• The only tool you will require is a pair of pliers

• Remove existing water aerator from tap and install Jupiter diverter valve.  Carefully start rotating top of diverter assembly onto exposed male tap threads in a clockwise direction. Before the bottom portion of assembly seats into gasket make sure that the barbed hose fitting is facing the direction of where the ionizer is going to be located.  Use a pair of pliers to gently cinch middle collar. Ensure all gaskets are fully seated.

• Next we are ready to cut the supplied hose to length – First, place ionizer on counter at installation location, then unwrap coil of hose.  If you are installing your ionizer without a pre-filter, hold one end ofthehose next to the barbed hose fitting on the diverter valve.  Then slide you other hand along the hose length until you reach the back of your ionizer.  Add a little length to allow for tap movement, then cut at this point with a sharp pair of scissors.

• Take both of the spring clamps and thread the hose through them so that each one is 3 inches (7cm) from each end of the hose.

• Press the diverter valve end of the hose onto the barbed metal fitting.  Once fully inserted, depress tabs on spring clamp with pliers and slide onto area where barbed fitting would have penetrated.  Release tabs.

• Press the ionizer end to the hose onto the nylon barbed fitting marked marked “Entrance Inlet”. This will be the port on the right as you are looking at the rear of the machine.  Use pliers to depress and slide 2^nd clamp up onto area where fitting penetrates and release

• If installing a pre-filter for hard water, place the filter container to the rear end of the ionizer and repeat above measurement procedure, making your first cut at the pre-filter, instead of the ionizer.  Slide hose onto filter nylon barbed fitting marked “in”.  Take the remainding hose length and plug into prefilter fitting marked “out”.  Note that the pre-filter does not require any clamps on either in or out ports.  Continue with the second length of the hose from pre-filter “out” ports to the “Entrance Inlet” port of the ionizer.

Next we will determine the length of the hose required for the “Acid Water Outlet”.  This will be the port on the left hand side when you’re facing the back of the ionizer.  Keep in mind that this by-product is excellent for skin as an astringent, antispetic, mouthwash and for plants. May be collected for these uses.  When not collected it can go down the drain.  Attach the one end of the remaining hose to the “Acid Water Outlet” port and slide your hand along the length of hose to gauge the appropriate cutting point.  Again use sharp scissors to cut hose at this point.

• Install the chromium flex hose spout by screwing clockwise into rotating joint on top of unit. Tighten just enough to seat O-rings, but do not over tighten.  Bend flex-hose spout to suit your requirements.  Bend flex-hose to suit your rquirements.

• Open filter door and verify that filter has not come loose during shipping.  Rotate filter clockwise until tabs are fully locked under stanchions.

•  Plug electrical cord into wall outlet – the ionizer will beep as its electronics initialize.  Once turned on the ionizer will be in a “ready” state and does not need to be switched off.  The ionizer will power up automatically upon water input and will go back to the last pH level selected after cleaning process.

Make sure that the blue diverter valve is in the vertical position.  Turn on the cold water tap or turn tap to the cold water position before turning on the tap – note how the water comes through the diverter aerator valve for use of tap as before.

• Slowly turn the diverter valve in a clockwise direction so that water stops flowing into sink and starts flowing through hose and into ionizer. It is normal to hear some gurgling sounds, especially at first use.

• You will hear beeping/music during the automatic cleaning cycle.  The cleaning process is there to protect the ionization chamber from scalebuild-up.

•  Once the cleaning process is complete the “ion” LED will light up and the beep/music will stop.

•  At first let the unit operate for a couple of minutes, then select to #2 setting.

• Locate pH test kit and peel backing off of colour chart. Affix to your unit or a nearby surface for easy visibility.

• Thoroughly rinse one of the test tubes, then fill to 2/3rds full.  Place in a glass to prevent spilling.

•  Open small bottle of pH Test Solution and fill dropper with liquid.

• Place two drops into water sample. Cover with thumb and invert test tube several times to mix.

• Compare resulting colour to chart.  You should stive for the shade of blue colour that would indicate a pH of between 8.0 and 9.0.  Adjust setting up or down as needed and repeat test until reading of between 8.0 and 9.0 can be achieved.

• We do not recommend the consumption of greater than 9.0 pH water.  Use this higher level for coffee, teas, juices and cooking.

For convenient, easy and accurate testing we also have electronic meters such as this pH Test Meter.  See our section on WaterTesting Equipment where we offer testing for:

• pH Levels

• Chlorine

• ORP (Oxidation Reduction Potentional)

• TDS (total Dissolved Solids)

• Hardness of Water