Hard Water - GE WWA8350C Use And Care Manual

Hard water-do you have it?
Before you can decide what to do
about hard water, you need to
know
if you have it and, if so, how hard
it is.
If you live in a municipal area,
contact your water company.
If you live in a rural area, or in
some suburban areas, contact your
county agent.
The answer will be "you have 'so
many grains' per gallon" and
means this:
If
your water is
SOFT, you have
no problem. Youcan use soap or
detergent as you prefer and forget
all about hard water. If you have
HARD water-less than 10grains—
and you use phosphate detergent,
you also have no problem.
But, if you have more than 10
grains, you will need to soften your
water with either. . .
1. An installed water softener in
your home, or
Oto 3 grains per gallon–SOFT
2. The use of a packaged water
4 to 10grains–HARD
softener.
11to 19grains—VERYHARD
For information on water
20
grains and over—
softeners, see guide below.
EXTREMELY HARD
Add this much water softener with a full water level
Grains of
hardness
o–lo 10–15
15–20
20–25 25–30 over 30
When using % cup
Y2
cup %
cup
o
1 cup 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon for every 5 grains above
with detergent (60 ml)
(120ml)
(160ml) (240 ml) 30 (240 ml plus 15ml for each extra 5 grains)
When using 'Acup
% cup ?4cup
1 cup lM cups
1%cups plus 1 tablespoon fir every 5 grains above
with soap (80 ml) (160ml)
(180ml)
(240 ml) (360 ml) 30 (300 ml plus 15ml for each extra 5 grains)