Watts PWPERMKIT - Manual (Page 6)

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Permeate Pump Installation
with the KWIK-CHANGE RO
Parts Needed:
(1) 1 ⁄
4
" Plug Insert
(1) 1 ⁄
4
" Quick-Connect Union Tee
(1) 48" long, 1 ⁄
4
" blue tubing
(1 - Optional) Inline Post Filter
NOTE: When mounting the Permeate Pump, make sure the
outlet ports of the Permeate Pump are above the inlet ports in
order to allow entrapped air to escape
1. Turn off the incoming water to the reverse osmosis unit. Lift the
handle on the reverse osmosis drinking water faucet to drain the
water from the system and storage tank .
Note: If tank is equipped with a ball valve, close valve to pre-
serve the tank water.
2. Before installing the Permeate Pump, remove the blue tube in-
serts from the ports . Refer to the diagram on Page 2 for instruc-
tions for disconnecting from a Quick-Connect fitting .
3 . Locate the blue tube coming out of the elbow above the blue fil-
ter, then cut the tube 24" from the filters and insert the blue tube
from the filter/manifold into the Permeate Pump “PERMEATE IN”
port
4 . Unplug and remove the blue tube located between the shutoff
valve’s “OUT” port and the elbow above the green filter . Insert a
1 ⁄
4
" plug into the elbow.
5 . Use the additional blue tube and insert one end into the Perme-
ate Pump “PERMEATE OUT” port that the blue tube was just
removed from .
6 . Insert the other end of the additional blue tube into the shutoff
valve’s “OUT” port that the blue tube was just removed from .
7 . Cut the blue tube between the tank and shutoff valve and install
a 1 ⁄
4
" quick-connect union tee.
8 . Insert the blue tube leading to the faucet into 1 ⁄
4
" Quick-Connect
union tee
9 . Locate the 1 ⁄
4
" Red drain tube between the filters and faucet,
and then cut the tube 24" from the filters.
10. Insert the 1 ⁄
4
" Red drain tube, from the filters, into the Permeate
Pump “BRINE IN” port (making sure to leave the flow restrictor
end of the tube plugged into the filter port.)
11. Insert the 1 ⁄
4
" Red drain tube, from the faucet, into the Permeate
Pump “BRINE OUT” port.
12. Make sure your installation matches the diagram shown in
Figure 3
13. (Optional) Locate the 1 ⁄
4
" Blue tube between the faucet and
Quick-Connect union tee and install the inline post filter
Installation Steps