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Hints and Tips about your new water softener ...
1. Make sure the electricity supply is not turned off, unless on holiday mode.
2. Please ensure that any appliances (washing machine etc.) used during ‘Economy 7’ time, do not begin their
cycle between 11pm and 5am.
3. To ensure the highest efficiency is obtained, it is recommended that you top up the unit with Ultimate
Tablet Salt on a weekly basis, to within 2-3” of the lid fill point.
Filling your softener on a weekly basis is a lot easier to remember than monthly! Never let the salt go below
half way down the cabinet, as this will affect the performance of the softener. IMPORTANT: The quality of your
salt will help determine the operating effiiciency and reliability of your softener. Monarch strongly recommend
its own Ultimate Tablet Salt. However, if your local outlet does not have this in stock, please ensure the salt
used is of British origin.
4. Power Cuts. Simply reset the time as per your instructions -see section P ref
SETTING THE TIME.
5. Bath and shower surfaces will become smoother-be careful, in particular the young
and infirm -why not buy a bath mat?
6. Cut washing powder down by at least a 1/3rd or you will go into a kitchen/utility room full of suds!
7. Soft water will become available throughout your system in varying time spans.
Conventional systems (tanks in your roof) will take anything from 4-10 days, whilst mains fed Pressurised
Systems will give soft water within 2-3 days.
8. Dishwashers - On most installations the dishwasher is to be connected to the soft water. We recommend
that you continue to add a small amount of salt to the appliance as before, as this helps the salt holder in the
appliance stay clean. We do not however recommend that crystal glass, solid silver or silver plated items are
washed in your dishwasher as etching may occur.
Less dishwasher liquid may be required and in certain cases this will aiso apply to rinse aid. On dishwashers
connected to hard water, you should continue to put salt into the dishwasher’s own softener. If in any doubt
if your machine should have either hard or soft water, please contact your dishwasher manufacturer, but
remember they want to sell you spare parts to replace those that get scaled up!
9. Steam Irons-We do not recommend the use of soft water in your steam iron as most are designed for hard
water and to be periodically de-scaled. Alternatively please use de-ionised water.
10. Outside Tap- It is recommended to leave your outside tap on mains hard water.
Additionally, in the wintertime we recommend that this tap is isolated via an internal valve to prevent freezing.
11. Existing scale -Soft water will immediately begin to de-scale your pipes and appliances. Your hot water
cylinder will take longer to de-scale than your pipe work; therefore you may notice different levels of soft
water for some time whilst the system is de-scaling. This is particularly noticeable in your bath and shower.
12. Every boiler has two sides to its operation.
The radiators are classified as the ‘primary system’ and the hot water through the taps etc is called the
‘secondary system’.
All the benefits of soft water are enjoyed in the secondary side of the system, i.e. cold and hot water in your
shower, bath, toilets, appliances, your hot water cylinder etc. The majority of boilers primary side are designed
to be used with hard water. Therefore in compliance with the HHIC and boiler manufacturer guidelines, place
softener on bypass and fill primary system
(radiators) with hard water and the appropriate inhibitor. The inhibitor is designed to keep the radiators
operating at maximum efficiency.
Once the radiators are filled with hard water, place your softener back into service. This will return the
remainder of the system (secondary) to soft water throughout.
13. Accumulators - please ensure that the softener is installed on the outlet of an accumulator.
Monarch recommends Ultimate Tablet salt in all their water softeners
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