SECTION 4
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW
4A. HOW TO ªFINE-TUNEº YOUR SOFTENER
It is not hard to fine:tune your softener, but it does take a few minutes of your time to do it right. You may save up to 500 pounds or more of salt each year with proper tuning. Read the following carefully.
To have soft water all the time, the softener must regenerate, or recharge a certain number of times in each 7 day period. How many times to regenerate (set the timer) depends on 3 things.
1. The number of people in your home ; tells you how much water is used.
2. The grains per gallon (GPG) hardness of your water supply ; listed on your water analysis report (see page 2 in your Installation Manual, or page 2 of this manual).
TO SET THE TIMER FOR DAYS OF REGEN- ERATION AND FILL MINUTES, DO THE FOL- LOWING.
NOTE:
Remember, the timer is factory set for Monday, Wednesday and Saturday regenerations starting at 2:00 AM. Fill time is factory set for 16 minutes.
1. SET DAYS AND TIME OF REGENERA-
TION, OR RECHARGE
a. Press the RECHARGE TIME button once to display the factory set regeneration days and starting time (flashing). To change the regen: eration start time, do step b following. Other: wise go to step c.
NOTE:
If your water supply contains iron, compensate for it by adding to the water hardness number. For example, assume your water is 15 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 25 for your hardness number.
FIG. 15
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PRESENT TIME AND DAY
RECHARGE TIME
RECHARGE DAY
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2 ppm iron x 5 = 10 | +10 |
(times) | 25 HARDNESS NUMBER |
3. How much salt is used each regeneration ; determined by the length of the fill cycle (see pages 19 and 20).
REGENERATION TABLE: The table (page 20) makes it easy fo you to pick the best regeneration and fill time setting to use.
Step 1 ; Go down the side of the table to the number of persons in your family, or the number of people in the house using water.
Step 2 ; Across the top of the table, find the column listing the grains per gallon hardness of your water.
Step 3 ; Read across and down the table to find . the point where steps 1 and 2 meet. At this meeting point, suggested days to regenerate, and fill cycle minutes needed are shown.
NOTE:
Read •Automatic Bypass" page 13, when choosing a regeneration starting time other than 2:00 AM. b. Press the SET/CLEAR button until the de: sired regeneration starting time shows in the
display.
NOTE:
Press SET/CLEAR and quickly release to move the display ahead 1 hour at a time. Or, hold the SET/CLEAR button to move the display ahead 2 hours each second.
Enter Results Here For Future Reference.
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