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 A bypass valve, whose exact purpose is not presently well understood, allows some amount of water flow to return to the pool essentially bypassing all mechanical filtration and chemical treatment.  Further investigation of use of this valve is needed.
+From this point, there are two paths for water to flow:
+* Into the tablet (upper) tank when the solenoid is active.  The solenoid is actuated (along with the pump) when there is demand for an addition of chlorine.  Water flow in the tablet tank dissolves chlorine tabs, and add highly chlorinated water into the solution tank (to be pumped out to the pool).
+* Into the solution (lower) tank when the float valve is open.  The float valve provides make-up water to keep the solution tank at a constant level during operation (50 to 75 percent full, ideally).
+Water is pumped out of the solution tank to the pool via a check valve, preventing pressure on the pool return line from forcing water back into the solution tank.
 == Troubleshooting ==