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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Water Treatment Filter Cartridges .................................... 3
Planning Installation / Typical Installation Drawings / Tools and
Materials Needed ................................................... 4 - 5
Water' Filter' Housing Installation ..................................... 5 - 7
Using Compression Fittings ........................................ 5 - 6
Using Soldered Copper ....................................... 6
Using Threaded Fittings ...................................... 7
Installing Filter' Cartridge ....................................... 7
Filter Cartridge I.ife / Replacement ................................... 8
Repair Parts .......................................................... 9
WATER TREATMENT FILTER CARTRIDGES
Filter cartridges are available (not included with water
filter housing) flora Sears to remove (1) sediments, (2)
tastes and odors, (3) tastes, odors and chemical con-
taminants, and ('4) tastes, odors and lead.
Following is a list of filter cartridges available at the
time of dais printing. Shop your local Sears store for
the current selection
(1) Sediment Filter Cartridge, Sears Stock No.
42-34360 (25 micron), or Stock No. 42-34362 (5
micron): Sediment cartridges remove sand, silt, clay,
dirt, and other sediments from water The 25 micron
cartridge filters larger sediments from water', and a!-
lows higher flows at less pressure drop, The 5 micron
cartridge filters finer' sediments from water,
Taste and Odor Cartt-idges: Many bad tastes and/or
odors are removed from water' by an activated carbon
cartridge. It is most often useci to remove chlorine taste
and smell, usually to a single faucet such as die kitchen
cold
Note: Small amounts of hydrogen sulfide (noticeable
as "rotten egg" odor) may be reduced by taste and
odor filters for a short time, quicldy exhausting flae car-
bon media. Consult your Sears store for proper contin-
uous treatment,
Sears has several taste and odor' filter cartridges avail-
able. These are:
(2) Sears Stock No. 42-34370: for' 95% chlorine
reduction,
and Sears Stock No. 42-34372: for' 99% chlorine
reduction
(3) Sears Stock No. 42-34375: for 99% chlorine
reduction, plus chemical contaminants
(4) Sears Stock No. 42-34377: for 99% chlorine
reduction, plus 95% lead reduction
Locate the water filter' housing on the cold water sup-
ply pipe, under the kitchen and/or bathroom sink, to
filter' the cold drinking water: Refer to the following
drawing
FILTERING WATER TO ONE FAUCET
r'l _ n kitchen sink
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HOT g
COLD
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