Sears 625.34823 - Manual (Page 13)

SECTION 3
STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL
■ifl TESTING YOUR PLUMBING WORK FOR
WATER LEAKS.
Look at the picture in FIG. 11 showing your kind of
bypass valve(s). On a single valve, slide the stem into
SERVICE. On a 3-vaive system, open the inlet and
outlet valves and close the bypass valve.
OPEN A HOT AND COLD WATER FAUCET TO
LET AIR OUT OF THE FILTER AND HOUSE
PIPES.
Fully open the shut-off valve in the house main
water pipe to turn on the water.
After water from the faucets runs smooth with no
more air bubbles, close them.
Check your plumbing work for leaks and fix right
away if any are found. READ THE CAUTION
NOTE AFTER STEP 7C (SOLDERED COPPER
OR CPVC PIPE), PAGE 11.
FIG. 11
BYPASS VALVES
a.
b.
c.
11 INSTALL GROUNDING WIRE BETWEEN
* ' • THE FILTER IN AND OUT PIPES
The house cold water pipe (iron or copper) is often
used to ground all electric outlets in the home. Outlets
are grounded to protect you from shock when you
touch any electric appliance plugged into the outlet. If
you didn’t install a 3-valve bypass, or a brass single
bypass valve (FIG. 11), the cold water pipe ground is
broken.
A To restore the ground, take the clamps (2), screws
(2), nuts (2) and ground wire that were in the small
parts bag. Install across the iron or copper in and out
pipes as shown in FIG. 12. Be sure good contact is
made between the pipe and the clamps. Fasten the
ground wire tightly between the clamps.
IMPORTANT: Be sure the cold water pipe has direct
metal to metal contact all the way to the ground.
Plastic, rubber or other electrically insulating parts
such as hoses, fittings, washers or gaskets can break
the direct metal to metal contact. Also check the
water meter (city water) or the well pump. Install #4
copper jumper wires, clamped tightly on both ends,
across insulated parts (FIG. 13).
FIG. 12
COLD WATER PIPE GROUND
FIG. 13
WATER METER JUMPER WIRE
13.