GE GNSH45E - Manual (Page 11)

Installation Instructions
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SET WATER HARDNESS NUMBER (CONT.)
3. When the display shows your water hardness
(in grains per gallon), press MODE to accept.
NOTE: If there is clear water iron in your water
supply, you will need to increase the hardness
setting by 5 for each 1 ppm of clear water iron
in your water supply.
You can get the grains per gallon (gpg)
hardness of your water supply from a water
analysis laboratory. If you are on a municipal
supply, call your local water department. Or
call Legend Technical Services, an independent
laboratory, to request a water hardness test kit
at 1.800.949.8220, Option 4. If your report shows
hardness in parts per million (ppm) or milligrams
per liter (mg/l), simply divide by 17.1 to get the
equivalent number of grains per gallon.
SET RECHARGE (STARTING) TIME
1. Press the MODE button
until arrow points to
RECHARGE TIME.
NOTE: A flashing 2:00 AM
(factory default) should show in the display. This is a
good time for recharge to start (takes about 2 hours)
in most households because water is not in use.
HARD WATER is bypassed to house faucets during
recharge.
If no change is needed, go to step 3. To change the
recharge starting time, follow step 2.
2. Press UP or DOWN button to set the desired
recharge start time. Be sure to observe the AM or
PM as you did when setting the time of day.
NOTE: Each press of a button changes the time by
1 hour. Holding the buttons in changes the time at
a rapid rate.
3. Press the MODE button to accept.
SALT
LEVEL
AM
SET SALT LEVEL
1. Press the MODE button
until arrow points to
SALT LEVEL.
2. Determine level of salt in
brine tank using yellow indicator on side of brine
well, inside brine tank (see illustration on page 5).
3. Press UP or DOWN
button to set the SALT
LEVEL to correspond to
level on yellow indicator
in brine tank.
NOTE: Each press of a button changes the
level by increments of 0.5 up to 8.0. As the number
increases, the salt level bars increase on each whole
number. Lowering the salt level below zero turns the
SALT LEVEL indicator OFF.
4. Press the MODE button to
accept. The display shows the
present time of day and DAYS
TO EMPTY. RECHARGE TONIGHT
may appear if unit is new.
SALT
LEVEL
SALT
LEVEL
DAYS TO EMPTY
The words DAYS TO EMPTY and a
number are shown in the lower half
of the display. This information is
shown in the normal run display.
This is to inform the user of the
number of days before the salt level in the brine
tank reaches Level 0. There will be salt left in the salt
tank, but it may not be sufficient to fully recharge
the system. Salt should be added at this time to
avoid hard water. The value is updated daily and
whenever the SALT LEVEL value is changed.
NOTE: For the first several weeks of operation, the
DAYS TO EMPTY may provide erratic operation. For
example, the blue indicator light may flash, showing
that more salt is required when the actual salt level
in the tank is well above the Level 0. In some cases,
the DAYS TO EMPTY may even increase over a
several week period.
It takes a couple of months for the water softener to
learn your water usage pattern. Once it does this, it
will accurately determine actual salt usage pattern.
During this first period, check salt level when blue
indicator light flashes. If the salt level in the tank is
at Level 1 or above, allow system to run. Be sure to
reset your salt level indicator each time you add salt
to the system.
SALT
LEVEL
DAYS TO EMPTY
PM
RECHARGE TONIGHT
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SALT
LEVEL
DAYS TO EMPTY
PM