Operating instructions

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ION TESTING
T h e min era l electro de is ma de o f a un iqu e a llo y o f s evera l meta ls , predo min a n tly co pper. Ion tes t s trips w ill detect th e pres en ce o f th e co pper io n,
w hich determin es if th e w a ter h a s a n adequa te level o f pro tectiv e min era ls . T h e reagen ts in th e kit are v ery s en s itiv e , a nd rea din gs ca n be a ff ected
by v a rio u s in terf eren ces . Acco rdin gly, u s e th e io n tes t a s a ba s ic a nd genera l in dica to r . T es t only on ce a w eek; mo re o f ten is unn eces s ary .
1. R ea d io n tes t s trip in s tru ctio n s .
2. T es t w eekly . It s hou ld s ho w a n in crea s in g co n cen tra tio n ov er time . O n ce th e io n rea din g reach es .0.5, ch lorin e redu ctio n ma y begin.
3. If th e io n rea din g climbs to 0.9 o r mo re , remov e th e un it f rom th e w a ter f o r a w eek a nd mon ito r th e io n level w eekly .
4. O n ce th e io n level dro ps to 0.5 o r les s , pla ce th e un it back in th e poo l a nd co n tin u e w eekly io n ch ecks .
5. If th e io n level ma in ta in s a t 0.5 , co n tin u e regu lar f lo a tin g s chedu le.
T h e purpo s e o f io n tes tin g is to in itia lly determin e th a t it’ s s a f e to redu ce ch lorin e , a nd s u bs equen tly to es ta blish a So la r water purifier s chedu le
w hich res u lts in a s tea dy io n rea din g o f a pproxima tely 0.5. Depen din g on co n ditio n s , poo ls with 20,000 ga llo n s o r mo re u s u a lly require f u ll-time
u s e o f th e So la r water purifier . Sma ller poo ls w ill u s u a lly ma in ta in a n adequa te io n level with pa rt-time u s e . F o r exa mple, on e da y in , on e da y ou t,
tw o da y s in , on e da y ou t, on e w eek in , on e w eek ou t, etc. P oo ls with s creened en clo s u res w ill pro ba bly require f u ll-time u s e o f th e Solar Water
Purifier , a s th e ou tpu t w ill be a bou t h a lf o f th a t with norma l f u ll s un.
THE FIRST FEW WEEKS
Du rin g th is period, y ou s hou ld s ee th e io n level in crea s e to a pproxima tely 0.5. U s e th e So la r water purifier da ily a nd do no t redu ce th e f lo a tin g
time un les s th e io n level ten ds to climb to o h igh . R emember , mo re io n s are no t better . Wa ter h a s a ca pa city to ho ld only a certa in a moun t o f
min era ls , a nd a ttemptin g to ex ceed th e s a tu ra tio n po in t ma y res u lt in min era ls co llectin g on poo l s u rf a ces . It is importa n t to s pen d a f ew min u tes
ea ch w eek to check th e io n level a nd to k eep th e electro des clea n ( s ee ‘E L E CTR O DE CL E ANIN G ’) .
1. U pon reach in g th e reco mmen ded io n level o f 0.5, in itia te ch lorin e redu ctio n by a llo w in g th e ch lorin e co n cen tra tio n to drop to a bou t h a lf o f