SECTION 2
HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS
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2B. SOFT WATER SERVICE AND REGENERATION
AUTOMATIC BYPASS
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 hot water, if possible,
because the water heater will refill with hard
water. The softener, as factory programmed, regen- erates from 2:00 AM to about 4:00 AM, 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 recharge
starting time. Set the recharge time to 12:00 AM or
1:00 AM (page 7). Then regeneration will start and end that much earlier and your water heater will not refill with hard water if a hot faucet is opened.
ELECTRONICS
Two main parts of the softener's electronics are [] a WATER METER, and [] a COMPUTER.
[] WATER METER
softener valve outlet. As water flows through the
meter, it sends electric pulses to the computer. The
computer changes the pulses to a measure in
gallons of water.
[] COMPUTER
faceplate timer circuit board. It is programmed to
know the softener's capacity (how many grains of
hardness minerals it will take out of the water
before a regeneration is needed). When starting the softener, page 7, you set it for the grains per gallon
(gpg) hardness of the water.
To find a regeneration pattern best for your needs,
the computer uses: (1) water usage from the meter,
(2) hardness setting, (3) softener capacity, and (4)
time since the last regeneration. The computer
always adjusts this pattern to your water using
habits. It works toward providing you with soft water for the longest time and at the most efficient salt usage.
Softening capacity is used as hard water goes
through the softener and hardness minerals are
removed. When the computer determines that
only enough capacity remains to provide soft
water up to the next regeneration starting time
(2:00 AM, or as otherwise set) it will schedule a
regeneration. RECHARGE TONIGHT displays un-
til the regeneration begins. When the regeneration
begins, TONIGHT goes off and *RECHARGE or
RECHARGE TIME REMAINING flashes during the 2 hour regeneration.
* NOTE:
If the CLEAN feature is set to ON, a cleaning
backwash (CLEAN and Bkwsh or Rinse flashes in
the display, along with the minutes of the clean
cycle remaining), precedes the recharge.
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