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SECTION 2 How YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS
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2B. SOFT WATER SERVICE AND REGENERATION
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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
haiti water° The softener regenerates from 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
7), Then regeneiation 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 [2] a COMPUTER,
[] WATER METER -- The water meter is in the
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 -- The computer is part of the
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 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 the most efficient
salt usage.
Softening capacity is used as haiti 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 *RECHA_RGE 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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