Sanitizing - GE GXSS20B Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions

Step-by-step installation instructions.
Sanitizing Procedures
Care is taken at the factory to keep your softener clean and
sanitary. Materials used to make the softener will not infect
or contaminate your water supply and will not cause
bacteria to form or grow. However, during shipping,
storage, installing and operating, bacteria could get into
the softener. For this reason, sanitizing as follows is
suggested when installing.
NOTE: Sanitizing is recommended by the Water Quality
Association for disinfecting.
Be sure to complete all installation steps, including
1
timer programming.
Remove the brinewell cover (see Fig. 8) and pour
2
about 3/4 ounce (1
household bleach (Clorox, Linco, BoPeep, White Sail,
Eagle, etc.) in the softener brinewell .
Press the TOUCH/HOLD button and hold for 3 seconds
3
to start a recharge. This first recharge does several
things: fills the salt tank to the water level needed, gets
all the air out of the resin tank, makes the resin bed
ready for service. See the Recharging section.
If after sanitation, water from house faucet tastes salty
4
or has a slight color, this is a preservative from the
resin tank. Turn on the cold soft water faucets and
drain for a few minutes or until clear.
NOTE: This recharge takes about 2 hours.
NOTE: When the above sanitizing regeneration is over,
your house COLD water supply is fully soft immediately.
However, your water heater is filled with hard water and
as hot water is used, it will refill with soft water. When all
the hard water is replaced in the water heater, hot only
and mixed hot and cold water will be fully soft. If you
want totally soft water immediately, after the above
regeneration, drain the water heater until the water
runs cold.
WARNING:
extreme care as the hot water could cause burns.
Turn the water heater off prior to draining.
10
1 ⁄ tablespoons) of common 5.25%
2
If you do drain the water heater, use
Fig. 8
Salt hole cover
removed
Hose
Water, about
3 gallons
Brinewell
cover (remove
and add about
3/4 oz. bleach)
Brinewell