GE VVVVA8876M Hard water-do you have it?, Add this much water softener with a full water level

Hard water-do you have it?

Before you can decide what to do about hard water, you need to know if you have it and, if so, how hard it is.

sIf you live in a municipal area, contact your water company.

● If you live in a rural area, or in some suburban areas, contact your county agent.

The answer will be “you have ‘so many grains’ per gallon” and means this:

Oto 3 grains per gallon-SOFT

4 to 10 grains-HARD

11to 19 grains-VERY HARD

20 grains and over—

EXTREMELY HARD

If your water is SOFT, you have no problem. You can use soap or detergent as you prefer and forget all about hard water. If you have HARD water-less than 10 grains— and you use phosphate detergent, you also have no problem.

But, if you have more than 10 grains, you will need to soften your water with either. . .

1. An installed water softener in your home, or

2.The use of a packaged water sofiener.

For information on water softeners, see guide below.

Add this much water softener with a full water level

Grainsof	I o-1o				I 20–25	I 25–30	I over 30
Ihardness		I	lo–15	15-20
When using	o		‘Acup	?4cup	% cup	1 cup	1 cup plus 1 tablespoon for every 5 grains above
with detergent			(60 ml)	(120ml)	(160ml)	(240 ml)	30 (240 ml plus 15ml for each extra 5 grains)
When using	% cup		% cup	% cup	1 cup	1% cups	1%cups plus 1 tablespoon fbr every 5 grains alwe
with soap	(80 ml)		(160ml)	(180ml)	(240 ml)	(360 ml)	30 (300 ml plus 15ml for each extra 5 grains)

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