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HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS

A. FACEPLATE TIMER FEATURES

S

I1_ EXTRA

RECHARGE

 

Sometimes,

a manually

started

 

regeneration

(recharge)

may be

 

desired, or needed. Two exam-

C

ples are:

 

 

- You have used more water than

 

 

 

T

usual (guests visiting) and you

may run out of soft water before

 

 

 

SALT MONITOR SYSTEM

The faceplate timer has a low salt monitor with an

indicator light to remind you to add salt to the stor-

age tank. To set this monitor system:

_Lift

the

salt hole cover and level the salt in the

 

storage

tank.

_J_ The salt level decal, on the brinewell inside the

the next timer

started

regenera-

tion.

 

 

- You did not refill the softener

with salt before it was gone. After

you refill with

salt:

 

_1

tank, has numbers from 0 to 8 (see drawing be-

low). Observe the number the leveled salt is at or closest to.

Now, press the SALT LEVEL ADJUST button until black bars display up to the salt level num-

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You can start a regeneration right away, or you can set the timer to

regenerate at the next 2:00 AM (or

other preset recharge time). Do the following.

ber. For example, the pictures below show the salt level at 6.

II Finally, set the level you want the low salt indi- cator light to come on. Press the SIGNAL LIGHT

ADJUST button until a (÷) shows opposite this

number. In the example below, the light will come one when the stored salt drops to level 2. At level 2, the storage tank is about 1 / 3 full. This

RECHARGE NOW

Press the RECHARGE button [_jd_;1 qnn_

NOW, Serv and Fill begin to flash

in the display. Upon reaching

and hold until *RECHARGE [I--_-- RECHAR'_7_ fill, the first cycle of regenera ....

tion, the flashing Serv turns off and Fill is on steady.

RECHARGE continues to flash. This regeneration will last for about 2 hours. After the 2 hours, you will have soft water again.

*Note:

If the CLEAN feature is set to ON, a cleaning back- wash (CLEAN and Bkwsh or Rinse flashes in the dis-

play, along with the minutes of the clean cycle re-

maining) precedes the recharge.

RECHARGE TONIGHT

Press and release (do not hold) the

RECHARGE button. RE-

RECHARGE TONIGHT

CHARGE TONIGHT flashes in the display, and the softener be-

gins regeneration at the next

preset recharge time. Press and release the RE- CHARGE button once more if you decide to cancel

the regeneration, and RECHARGE TONIGHT will not flash in the display.

2-1

is the lowest you should allow the stored salt level to drop to.

_]1 If you want to turn the salt monitor off, press the

SIGNAL LIGHT ADJUST button until OFF shows above.

Notes:

If potassium chloride is used, be sure to adjust the timer to the KC1 setting on page 1- 4.

Your salt monitor is an estimate of your salt level; ac-

curacy depends on the type of salt used and other

regeneration characteristics.

 

 

 

7

 

 

bars, salt

6

 

m

level

5

 

SALT

 

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LEVEL

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3

 

 

salt

7

 

 

level

decal

 

 

 

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