HOWYOUR WATERSOFTENERWORKS
SECTION 2
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2B.SOFT WATERSERVICEANDREGENERATION
AUTOMATICBYPASS
During the brining, brine rinse and backwash
cycles of regeneration, HARD water goes
through the softener valve and to the house
pipes. If a faucet is opened, hard water is there
for your needs. However, you should not use
HOTwater, if possible, because the water heater
willrefill with hard water. The softener regener-
atesfrom 2:00 AM to about 4:00 AM, (you can set
anytime), a time when not much water is used.
If you get up early in the morning and you can
hear the softener regenerating, change the time
setting.Set the recharge time to 12:00 AM or 1:00
AM (page 18). Then regeneration will start and
endthat much earlier and your water heater will
not refill with hard water if a hot faucet is
opened.