SECTION 1
WATER SOFTENER START-UP
1C.PROGRAM THE TIMER
2. SET WATER HARDNESS NUMBER:
■Press the SELECT button once to display 25 (flashing) and HARDNESS.
The grains per gallon (gpg) hardness of your water supply is on your water analysis report.
Bypass, page 14). If a different recharge time setting would be better for your household, do the following.
■ Press the UP / DOWN buttons to set the desired |
recharge starting hour. Be sure to observe the |
AM>PM as you did when setting the present time of |
Be sure to enter water test results on page 2, for future reference.
HARDNESS
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NOTE:
If your water supply contains iron, compensate for it by adding to the water hardness number. For example, assume your water is 20 gpg hard and contains 2 ppm iron. Add 5 to the hardness number for each 1 ppm of iron. In this example, you would use 30 for your hardness number.
| 20 gpg hardness |
2 ppm iron x 5 = 10 | +10 |
(times) | 30 HARDNESS NUMBER |
■Press the UP / DOWN buttons to set your water hardness number in the display. The DOWN button moves the display to 1. The UP button moves the display to the highest setting (see maximum setting for your model in the specifications).
NOTE:
Each press of the UP / DOWN button changes the display by 1 between 1 and 25. Between 25 and the highest number, the display changes 5 at a time… 25, 30, 35, etc. Holding the UP or DOWN button in changes the display twice each second.
3. SET RECHARGE (REGENERATION) TIME:
■Press the SELECT button to display 2:00 AM (flashing) and RECHARGE TIME.
At the 2:00 AM recharge time | AM |
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setting, the softener begins re> generation (see pages 12 and
13) at 2:00 AM, ending no later
than 4:00 AM. This is a good time in most households because water is not being used (see Automatic
NOTE:
Each press of the UP / DOWN buttons changes the display 1 hour. Holding the buttons in changes the display twice each second.
4. SET CLEAN FEATURE (optional):
■Press the SELECT button to display OFF (flashing) and CLEAN.
This feature is beneficial on water supplies containing iron
and/or high amounts of sedi> | CLEAN | |
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ments (sand, silt, dirt, etc.). |
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When set to ON, a backwash and |
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fast rinse cycle will occur first, | CLEAN | |
preceeding the normal regen> | ||
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eration sequence (see page 12). |
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This provides extra cleaning of |
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the resin bed before it is regener> |
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ated with the salt brine. To conserve water, if your water supply does not contain iron or sediments, be sure this feature is set to OFF. Use the UP / Down buttons to change the ON / OFF displays.
■Press the SELECT button once again, to return the present time, and RECHARGE TONIGHT in the display.
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WATER FLOW
IF YOU NEED HELP PROGRAMMING THE TIMER, CALL TOLL FREE, NUMBER
SEE PAGES 10 AND 11 FOR OTHER FACE PLATE TIMER FEATURES.
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