How do you fill the water resivor ?
1935279
Lift off the tank where there is a cap on the bottom to fill. It can be quite difficult to unscrew at times, and difficult to return to the machine as the handle is poorly designed.
1935280
The black part is a removable tank. You lift it up and you unscrew the bottom of the tank and fill it. Very simple.
1935281
The reservoir lifts out, flip it over, remove cap, fill with water in sink or bathtub, replace cap, flip back over, replace reservoir in the machine. The reservoir is large, too large to fill in my bathroom sink.
1935282
remove the container , turn upside down, remove cap and fill with water,put cap back on and place it in the machine
1935283
By lifting the tank off the unit, but be for warned, the handle is not designed to hold the tank if you are carting it around with a full tank of water.
1935284
You grab the reservoir at the top of the unit by its small, poorly designed handle made of brittle plastic, lift and flip over. On the bottom there is a large drain plug that you need to unscrew (sometimes near impossible to do) and you fill it using your tub or kitchen faucet. The tank is too tall to fit in most bathroom sinks. After that you screw the drain plug back on and you carry the unit back to the base using another poorly designed handle made of brittle plastic, but this time it is on the bottom. This task is harder because you are carrying a significant amount of weight. Than you turn it over and place it back on the unit. Check for leaks before you do that. If you see a leak from the drain plug tighten more. As the unit gets older you will have to tighten it so much that you won't be able to unscrew it anymore by hand. This is when you resort to a jar opener. If you miss the leak you risk a mini flood, but it will be fairly benign since it is only a gallon or so of water. The damage will be minimal. Mechanics gloves would be a good idea to give you more grip and protect your knuckles when unscrewing the drain plug.
1516732
This is how i do mine, take out hte plug at top lean over and pour out about 5 cups of water now be careful dont pour out the resein water varies but about 5 cups lean back up take a small funnel and 2 pounds of table salt slowly pour salt into the plug hole where the water came out you might have to use a small stick or what ever to push it all into the water softner when 2 pounds are in there wash the plug hole replace the plug also you might want to use a syeel plug and thread tape factory plug is junk now add some water back into the softner make sure discharge hole is closed then let it sit for 10 minutes then let if flush through the small hole for 20 minutes then its ready to use becareful when leaning over to pourout some water resein will come out if you lean to far and resein is $80 + or _ god speed
1525118
Yep, fill it up from the top. The opening is a little small but manageable. It's easy to overfill though since you can't see the bottle.
1591338
As far as I know you can only fill it up with the electric pump. I don't remember seeing any manual way of filling it.
1615880
You have to fill it up yourself with either water or sand I believe - it was purchased for my daughter.
964595
Make sure you put enough water in it. Don't worry about too much water, it holds it well. Fill that sucker up :)
1937074
Just unscrew the bottom and fill with water. I've bought around 6 of these for our hot Texas weather. :)
1488830
Lift the tank off the base. Take it to a water source. Turn it upside down. Unscrew the lid. Fill the tank. Replace the lid. Voila it is filled!
2284938
Its from the bottom but just flip it over to fill it its very lite. 2 gallons of water from any sink does the trick.
243741
You must have a filler kit. One end attached to the make end of a garden hose and pushed firmly into the waterbed opening. The other end of the hose must be fitted with an adapter from the kit which attaches to a faucet outlet in the sink or kitchen. Turn on the water and do not leave it unattended. When full of water, burp the air from the bladder, then add conditioner.
1825720
Already filled. Just pierce the seal by poking its holes with a toothpick .... it usually comes with a wooden stick
222862
I agree with the others, make sure you do not have too much water. If you are using the Brikka model, then first you measure the water in the upper chamber by filling to the "H2O" fill line and then pour it into the lower chamber. The lower chamber will then only be partially filled. I have the 4 cup model and it fills to about 1/2" below the valve inside the lower chamber.
825660
Try this. Open the filter up and manually fill it almost all the way up with water. Then close it back up. Try to plug it in and ensure that you have the valves in the open position.
510456
I fill mine up, let it filter to the bottom and then top it off until totally full to the line at the lid. NO PROBLEM
453671
You lift the flap on the top of the unit. Then using the cup that came with it, you pour the water into. Close the flap and you are ready to go.
243742
To fill you use a garden hose and adapters in a filler kit. Attach one end to the faucet (either an outside faucet with the hose coming through a window, or inside sink using an adapter) and the other to the supplied adapter in that you then screw on to the fill attachment on top of the waterbed. I put in a bottle of the conditioner before I fill so it will be disbursed better within the waterbed.
925124
Put a bottle and a half in when your tank is almost empty. Then fill the tank. That would be enough.