Regenerating The System - GE GXSS20B Manuel Du Propriétaire Et Directives D'installation

About regenerating the system.
It is not hard to fine-tune your softener, but it does take
a few minutes of your time to do it right.
Read the following carefully.
To have soft water all the time, the softener must
regenerate or recharge a certain number of times in
each seven day period. How many times to regenerate
(set the timer) depends on three things:
The number of people in your home tells you how
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much water is used.
The grains per gallon (GPG) hardness of your
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water supply.
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, thus
making the example water hardness number 25.
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MO WE SA
Write in your results here.
1. M T W TH F S SU
—circle suggested days—
Suggested days to regenerate
2. Fill Cycle minutes
needed
Setting the Timer for Days and Fill Minutes of Regeneration
NOTE: The timer is factory set for Monday,
Wednesday and Saturday with regenerations
starting at 2:00 AM. Fill time is factory set for
16 minutes.
Set days and time of regeneration or
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recharge.
Step 1 – Press the REGENERATION TIME
button once to display the factory
set regeneration days and starting
time (flashing). To change the
regeneration start time, do Step 2
following this. Otherwise go to Step 3.
NOTE: See Automatic Bypass section,
when choosing a regeneration
starting time other than 2:00 AM.
Step 2 – Press the SET/CLEAR button until the
desired 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 display
ahead 2 hours each second.
Step 3 – Press the REGENERATION DAY button
and SUnday begins to flash.
– If you do want regenerations on
Sunday, see the Regeneration Chart
and press the SET/CLEAR button to
display ON.
– If you do NOT want regenerations
on Sunday, press SET/CLEAR button
to display OFF.
You can get the grains per gallon (gpg) hardness of
your water supply from a water analysis laboratory,
or call and ask your local water department if you
are on a municipal supply, or call the GE Answer
Center to request a water hardness test kit. If your
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report shows hardness in parts per million (ppm),
simply divide by 17.1 to get the equivalent number
of grains per gallon.
15 gpg hardness
2 ppm iron x 5 = 10 +10
(times) 25 HARDNESS NUMBER
How much salt used in each regeneration is
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determined by the length of the fill cycle. See the
Regeneration Chart section.
Step 4 – Press REGENERATION DAY button
again to display a flashing MOnday
and ON (factory set recharge). Use the
SET/CLEAR button to change the
display from ON to OFF or from OFF
to ON.
Step 5 – Press RECHARGE DAY button to display
a flashing TUesday, WEdnesday, etc.,
each time using the SET/CLEAR button
to display either ON or OFF as needed.
Set the Fill Cycle Minutes
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Step 1 – Press and hold the REGENERATION
TIME button until FILL shows in the
display, then release button. After a
few seconds, the fill cycle minutes
(factory setting 8) will flash.
Step 2 – Press the SET/CLEAR button to set the
minutes of fill cycle needed, as shown
in the Regeneration Chart section.
NOTE: You may get hard water
between regenerations if you set the
timer for fewer fill minutes than the
Regeneration Chart shows you to set.
A higher setting than needed will
waste salt.
NOTE: Press SET/CLEAR and quickly
release to move the display ahead
1 minute at a time. Or, hold the
SET/CLEAR button to move the
display ahead 2 minutes each second.
The display begins over at 0 after
passing 59.
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