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To complete installation you will need:
• High-Efficiency Showerhead – located in your Energy Savings Kit
• Teflon Tape – located in your Energy Savings Kit
• Vice grip pliers
• Crescent wrench
• Old towel or rag
• Old toothbrush

Remove Old Showerhead (Spanish instructions included in the Energy Savings Kit) 1. Cover shower arm (the pipe coming out of the wall) with the old towel or rag, then affix vice grip pliers securely to the shower arm approximately one inch above the showerhead attachment nut. 2. Now, fit a crescent wrench to the showerhead attachment nut. Maintain a firm grip on the vice grip pliers, and turn the crescent wrench slowly counterclockwise, thus removing the existing showerhead. Clean Existing Shower Arm 3. Using the old toothbrush, clean the threaded area of the shower arm thoroughly. Flush Out Shower Pipe 4. After removing the old showerhead, turn on the water and allow to run for 5 to 10 seconds. This will flush out any residue that might have come loose inside the pipe. Prepare Shower Arm 5. Wrap the Teflon Tape 1–1/2 to 3 turns clockwise around the threaded tip of the shower arm. Install New Showerhead 6. In a clockwise direction, screw your new High-Efficiency Showerhead onto the taped portion of the shower arm. Place the old towel inside the crescent wrench grip area and tighten slightly.

To complete installation you will need:
• A parent/guardian
• Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) – located in your Energy Savings Kit

1. First you must choose an incandescent light bulb you will remove and replace with your new CFL. Look around your home and determine which light is used the most. This is the bulb you should replace.
2. Ask your parent/guardian to help you by removing the old incandescent light bulb. WARNING: Bulb may be hot.
3. Ask your parent/guardian to dispose of the bulb properly. WARNING: Light bulbs are made of thin glass and can cut you if they break.
4. Carefully remove your new CFL from the package.
5. Ask your parent/guardian to install your new CFL and turn it on!

To complete installation you will need:
• A parent/guardian
• Kitchen Aerator – located in your Energy Savings Kit
• Crescent wrench
• Old towel or rag

1. Check to see if your faucet already has an aerator on it. If it does not, please go to step 3.
2. Remove the old aerator from the faucet. Cover the old aerator with the old towel or rag, and remove using the crescent wrench. (Spanish instructions are included in your Energy Savings Kit.)
3. Using the old toothbrush, clean the threaded area of the faucet thoroughly.
4. Turn on the water and run for 5 to 10 seconds. This will flush out any residue that might have come loose inside the faucet.
5. Remove the Kitchen Aerator from the Kit, and place the washers in the proper place.

Note: The flip aerator is designed for use with inside and outside threaded faucets.
– External Threads: Use one (1) rubber washer.
– Internal Threads: Use two (2) rubber washers.


6. Screw on the new Kitchen Aerator and hand tighten until snug. Do not over-tighten.
7. Turn on the faucet and check for leaks. If it leaks, try adding some Teflon Tape to the threads of the aerator. That should do it!

Note: As a safety feature, the aerator will not completely stop the flow of water. This is to prevent buildup of hot water that might pose a threat to children.

To complete installation you will need:
• Digital Thermometer — located in your Energy Savings Kit

1. Locate and remove the Digital Thermometer from your Kit.
2. Remove the pull tab on the back by removing the battery compartment cap on the back of the thermometer, removing the battery, and carefully removing the tab. Place the battery back, and screw the cap back on the thermometer.

To complete installation you will need:
• A parent/guardian
• FilterTone Alarm – located in your Energy Savings Kit
• Clean air filter

1. Locate and remove the FilterTone Alarm from your Energy Savings Kit.
2. Remove the mounting bar from the back of the FilterTone Alarm.
3. Insert the tabs of the mounting bar through any part of the back side of a clean filter until the tabs become visible through the front side.
4. Align the small holes on the back of the FilterTone Alarm with the tabs projecting through the filter, and press to fit. Make sure your FilterTone Alarm is now attached flush against the filter. IMPORTANT: If you have a PLEATED FILTER, you must flatten out the filter area where you are attaching the FilterTone Alarm. The back of the FilterTone Alarm must be flush against the filter for the alarm to work properly.
5. Ask a parent/guardian to place the clean filter in your heating/cooling system so that the dirt collects on the same side of the filter that the FilterTone Alarm is installed.
6. After dirt collects on the filter and pressure increases, you will hear a continuous pleasant tone alerting you to replace or clean the soiled filter.

The FilterTone Alarm can be reused after alerting you to the dirty filter. Remove your FilterTone Alarm from your dirty filter by gently pulling out the mounting bar on the back of the filter. You can rinse the FilterTone Alarm, let dry, and follow steps 2-5 to install it on a new clean filter.

To complete installation you will need:
• The Flow Rate Test Bag – located in the bottom of your Energy Savings Kit
• A stopwatch or a watch with a second hand
• A helper – maybe a parent/guardian or a sibling

1. Gather the top of the Flow Rate Test Bag around the end of the showerhead or aerator (where the water comes out). Hold it in place loosely so that air may escape while filling.
2. Ask your helper to keep time on the stopwatch or watch.
3. Ask your helper to turn the water quickly all the way on for exactly five seconds while you hold the Flow Rate Test Bag around the end of the showerhead or aerator (where the water comes out).
4. At the end of five seconds, your helper should turn the water completely off. Repeat the steps above if the time was not exactly five seconds.
5. Remove the Flow Rate Test Bag from the end of the showerhead or aerator without spilling any water.
6. Look at the Flow Rate Test Bag. On the front you will notice several lines or graduations that have a number followed by the letters GPM (Gallons Per Minute). The line the water level is closest to is how many gallons per minute your showerhead or aerator uses!