GE 400 Series Maintenance Manual page 17

Table 1 – Suggested Salt Dial Settings (Pounds of Salt) For Various Size Softeners
Capacity Setting
(Kilograins)
12
16
20
24
30
32
35
40
48
60
*This setting requires the use of "XS" (extra salt) cam and doubles the amount of the
setting.
The amount of salt placed in the brine tank has nothing to do with the amount of salt
used during the regeneration cycle. Water will dissolve and absorb salt only until it
becomes saturated. A given amount of brine (salt-saturated water) contains a specific
amount of salt. The salt dial controls the amount of brine used during the
regeneration cycle (e.g., when set at 15 pounds (6.8 kg) the amount of brine the
conditioner will use for each regeneration will contain 15 pounds (6.8 kg) of salt, etc.)
Never let the amount of salt in the brine tank be lower than the normal liquid level. Do
not overload the brine tank with salt.
Guest Cycle (Manual Regeneration)
When abnormally high water usage exhausts your water conditioner's capacity
ahead of schedule, an extra regeneration can be achieved. Depress the indicator knob
on the 440i (Figure 11) with a wide-blade screwdriver and turn COUNTERCLOCKWISE
to START to initiate a regeneration. For the 460i, simply depress the indicator knob
(Figure 12). It will take a few minutes for regeneration to start. A normal regeneration
will take approximately two hours.
3 3
0.5 Ft 0.75 Ft
4.5 —
9.0 5.5
— 8.5
— 14.0
— —
— —
— —
— —
— —
— —
3 3
1.0 Ft 1.25 Ft
— —
— —
6.0
8.5 7.0
15.0 11.0
18.5 12.5
— 16.0
— 11.5*
— —
— —
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3 3
1.5 Ft 1.75 Ft
— —
— —
— —
— —
9.0 —
10.0 9.0
12.0 10.0
17.0 14.0
14.0* 10.5*
— —
3
2.0 Ft
—
—
—
—
—
—
9.0
12.0
17.0
15.0*