBL01

GE Appliances

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Owner’s Manual

7178901 Part No. 215C1002P004–1 Pub. No. 49-5802

Filtration System

Reverse Osmosis

Faucet
& Base

Tested and certified to ANSI/NSF

Standard 58 for TDS reduction.

Congratulations!
You Are Now Part of the GE Family.

Welcome to the GE family. We’re proud of
our quality products and we are committed
to providing dependable service. You’ll see
it in this easy-to-use Owner’s Manual and
you’ll hear it in the friendly voices of our
customer service department.

Best of all, you’ll experience these values
each time you use the water system. That’s
important, because your new system will be
part of your family for many years. And we
hope you will be part of ours for a long time
to come.

We thank you for buying GE. We
appreciate your purchase, and hope you
will continue to rely on us whenever you
need quality appliances for your home.

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Important!

Staple sales slip or cancelled
check here.

Proof of the original purchase date
is needed to obtain service under
the warranty.

Write the model and serial numbers
here.

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You can find them on the sump
bracket.

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GE & You,
A Service Partnership.

Inside you will find many
helpful hints on how to use and
maintain your water system
properly. Just a little preventive
care on your part can save you a
great deal of time and money
over the life of your system.

Read this Manual

Ask any GE appliance owner and they will
tell you we stand behind our products with
unmatched quality service. However, did
you know that most questions result from
simple problems that you can easily fix
yourself in just a few minutes? This
Owner’s Manual can tell you how.

You’ll find many answers to
common problems here.
If you review our chart of
Troubleshooting Tips first,
you may not need to call for
service at all.

Review the Section on
Troubleshooting Tips

If you do need service, you can
relax knowing help is only a
phone call away. A list of toll-free
customer service numbers is
included in the back section.
Or you can always call the
GE Answer Center

® at

800.626.2000, 24 hours a day,
7 days a week.

If You Need Service

Safety Information . . . . . . .4, 5

Specification Guidelines . . . . . .6

Operating Instructions . .7–11

Care and Cleaning . . . . . . .12–16

Troubleshooting Tips

Before You

Call For Service . . . . . . . . .17–19

Customer Service

Warranty Information . . . . . . .23

Service Telephone

Numbers . . . . . . . . . .Back Cover

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION.
READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING.

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For your safety, the information in this manual must be
followed to minimize the risk of property damage or
personal injury.

■Check with your state

and local public works
department for plumbing
and sanitation codes. You
must follow these guidelines
as you install the Reverse
Osmosis system.

Using
a qualified installer is
recommended.

■

If house water pressure is over

the maximum (125 pounds
per square inch), install a
pressure reducing valve in
the water supply line to the
Reverse Osmosis system.

■

Read the other limits (pH,

water hardness, etc.) in the

Specification Guidelines.

■

This product reduces fluoride

in drinking water. Please
consult your dentist if you
have questions.

WARNING:

Do not use with
water that is microbiologically
unsafe or of unknown quality
without adequate disinfection
before or after the system, such
as single user wells, or other
non-public water systems not
regulated by federal or state
health and safety
requirements. The water
should be tested periodically
to verify that the system is
performing satisfactorily.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

WARNING!

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This Reverse Osmosis system must be properly installed
and located in accordance with the Installation Instructions
before it is used. If you did not receive Installation
Instructions, you can receive one by calling us toll-free
at the GE Answer Center

®

800.626.2000.

PROPER INSTALLATION

■

Install or store where it will not

be exposed to temperatures
below freezing or exposed to
any type of weather. Water
freezing in the system will
break it. Do not attempt to
treat water over

100°F.

■

Do not install on

HOT WATER.

The temperature of the water
supply to the Reverse Osmosis
system must be between the
minimum of 40°F. to the
maximum of 100°F. See the

Specification Guidelines.

■

Do Not

open the water
supply/saddle valve until
the pipes have been flushed.

