Kens Espresso Fueled Ramblings

If you like me got yourself a DVA-LT water softener and are now scratching your head about how to charge or recharge the damn thing here’s my attempt of explaning it a little better than the confusing manual in ingrish translated through babelfish or something, maybe the asked a tourist to do it?

Anyways, here’s how you recharge a DVA-LT water softener:

The upper walve handle is used to open the water intake when turned to the large opening so you need to connect the large opening on the upper valve to your water pipe. When in upright position the water intake is closed so you can unscrew the top and fill it up with salt to recharge. When the upper valve is turned to the small openening, the water will flow right through the valve, bypassing the water softener so you can drain unfiltered tap water I guess, I never use that position.

The lower valve is used to drain water or when recharging the dva lt8 water softener. When the lower valve handle is turned to the large opening filtered water flows as fast as possible. This is the normal mode of operation when you want to draw water for your espresso machine. When the lower valve handle is turned upright the filtered water flow is stopped. When the lower valve handle is turned to the small opening filtered water flows just like  normal operation, only it flows much slower, this position is used when recharging the dva lt8 water softener.

To recharge the unit turn the upper valve handle to the upright position, this stops the water intake from your tap water pipes into the unit. Now there’s no water pressure and you can unscrew the top. After opening the top, turn the lower valve handle to the large opening so the remaining water drains out. Now fill the unit with about a kilo of course kitchen salt so it sits on top of the small granules of filter material. Now we are ready to recharge.

Screw the top on. Make sure the lower valve handle is now turned to the upright position. Open the water intake by turning the upper valve towards the large opening letting the water from your water pipes in. Now the unit is under pressure. Turn the lower valve handle to the small opening and let the water slowly trickle out for about an hour or so until the water no longer tastes salty.

Your dva lt8 water softener has now been recharged and is ready to soften your water again.