2020c WATER SOFTENER
Owner’s Manual
2020c WATER SOFTENER
Owner’s Manual
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HOW yOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS
Hard water contains calcium and magnesium. Your Kinetico 2020c contains resin beads
which hold sodium ions. When hard water passes through the beads inside the Kinetico
2020c, the beads attract and hold the calcium and magnesium ions in exchange for sodium.
After this ion exchange process, the water leaving your Kinetico 2020c is soft
(Fig. 1)
.
Once the resin bed is loaded with calcium and magnesium ions, it must be cleansed (or
regenerated) so that it can continue to soften water. The salt in your storage tank mixes
with water to wash the resin beads. The brine solution loosens the hardness minerals which
have built up on the resin beads; then the system backwashes and flushes the hardness
minerals away.
Once this is complete, the resin beads hold sodium ions. The system is again ready to
exchange the sodium ions for more calcium and magnesium ions. The Kinetico 2020c
regenerates with soft water. Since you already know what the difference cleaning with soft
water can make throughout your home, it only makes sese that the Kinetico 2020c cleans
itself with soft water too. Your system uses only clean, soft water to make the salt solution
in the salt storage tank.
Fig. 1
2020c Water Softener
Owners Manual
How Your Water Softener Works
Hard water contains calcium and magnesium. Your Kinetico 2020c contains
resin beads which hold sodium ions. When hard water passes through the beads inside the
Kinetico 2020c, the beads attract and hold the calcium and magnesium ions in exchange for
sodium. After this ion exchange process, the water leaving your Kinetico 2020c is soft (Fig. 1).
Once the resin bed is loaded with calcium and magnesium ions, it must be cleansed (or
regenerated) so that it can continue to soften water. The salt in your storage tank mixes with
water to wash the resin beads. The brine solution loosens the hardness minerals which have built
up on the resin beads; then the system backwashes and flushes the hardness minerals away.
Once this is complete, the resin beads hold sodium ions. The system is again ready to exchange
the sodium ions for more calcium and magnesium ions.
The Kinetico 2020c regenerates with soft water. Since you already know what the difference
cleaning with soft water can make throughout your home, it only makes sese that the Kinetico
2020c cleans itself with soft water too. Your system uses only clean, soft water to make the salt
solution in the salt storage tank.
Fig. 1
ION Exchange Resin
Magnesium
Calcium
Sodium
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NON-ELECTRiC, DEMAND OpERATED vALvE
More than 30 years if ingenuity are behind the valve that operates the Kinetico 2020c
Water Softener. The valve uses the energy of moving water instead of electricity so there is
nothing to plug in, no buttons to push and no timers to set. Because of this technology, the
2020c Water Softener is energy efficient and therefore, better for the environment.
The Kinetico valve measures the amount of water that you use and determines when to
initiate regeneration. Since it regenerates only on demand, it wont waste water or salt.
Other systems must be programmed to regenerate at a preset time - normally during the
night. So, if you use more soft water than usual, you may end up with hard water. If you use
less water than normal, you will waste salt and water due to unnecessary regenerations.
Kinetico’s metering system allows the 2020c Water Softener to regenerate only when it is
necessary to do so at any time of the day. The twin cylinders
(Fig. 2)
in the Kinetico system
ensure you have a continuous supply of soft water, even during regeneration.
When one cylinder needs to regenerate, the service automatically switches to the other
cylinder. Twin softening cylinders also enable the system to clean itself with clean, soft
water. Most other water softeners use hard water to regenerate.
The resin used in the kinetico 2020c works extremely well in this compact system. The
smaller size creates more surface area, allowing for more efficient operation.
2020c Water Softener
Owners Manual
Non-Electric, Demand Operated Valve
More than 30 years if ingenuity are behind the valve that operates the Kinetico 2020c Water
Softener. The valve uses the energy of moving water instead of electricity so there is nothing to
plug in, no buttons to push and no timers to set. Because of this technology, the 2020c Water
Softener is energy efficient and therefore, better for the environment.
The Kinetico valve measures the amount of water that you use and determines when
to initiate regeneration. Since it regenerates only on demand, it wont waste water or
salt. Other systems must be programmed to regenerate at a preset time - normally
during the night. So, if you use more soft water than usual, you may end up with hard
water. If you use less water than normal, you will waste salt and water due to unnecessary
regenerations. Kinetico’s metering system allows the 2020c Water Softener to
regenerate only when it is necessary to do so at any time of the day. The twin cylinders (Fig.
2) in the Kinetico system ensure you have a continuous supply of soft water, even during
regeneration.
When one cylinder needs to regenerate, the service automatically switches to the other cylinder.
Twin softening cylinders also enable the system to clean itself with clean, soft water. Most other
water softeners use hard water to regenerate.
The resin used in the kinetico 2020c works extremely well in this compact system. The smaller
size creates more surface area, allowing for more efficient operation.
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
Cylinder A is
standing by
Cylinder A is
softening
Cylinder A is
softening
Cylinder A is
regenerating
Cylinder B is
softening
Cylinder B is
regenerating
Cylinder B is
standing by
Cylinder B is
softening
Fig. 2
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Fig. 2
