ECOWATER
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EcoWater Conditioner Operation
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ELECTRONICS
WATER METER:
The water meter consists of a turbine, turbine
mounting assembly, and sensor housing. It is lo-
cated at the valve outlet port, FIG. 6, page 9. As wa-
ter passes through and spins the turbine, 2 magnets
(in the turbine) cause a back--and--forth movement
of a switch in the sensor housing. This switch move-
ment sends a pulse to the faceplate timer.
FACEPLATE TIMER:
The faceplate timer is actually a small computer. As
it receives pulses from the water meter, it converts
them to gallons of water passing through the Eco-
Water conditioner. It multiplies this water usage in-
formation times the water hardness (prepro-
grammed into the timer) to continually calculate the
conditioned water capacity required. The computer
adjusts daily to water using habits, seeking to supply
conditioned water for the longest time, using the
least (and most efficient) amount of salt and water
to regenerate.
When the computer determines more capacity is
needed, it schedules a regeneration at the next re-
generation starting time (2:00AM, or as otherwise
preset). RECHARGE TONIGHT shows in the dis-
play to inform of the coming regeneration. During
vacations, etc., when you are not using water, the
EcoWater conditioner will not regenerate.
SERVICE, AND REGENERATION
The EcoWater conditioner is filled with a man-made
resin material, called the
resin bed.
The resin looks
somewhat like coarse sand, but the beads are round
and smooth. Resin has the ability to remove hard-
ness minerals from water by ion-exchange.
SERVICE (FIG. 14):
Hard water enters the EcoWater conditioner, passes
through the valve and down into the resin tank and
resin bed. As it passes through the bed, hardness
minerals are extracted from the water and held by
the resin beads. Conditioned water exits the resin
tank through the bottom distributor, flows up the in-
ternal standpipe, into the valve, and out to the house
pipes.
In time, the resin beads hold all the hardness miner-
als they can, and cleaning with a salt solution (brine)
is needed. Regeneration and recharge are words
used to describe this cleaning.
REGENERATION, OR RECHARGE:
The faceplate timer determines when a regenera-
tion is needed (see above). Regeneration starts at
2:00AM, or other preselected time, and consists of
5 different steps, or cycles. These are
fill, brining,
brine rinse, backwash,
and
fast rinse
.
STEP 1 - FILL CYCLE (FIG. 15):
Salt, dissolved in
water, is called brine. Brine is the cleaning agent for
the resin bed. To make brine, water is needed in the
brine tank salt storage area. A controlled water flow
to the brine tank takes place during fill.
To enter fill, the EcoWater conditioner valve reposi-
tions slightly (motor energized). A valve passage
opens allowing
conditioned
water to flow through the
nozzle and venturi, to the brine valve, and into the
brine tank. Fill cycle length is regulated by the timer,
depending upon how much cleaning is needed to re-
move all hardness minerals, and restore 100% ca-
pacity.
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