Service - GE GXSF18G Owner's Manual And Installation Instructions

About the water softener system.
Service: Manually Initiuted Electronics Diugnostics
1. To enter diagnostics, press and hold
the NODE button for 5 seconds until
the Low Salt Alarm screen shows.
SALT l
LEVEL
2. PresstheNODEbutton2times 17 _ 1
to advance through Low Salt Alarm 2#_ U
and Salt Efficiency options. See ¢'tmm
Programming the Contro! for U U U
details on these two options.
3. OPERATION OF DIAGNOSTICS
Motor Position
Valve | , switch
position.
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Water meter
• Valve Position - Press the RECHARGE@ button to initiate
a recharge cycle. Press again to manually index valve to
next position. See Service: Monuo!ly Advance Recharge
Check for details.
0 - Service
i - Fill
2 - Brine
5 - Backwash
4 - Fast Rinse
Motor Operation - Two dashes will circulate around
when motor should be running.
,, Position Switch Operation -
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,_- Closed - valve rotating to next position
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u - Open - valve in position, service, fill, brine, etc.
Water Meter - Indicates whether water is flowing
through valve.
Position
switch
i
i housing
Valve
outlet
support
and shaft
- 000 indicates no water is flowing through the valve
- Open nearby soft water faucet
- 000 to 1/41(continual) shows water is flowing. Display
repeats for each gallon of water passing through the
meter. Control will beep at every gallon.
- If there is no reading in the display, with faucet open,
check the sensor. Pull the sensor from the valve outlet
port, and pass a small magnet in front of the sensor.
Counter should index in the display. If counter does
not index, check to make sure harness is connected
to board properly. If there is a reading in the display,
there may be a problem associated with the turbine.
Turn off water supply, close the bypass valve and
disconnect bypass valve from body. Check turbine
for binding or restriction due to debris. If this does
not correct the problem, the Timer, Sensor or Turbine
may require replacement.
4. Historical data about the softener is available.
Press and hold the UP • button to display the number
of days this control has had electrical power applied.
Press and hold the DOWN • button to display the
number of recharges initiated by this control since the
model code number was entered.
5. Press the NODE button to return to normal operation
and display.
Service: Set Model Code
1. To change or check model code, first press and hold the
NODE button for 3 seconds until the Low Salt Alarm screen
shows.
2. Press and hold the NODE button again
for 3 seconds. A display with r L nn at
the top will appear.
& Press the UP • or DOWN • buttons to
select the correct model code.
SA.T r i
..... 1_013
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F!8-GXSF!8G
4. Press the NODE button one time to return to normal
operation and display. If the model code was changed:
the display will go blank momentarily, then display the
model code entered.
the display will then return to the set present time display,
and the blue indicator light will flash. The control will have
to be reprogrammed. See Programming the Contro!.
NOTE: If the control is left in any of the above diagnostic
displays, or a flashing display when setting time, hardness,
etc., it will revert back to the normal display in 4 minutes.
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