Care And Cleaning - GE GXSF30V Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions

Care and Cleaning.

CHECKING THE SALT STORAGE LEVEL and
REFILL
Brine (salt dissolved in water) is needed for each
and every recharge. The water for making brine
is metered into the salt storage area by the water
softening system valve and control. However, you
must keep the tank supplied with salt.
ADDING SALT
Lift the salt hole cover and check the salt storage
level frequently. If the water softener uses all
the salt before you refill it, you will experience
hard water. Until you have established a refilling
routine, check the salt every two or three weeks.
Always add if less than 1/4 full. Be sure the
brinewell cover is on.
NOTE: if using potassium chloride (KCI), do not fill
above level 4 on the brinewell decal.
NOTE: In humid areas, it is best to keep the salt
storage level lower, and to refill more often to
avoid salt "bridging".
Recommended Salt: Nugget, pellet or coarse
solar salts with less than 1% impurities.
Salt Not Recommended: Rock salt, high in
impurities, block, granulated table, ice melting, ice
cream making salts, etc.
CAUTION:
Water softening salt with iron removing
additives:
Some salts may have an additive to help the
water softening system handle iron in the
water supply. Although this additive may
help to keep the water softening system
resin clean, it may also release corrosive
fumes that weaken and shorten the life of
some water softening system parts.
CLEANING IRON OUT OF THE WATER
SOFTENING SYSTEM
Your water softening system takes hardness
minerals (calcium and magnesium) out of
the water. Also, it can control some (see the
Specification Guidelines section) "clear water" iron.
With clear water iron, water from a faucet
is clear when first put into a glass. After 15 to 30
minutes, the water begins to cloud or turn rust
colored. A water softening system will not remove
any iron that makes the water cloudy
or rusty as it comes from the faucet (called red
water iron). To take red water iron out of water,
or over the maximum of clear water iron,
an iron filter or other equipment is needed.
GE recommends using Super Iron Out
your resin bed if your iron content is high. Use
Super Iron Out with every 40lb. bag of salt as
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preventative maintenance against rust build up.
Clean the bed at least every six months, or more
often if iron appears in the soft water between
cleanings.
IMPORTANT: It is important to mix the resin bed
cleaner with water (following the manufacturer's
instructions), pour it into the brinewell (see Figure
9) and recharge the softener immediately. Do not
pour the resin bed cleaner in with the salt, as it will
not be as effective in cleaning the resin, and can
cause damage to the softener if it is left in the brine
tank for an extended period due to the corrosive
gases that are formed.
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