How to Use Your System (continued)
System Maintenance and Adjustments
Adding Salt:
Maintain salt in your system at all times to ensure your softener can properly soften your water.
Only use a quality grade of salt processed especially for use in water softeners. Ensure that the salt level in
the brine tank or cabinet is always above the water level. If your system ever runs out of salt, refill it, wait 30
minutes and then follow the procedures in the Manual Regeneration section of this manual.
NEVER USE ROCK SALT
By-passing Your
System:
ever wish to take it offline while you use water for other purposes (e.g., filling a swimming pool, watering your
grass, etc.). To by-pass your system, simply push on the blue side of the by-pass handle until it firmly seats in
the valve and exposes the red indicator on the opposite side. To place your system back online, push the red
side of the handle completely into the valve until the blue indicator is fully exposed.
Blue
Online
SoftSet™ Water Softness Adjuster:
soft your water is. If you prefer to blend a small amount of hard water into your soft water, use the SoftSet
adjustment screw on the by-pass valve to open the blending valve. Open the valve slightly and then test your
water over the course of a couple days to determine if the blend level is what you prefer. If not, make small
adjustments as necessary until your water quality meets your expectations.
Fully Closed
(100% soft water)
in your Sumo system; the dirt and rocks inherent in rock salt will damage your system.
Sumo's integrated by-pass valve allows you to by-pass your system should you
Your system is equipped with a feature that allows you to adjust how
SoftSet Softness Adjustment
Red
By-pass
Fully Open
(80% soft water, 20%
hard water)
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