WARNING:

Discard all
unused parts and packaging
material after installation.
Small parts remaining after
the installation could be a
choke hazard.

■Sanitizing is recommended

upon installation of the
Reverse Osmosis system, and
after servicing inner parts. It
is important for the service
person to have clean hands
while handling inner parts of
the system. See the

Sanitizing

the Reverse Osmosis System

section.

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The system makes a good supply of drinking water each day.

How much it will make depends primarily on these things…

Feed water pressure—pounds per square inch (psi)

40–125

Feed water temperature limits—minimum/maximum degrees F.

40–100

Water quality

Maximum total dissolved solids (TDS)—parts per million (ppm)

2000

Maximum water hardness @ 6.9 pH—grains per gallon (gpg)

10

Maximum iron, manganese, hydrogen sulfide

0

Chlorine in water supply

Allowable*

Feed water pH limits (pH)

4–10

Percent rejection of TDS, minimum (new membrane)**

92

*Chlorine removed (maximum of 2.0 ppm) by the Reverse Osmosis
prefilter…regular changing of the prefilter is required. Chlorine will
destroy the Reverse Osmosis membrane.

**Feed water at 50 psig and 77°F. with 750 ppm sodium chloride. Quality
water production, amount of waste water and percent rejection all vary
with changes in pressure, temperature and total dissolved solids.

On average you should expect your Reverse Osmosis system to be
able to deliver 12 gallons of product per day, as tested by Water Quality
Association Standard S-300. Output according to ANSI/NSF Standard 58
is 10 gallons per day.

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SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES.

Product – length 16″ width 17″ depth 6″

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About the reverse osmosis system.

The system is a

REVERSE OSMOSIS

filtration unit. Reverse osmosis is
a way of removing dissolved solids and organic matter from water by
passing it through a special membrane. The membrane separates
minerals and impurities from the water and they are flushed to the
drain. High quality product

water goes directly to the drinking water

faucet, or to the storage tank.

The system includes an electronic faucet assembly with an
integrated water testing feature. When water is taken from the
faucet, a green indicator light means removal is within the
specified limits.

Prefilters and postfilters are replaceable cartridges. The prefilter
removes up to 2.0 ppm (parts per million) of chlorine while also
filtering sediments. The postfilter removes any other undesirable
tastes and odors before you use the water.

High quality product water may have a different taste than what
you’re used to.

What the Reverse Osmosis System Will Do

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About the reverse osmosis system.

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Prefilter

—Water from the cold supply pipe enters the Reverse

Osmosis assembly and is directed to the prefilter cartridge.

The prefilter is a replaceable sediment cartridge with activated carbon in
its composition. The cartridge removes sand, silt, dirt, other sediments
and up to 2.0 ppm of chlorine from the feed water.

CHLORINE DESTROYS

THE REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE.

Filtered, clean, chlorine-free water

flows from the prefilter to the Reverse Osmosis membrane cartridge.

IMPORTANT:

See prefilter in the

Care and Cleaning

section.

Storage Tank—

The storage area holds up to 2.1 gallons of product
water. A diaphragm inside the tank keeps water pressurized, (when the
tank is full) for fast flow to the faucet when drinking water is needed.

Check Valve—

A check valve is built into one end of the Reverse
Osmosis housing under the tee fitting. The check valve prevents a
backward flow of product water from the storage area. A backward flow
could cause rupture of the Reverse Osmosis membrane.

Shutoff Assembly—

To conserve water, the drinking water system has
an automatic shutoff. When the storage tank has filled to capacity and
the drinking water faucet is closed, pressure closes the shutoff. Water
flow to the Reverse Osmosis housing is shut off until drinking water is
used again, and pressure drops in the Reverse Osmosis system.

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How the Reverse Osmosis system works

O-ring seal

Sump

Postfilter
cartridge

Inlet cover

O-ring end

U-pin

O-ring

RO cartridge

Turn sump this way to remove