GE GNSH45E - Manual (Page 5)

Installation Instructions
PLAN HOW YOU WILL INSTALL THE
SOFTENER
You must first decide how to run in and out pipes
to the softener. Look at the house main water pipe
at the point where you will connect the softener.
Is the pipe soldered copper, glued plastic or
threaded galvanized? What is the pipe size?
WARNING:
Use only lead-free solder and
flux to prevent lead poisoning.
See Typical Installation Illustration. Use this as a guide
when planning your particular installation. Be sure
to direct the incoming hard water supply to the
softener valve inlet fitting. The valve is marked
IN and OUT.
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TYPICAL INSTALLATION ILLUSTRATION
Soft water
MAIN W
ATER PIPE
Hard
water
NOTE: See Drain
Hose Connections
section.
24V
transformer 120-volt
outlet
Salt hole
cover
SALT
GOES HERE
Brinewell
O-rings (2)
1
″ NPT male
adapter (2)
Clips (2)
1 ″ female
adapter (2)
(not supplied) Clips
O-rings (2)
INLET
Hard
water to
outside
faucets
Fig. 1
CROSSOVER
Use if water supply flows
from the left. Include single
or 3-valve bypass.
Hard
water
From
softener
outlet
Soft
water
To softener
inlet
OPTIONAL 3-VALVE BYPASS
INSTALLATION ILLUSTRATION
Bypass
valve
Hard water
to outside
faucets
Inlet
valve
Outlet valve
3-Valve Bypass
System
For soft water
service:
• Open the inlet
and outlet
valves
• Close the
bypass valve
For bypass hard
water:
• Close the inlet
and outlet
valves
• Open the
bypass valve
O-rings (2)
1
″ NPT male
adapter (2)
Clips (2)
INLET
MAIN W
ATER PIPE
Hard
water
Soft water
120-volt
outlet
24V
transformer
Brinewell
SALT
GOES
HERE
Salt
hole
cover
1 ″ female adapter
(2) (not supplied)
Fig. 2
CROSSOVER
Use if water supply flows
from the left. Include single
or 3-valve bypass.
Hard
water
From
softener
outlet
Soft
water
To softener
inlet