Regeneration - GE GXSS17Z01 Installation And Owner's Manual

About regenerating the system.
TIME/DAY

REGENERATION

TIME
AM
REGENERATION
DAY
WE SA
MO
SET/CLEAR
VACATION ON/OFF
TOUCH
REGENERATE NOW
HOLD
Write in your results here.
1. M T W TH F S SU
—circle suggested days—
Suggested days to regenerate
2. Fill Cycle minutes needed
16
It is not hard to fine-tune your softener, but it does take a few minutes of your time to do it right.
Read the following carefully.
To have soft water all the time, the softener must regenerate, or recharge a certain number of
times in each seven day period. How many times to regenerate (set the timer) depends on three
things:
The number of people in your home tells you how much water is used.
1
The grains per gallon (GPG) hardness of your water supply.
2
NOTE: If your water supply contains iron, compensate for it by adding to the water hardness
number. For example, assume your water is 15 gpg hard and contains 2 ppm iron. Add 5 to the
hardness number for each 1 ppm of iron thus, making the example water hardness number 25 .
15 gpg hardness
2 ppm iron x 5 = 10 +10
(times) 25 HARDNESS NUMBER
How much salt used in each regeneration is determined by the length of the fill cycle. See
3
the Regeneration Chart section.
Setting the Timer for Days and Fill Minutes of Regeneration
NOTE: The timer is factory set for Monday, Wednesday and Saturday with regenerations starting
at 2:00 AM. Fill time is factory set for 16 minutes.
Set days and time of regeneration or recharge.
1
Step 1— Press the REGENERATION TIME button once to display the factory set regeneration days
and starting time (flashing). To change the regeneration start time, do Step 2 following
this. Otherwise go to Step 3.
NOTE: See Automatic Bypass section, when choosing a regeneration starting time other
than 2:00 AM.
Step 2— Press the SET/CLEAR button until the desired regeneration starting time shows in the
display.
NOTE: Press SET/CLEAR and quickly release to move the display ahead 1 hour at a time.
Or, hold the SET/CLEAR button to move display ahead 2 hours each second.
Step 3— Press the REGENERATION DAY button and SUnday begins to flash.
— If you do want regenerations on Sunday, see the Regeneration Chart , press the
SET/CLEAR button to display ON.
— If you do NOT want regenerations on Sunday, press SET/CLEAR button to display OFF.
Step 4— Press REGENERATION DAY button again to display a flashing MOnday and ON (factory set
recharge). Use the SET/CLEAR button to change display from ON to OFF or from OFF to ON.
Step 5— Press RECHARGE DAY button to display a flashing TUesday, WEdnesday, etc., each time
using the SET/CLEAR button to display either ON or OFF as needed.
Set the Fill Cycle Minutes
2
Step 1— Press and hold the REGENERATION TIME button until FILL shows in the display, then
release button. After a few seconds, the fill cycle minutes (factory setting...16) will flash.
Step 2— Press the SET/CLEAR button to set the minutes of fill cycle needed, as shown in the
Regeneration Chart section.
NOTE: You may get hard water between regenerations if you set the timer for fewer fill
minutes than the Regeneration Chart shows you to set. A higher setting than needed will
waste salt.
NOTE: Press SET/CLEAR and quickly release to move the display ahead 1 minute at a time.
Or, hold the SET/CLEAR button to move the display ahead 2 minutes each second. The
display begins over at 0 after passing 59.