Water Conditioning / Homeowner Maintenance
Water Conditioning
Glossary of Terms
Hardness is comprised of dissolved calcium and magnesium. As a general rule water is considered to be extremely hard when over 10 gpg of hardness, hard when
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Measurements: Your Hamilton Beach water system registers hardness in grains per gallon (gpg). Most water analysis reports register hardness in milligrams per liter (Mg/L) or parts per million (ppm). To convert either Mg/L or ppm to gpg, divide the indicated amount by 17.1.
Example: Water report indicates total hardness of 350 Mg/L, divide this number by 17.1 to get the gpg, which would be 20.4 gpg.
Ion Exchange: Your water conditioning system utilizes ion- exchange media, also referred to as resin, to effectively remove hardness ions from the water and replace them with sodium ions. Exhausted resin beads are rinsed with a salt solution called “brine.” This causes the resin to exchange hardness ions for the sodium ions, returning the resin to its sodium state.
Proportionate Brining: Your Hamilton Beach System utilizes an advanced microprocessor to control the amount of regenerant proportionate to the amount of exhausted resin.
It uses enough salt to bring the system back to 100% capacity. The microprocessor also incorporates a
Homeowner Maintenance
Manual Regeneration
Occasionally you may find it necessary to initiate a manual regeneration. This is done by pressing the [REGEN] button on the front of the display. (See Figure 2.) When you press the [REGEN] button, the control performs a full regeneration of the water conditioner immediately.
In the event the system is allowed to run out of salt, it will be necessary to run “Back to Back” regenerations. This can be done easily by pressing the [REGEN] button one time, waiting at least one minute and pressing the [REGEN] button again.
Note: The second regeneration will begin immediately after the first is completed.
“Back to Back” regenerations are necessary if full exhaustion occurs due to low regenerate levels or system malfunction. The system works on a highly efficient
[REGEN] Button
Figure 2: Control valve interface: regeneration button (REGEN).
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