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Set Water Hardness Number
1. Press the PROGRAM button onc e again to display a flashing 25 and the word “HARDNESS”.
HARDNESS
2. Press the
+
Up or
−
Down buttons to set your water hardness number.
NOTE:
Be sure to enter the grains per gallon (gpg) hardness of your water supply on page 5, for
future reference. If your water supply contains iron, compensate for it by adding to the
wate r hardness number. For e xample, assume your water is 20 gpg hard a n d contains 2
ppm iron. Add 5 to the hardness number f or each 1 ppm of iron. In this example, you
would use 30 for your hardness number.
20 gpg hardness
2 ppm ir on x 5 = 10 +10
(times) 30 HARDNESS NUMBER
Set Recharge (Regeneration) Time
1. Press the PROGRAM button once again to display a flashing 2:00AM and the words
“RECHARGE TI ME”. This is a good time for the recharge to start in most households because
water is not in use.
AM
RECHARGE
TIME
If you want to change the recharge start time, press the
+
Up or
−
Down buttons until the
desired starting time s hows.
2. Press the
PROGRAM button once a gain to return to normal operating display.
Start a Recharge
Press the RECHARGE button and hold for three seconds until the word “Recharge” begins tof lash
in the timer display, starting a recharge. This recharge draws the sanitizing bleach into and through the
water softener. Any air re maining in the water softener is purged to the drain.
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