EcoWater Timetronic 314 User/Installer Handbook page 31

Sensatronic Water Softeners have a
rnicroprocessor control which constantly
checks the remaining capacity of the unit and
looks ahead at your requirements for the
following day based on historical data about
your daily water usage.
It regenerates as often or as little as
necessary but ensures that a continuous
supply of softened water is always available.
THE CHARGE BAR DISPLAY
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The Charge Bar is continually displayed and
shows at a glance the percentage of water
softer~ing capacity remaining. As your
Sensatronic is designed t o provide
continuous softened water, it will flash
"Recharge tonight" at the point where it
determines, based upon your current water
usages, that it needs to allow for further
softened water. You will only use
100%
of the
Sensatronic capacity if this is drawn off in a
single day
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so expect regeneration well
before the capacity is exhausted.
BUILDING A HISTORY
When a water softener is first switched on you
will find that it regenerates quite frequently.
It has no historical data to base its logic on
so it regenerates to ensure it can provide
continuous softened water. Within a few
months you will find it settles into a more
regular pattern.
HIGH WATER USEAGE
If your average daily water usage is above
35% of the total capacity of the water
softener you may see it regenerating daily.
By using a lower unit setting than that
suggested (see page
20)
you may slow down
the regeneration frequency.
However, you must be careful not to set the
hardness setting so low that you risk
occasional hard water.
SALT USAGE
As your Sensatronic water softener is a
proportional brirlilig systerr~ more frequent
regenerations are not at the expense of large
salt usage. However, when your Sensatronic
is first installed it begins in a middle band
of salt usage. If you are a low water using
household you wilt find that after a few
months the Sensatronic will become more
and more efficient as it adapts to s ~ ~ i t your
water usage.
LARGE INFLUXES OF GUESTS
If you have people to stay and use larger
volumes of water than you normally do, you
will find for a period of time your Sensatror~ic
will recharge more frequently than it did
before. As yol-lr household water usage
returns t o normal so the recharge frequency
will reflect this.
RUNNING LOW ON SALT
It is important not t o rurl low on salt (see
page 32), as this will disrupt your supply of
continuous softened water. If you do run low,
add a litre of water when you refill with salt
and set the unit to "Regenerate tonight."