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About the water softener system. GEAppliances.com
Service
When tile water softening s):stem is providing
sott water, it is called "Service." During service,
hard water flows fl'om the house main water
pipe into the water sottening system. Inside the
water sottening system resin tank is a bed made
up of thousands of tiny; plastic resin beads. As
hard water passes through the bed, each bead
attracts and holds tile hard minerals. This is
called ion-exchanging. ]t is much like a magnet
attracting and holding metals. _hter without
hard minerals (soft water) flows fl'om tile water
softening system and to the house pipes.
_Mter a period of time, tile resin beads become
coated with hard minerals and they have to be
cleaned. This cleaning is called recharge.
Recharge is started at 2:00 AM (Iactory setting)
by tile water softening system control, and
consists of five stages or cycles. These are
FILL, BRINING, BRINE RINSE BACKWASH and
FAST RINSE.
Automatic Hard Water Bypass During Recharge
For emexgency needs, hard water is awfilable
to tile home dm'ing tile recharge cycles.
However,youshouldavoidusingHOTwater
becausethe waterheater will fill with the
hardwater.
Fill
Salt dissolved in water is called brine. Brine is
needed to clean tile hard minerals fl'om resin
beads. To make tile brine, water flows into tile
salt storage area during tile fill stage.
Brining
During brining, brine travels from tile salt
storage area into tile resin tank. Brine is tile
cleaning agent needed to remove hard minerals
fl'om tile resin beads. Tile hard minerals and
brine are discharged to tile drain.
The nozzle and venturi create a suction to
move the brine, maintaining a very slow rate
to get the best resin cleaning with the least salt.
Brine Rinse
After a pre-measured amount of brine is used,
the brine wdve closes. _'Ker continues to flow
in tile same path as dm'ing brining, except fin.
tile discontinued brine flow. Hard minerals and
brine flush fl'om tile resin tank to tile drain.
Backwash
Dm'ing backwash, water travels up through
the resin tank at a tast flow rate, flushing
accumulated iron, dirt and sediments fl'om
tile resin bed and to tile drain.
Fast Rinse
Backwash is tollowed by a last flow of water
down through the resin tank. The tast flow
flushes brine fl'om tile bottom of tile tank,
and packs the resin bed.
_Mter thst rinse, tile water sottening system
rettlrns to sott water selwice.
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