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Morton
®
Water Softener Installation & Operation Manual
FIG. 21
LEVEL
SALT
Salt
Level
Brine-
well
Num -
bers
Programming the Water Softener and Filter
FIG. 19
Step 2. Set Water Hardness Number
1
. Press the SELECT button once again to display a
flashing “25” and the word “HARDNESS”.
2
. Press the
p
UP or
q
DOWN buttons to set your
water’s hardness number.
NOTE:
If your water supply contains iron, compen-
sate for it by adding to the water hardness
number. For example, assume your water is
20 gpg hard and contains 2 ppm iron. Add 5
to the hardness number for each 1 ppm of
iron. In this example, you would use 30 for
your hardness number.
20 gpg hardness
2 ppm iron x 5 = 10 +10
(times) 30 HARDNESS NUMBER
FIG. 20
Step 4. Set Salt Level
The water softener has a low salt indicator light to
remind you to refill the storage tank with salt.
NOTE:
You must set salt level each time salt is added
to the water softener.
To set this monitor system:
1
. Lift the salt lid and level the salt in the storage tank.
2
. The salt level scale, on the brinewell inside the
tank, has numbers from 0 to 8 (See Fig. 21).
Observe the highest number the leveled salt is at,
or closest to.
3
. Press the SELECT button to display the words
“SET SALT LEVEL”.
4
. Press the
p
UP or
q
DOWN buttons until the num-
ber on the screen corresponds to the salt level. At
level 2 or below, the “Low Salt" indicator light will
flash. If you wish to turn this feature off, press the
q
DOWN button past 0, and the word “OFF” flash-
es in the display.
5
. Press the SELECT button once more to complete
the initial programming. The current time of day
will show in the display.
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2
. If you want to change the recharge start time,
press the
p
UP or
q
DOWN buttons until the
desired time shows. Be sure AM or PM is correct.
Your demand water softener will automatically regen-
erate when it needs to, based on water usage. The
time of day that the automatic recharge cycle begins
may be changed as follows:
1
. Press the SELECT button once again to display a
flashing “2:00AM” and the words “SET RECHARGE
TIME”. This is a good time for the recharge to start
in most households, because water is not in use.
Step 3. Set Recharge (Regeneration)
Time
