SECTION2

HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS

B. SOFT WATER SERVICE and REGENERATION

AUTOMATIC BYPASS

During the brining, brine rinse and backwash cydes

of regeneration, HARD water goes through the soft- ener valve and to the house pipes. If a faucet is opened, hard water is there for your needs. Howev-

er, you should not use hot water, if possible, because the water heater will refill with hard water. The soft-

ener, as factory programmed, regenerates from 2:00 AM to about 4:00 AM, a time when not much water is used.

If you start your day earlier in the morning (prior ro 4:00 AM), you may want to change the recharge

starting time. Set the recharge time to 12:00 AM or

1:00 AM (page 1-4). 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.

m WATER METER-- The water meter is in the soft- ener valve outlet. As water flows through the meter,

it sends electric pulses to the computer. The com-

puter changes the pulses to a measure in gallons of water.

[] COMPUTER -- The computer is part of the

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 soften- er, page 1- 4, you set it for the grains per gallon (gpg)

hardness of the water.

'lb

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.

 

 

When

the

 

regeneration

 

begins,

RECHARGE

NOW

flashes

in

the

display

during

 

the

 

regeneration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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