Fleck 5600-SXT Softener Installation & Startup Guide
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27.
Feedwater Hardness (Display Code H): Set to your water hardness in grains per gallon.
This is the
feed water hardness that allows the meter to calculate the number of gallons between backwashes.
If your water hardness is 10 grains per gallon for example, set this to 10. If your water test shows the
hardness in PPM or mg/L, then divide this number 17.1 to reach grains per gallon. 1 grain per gallon =
17.1 PPM or mg/L of hardness.
28.
Reserve Selection (Display Code RS): Set to SF
. This stands for “Safety Factor.”
29.
Safety Factor (Display Code SF): Set to 10.
This tells the softener to regenerate sooner by 10% of its
capacity to avoid completely exhausting the softener resin before it needs to regenerate.
30.
Day Override (Display Code DO): Set to 7 to 14.
Use the Up or Down arrows to change the setting.
This will allow the softener to regenerate once every 7 to 14 days no matter how much water is used.
This is optional (can be set to 0) but it can be useful if you have iron or other sediment to keep the
softener clean. Press the Extra Cycle button to continue.
31.
Regeneration Time (Display Code RT): Set to 2:00 am
generally or to some time when no water is
being used, and no other filter or softener is likely to be in regeneration cycle. Press the Extra Cycle
button to go to the next step.
32.
Regeneration Cycle Step Times:
Use this display to set the various minutes of each cycle. Use the Up
or Down arrows to change the setting to the desired setting. Press the Extra Cycle button to accept
the setting and move to the next parameter.
a.
B1 – Backwash: Set to 8 minutes.
b.
BD – Brine Draw: Set to 60
c.
B2 – 2
nd
Backwash: Set to 6 minutes.
d.
RR – Rapid Rinse: Set to 6 minutes.
e.
BF – Brine Fill:
For 32K grain softeners set to 12 minutes; 48K grain softeners set to 20
minutes; 64K grain softeners set to 26 minutes; 80K grain softeners set to 32 minutes.
33.
Flow Meter Type (Display Code FM): Set to T0.7.
Press the Extra Cycle Button.
34.
You are now done with setting the programming. All you have to do now is set the clock to the right
time of day by holding the Up or Down arrow.
35.
Your softening media must be regenerated before you can use the water. Start a manual backwash
and rinse (also called ‘regeneration’) by pressing or holding the Extra Cycle button for 5 seconds.
36.
At this point the softener will be in a backwash mode, which is the first of five cycles it goes through
during regeneration. The backwash takes 8 minutes. After 8 minutes, the Fleck 5600-SXT will begin
to suck up the brine solution from the brine tank.
37.
After another 10 to 15 minutes the brine tank will be sucked dry of the salt brine. Check to make
sure that the brine tank has no water after this cycle.
