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GE Appliances
Reverse Osmosis
Filtration System
Owner’s Manual
PNRV12ZBL01
Faucet & Base
Reverse Osmosis Unit
Storage Tank
Part No. 215C1002P004–4 Pub. No. 49-5802-4 5-98 CG
7178901
Tested and certified to ANSI/NSF
Standard 58 for TDS and cyst reduction.
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Congratulations! Safety Information . . . . . . . . . 3 You are Now Part of the GE Family. Welcome to the GE family. We’re proud of our quality products and we are committed to providing dependable service. You’ll see it in this easy-to-use Owner’s Manual and you’ll hear it in the friendly voices of our customer service department. Best of all, you’ll experience these values each time you use the water system. That’s important, because your new system will be part of your family for many years.
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. For your safety, the information in this manual must be followed to minimize the risk of WARNING! property damage or personal injury. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS n Check with your state and local public works n This product reduces fluoride in drinking water. department for plumbing and sanitation codes. Please consult your dentist if you have questions. You m
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Specification guidelines. Product – height 16† width 17† depth 6† The system makes a good supply of drinking water each day. How much it will make depends primarily on these things… Feed water pressure—pounds per square inch (psi) 1 40–125 Feed water temperature limits—minimum/maximum degrees F. 2 40–100 Water quality 3 Maximum Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)—parts per million (ppm) Water Softener Chart 2000 8 Maximum water hardness @ 6.9 pH—grains per gallon (gpg) 10 7.5 WATER SOFTENER RECOMMENDED
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Prefilter—Water from the cold supply pipe is directed to the prefilter cartridge, which is inside the sump. The 1 prefilter is a replaceable sediment cartridge containing activated carbon. The cartridge removes sand, silt, dirt, other sediments and up to 2.0 ppm of chlorine from the feed water. The prefilter reduces chlorine in the feed water because CHLORINE DESTROYS THE REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE. Filtered, clean, c
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About the reverse osmosis system. The Faucet and Indicator Lights Flashing Green Light—The Reverse Osmosis Faucet and Electronics—The countertop faucet dispenses filtered drinking water when system is providing high quality drinking water. opened. It has a hand-operated, spring-loaded NOTE: If the Reverse Osmosis system is connected lever to prevent waste. You can keep the faucet to the refrigerator this light will also flash when open by pushing upward on the lever until it the icemaker or wate
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Care and cleaning of the reverse osmosis system. To obtain replacement filters, call GE Appliance Parts at 800-626-2002. Prefilter/Postfilter Cartridge Replacement FX12P Activated Carbon Reverse Osmosis Cartridge Replacement FX12M Thin Film Polyamide If the Reverse Osmosis filtration system is connected to your icemaker, YOU MUST turn off the icemaker by raising the feeler arm before servicing or changing the filter
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Care and cleaning of the reverse osmosis system. Reverse Osmosis Cartridge Replacement NOTE: When replacing the Reverse Osmosis Install new flow control and screen. Go 6 cartridge, also install a new flow control and to the Flow Control and Screen section for screen. See the Flow Control and Screen section. directions. If the Reverse Osmosis Filtration system is Pull the u-pin and remove the inlet cover 7 connected to your icemaker YOU MUST turn from the housing. off the icemaker by raising the
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Sanitizing the Reverse Osmosis System Sanitize upon installation of the Reverse Osmosis Fill the prefilter sump with cold water to 7 system and after servicing inner parts, including about 1† from the o-ring. Add 1 ounce (2 replacement of prefilter, postfilter and the tablespoons) of ordinary 5.25% household Reverse Osmosis cartridge. Be sure you clean your chlorine bleach and mix into the water. Do hands with anti-
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Care and cleaning of the reverse osmosis system Flow Control and Screen The flow control regulates the flow of water If you are replacing the flow control and 5 Check valve tee through the Reverse Osmosis cartridge at the screen, discard them. If you are checking the required rate so high quality product water is flow control, screen and tubing for blockage, 1/4² tubing produced. clean these parts of any debris. Do not blow through the flow control, it will contaminate When servicing the Revers
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Before you call for service… Troubleshooting Tips Save time and money! Review the charts on the following pages first and you may not need to call for service. Problem Possible Causes What To Do Sounds you might hear Running water from the unit • This is normal. to a drain. Water has air bubbles Air in system after installation. • Will go away after water runs for a while. and is cloudy Amber “FILTER” light Six mon
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Before you call for service… Problem Possible Causes What To Do Chlorine taste and/or The ppm of chlorine in your • If the water supply contains more than 2.0 ppm of chlorine, odor in the Reverse water supply exceeds maximum additional filtering of the water supply to the Reverse Osmosis product water limits and has destroyed the Osmosis is needed. Correct this condition before doing Reverse Osmosis membrane. maintenance on the Reverse Osmosis system. The prefilter is no longer • Replace the R
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Consumer Product Ownership Registration Dear Customer: Thank you for purchasing our product and thank you for placing your confidence in us. We are proud to have you as a customer! Follow these three steps to protect your new appliance investment: Complete and mail After mailing Read your Owner’s your Consumer the registration Manual carefully. Product Ownership below, store this It will help you Registration today. document in a safe operate your new Have the peace of place. It contains applia
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service GE Reverse Osmosis System Warranty ® All warranty service provided by our Factory Service Centers, or an authorized Customer Care technician. For service, call 800-GE-CARES. For The Period Of: GE Will Replace, At No Charge To You: One Year Any part of the Reverse Osmosis Filtration System which fails due to a defect in materials or From the date of the workmanship. During this full one-year warranty, GE will also p
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Service Telephone Numbers. ® GE Answer Center 800.626.2000 The GE Answer Center® is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In-Home Repair Service 800-GE-CARES (800-432-2737) Expert GE repair service is only a phone call away. Special Needs Service 800.626.2000 800-TDD-GEAC (800-833-4322) GE offers, free of charge, a brochure to assist in planning a barrier-free kitchen for persons with limited mobility. Service Contracts 800-626-2224 Purchase a GE service contract while your warranty is still in
