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User information (cont)
SALT USAGE
Because your automatic demand water softener uses proportional brining,
more frequent recharges are not at the expense of high salt usage. If you
are a household with low water usage you will find after a few months
that your water softener will become increasingly efficient, as it adapts to
suit your water usage.
HOLIDAYS
We recommend that you by-pass your water softener if you are away
from your home for long periods of time. See page 7 on how to by-pass
your water softener.
CLEANING
Your unit may be cleaned with a damp cloth and detergent.
Do not use bleaches, solvents or spirits as this may cause damage.
BUILDING A HISTORY
Because it has no historical data to base its logic on, your water softener
will recharge quite frequently when first used to ensure continuous softened
water. Within a few months, it will settle into a more regular pattern.
LARGE INFLUXES OF GUESTS
If you have people to stay and use more water than normal, you will
find that your automatic demand water softener recharges more
frequently. As your household water usage returns to normal, so too
will the recharge frequency.
HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS
When you use water it passes through a vessel of resin beads inside your
water softener. The resin beads extract the hard minerals making your
water soft. This process is not visible and happens within the softener.
The salt cabinet (page 3) is where you load the softener with tablet salt.
You may see 1 or 2 inches of water at the bottom of the salt cabinet this is
normal, otherwise when the cabinet is full of tablet salt it will appear dry.
The water softener uses tablet salt for its cleaning process. The cleaning
process flushes to drain the hard minerals that have collected inside the
resin vessel and refreshes the resin beads so they are ready to make more
soft water. This is automatic all you need to do is keep the softener
topped up with tablet salt.
TOPPING UP WITH TABLET SALT
Tablet salt is used as the cleansing agent for your water softener’s resin
bed. The salt cabinet will need to be refilled. Do not fill the salt above the
brine well cover (see on page 16).
IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT APPROXIMATELY 12CM OF SALT IS MAINTAINED
AS A MINIMUM TO ENSURE OPERATING EFFICIENCY.
Failure to replenish salt will prevent the unit from cleansing itself on its
recharge cycle and consequently it will be unable to soften water.
Pour the salt slowly into the cabinet. Ensure that the brine well cap is
secure, as no salt should be allowed to enter here. DO NOT use granular
salt. ONLY USE TABLET OR PELLET SALT.
Your local water softener stockist will stock salt.
Please Remember
– Only use tablet or pellet salt in your softener!
