GE Spacemaker WSM2000H - Manual (Page 14)

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Before you can decide what to do
about hard water, you need to know
if you have it and, if so, how hard
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• If you live in a municipal area,
contact your water comply.
• If you live in a rural area, or in
some suburban areas, contact your
county agent.
The answer will be “you have ‘so
many grains’ per gallon” and
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0 to 3 grains per gallon—SOFT
4 to 10 gr^s—HARD
11 to 19 "grains—VERY HARD
20 srains and over—
EXTREMELY HARD
If your water is SOFT, you have
no problem. Y)u can use soap or
detergent as you prefer and forget
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HARD water—less dian 10
grains—and you use phosphate
detergent, you also have no
problem.
But, if you have more than 10
grains, you will need to soften your
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1 . An installed water softener in
your home, or
2. The use of a packaged water
softener.
For information on water
softeners, see chart below.
Add this much water softener with a full water level
Grains of
hardness
0-10 10-15 15-20 20—25 25-30 over 30
When using
with dete^ent
0
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cup
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above 30 (240 ml plus 15 ml for each
extra 5 grains)
When using
with soap cup
(80 mi)
% cup
(160 nil)
%
cup
(180 nil)
1 cup
(240 ml)
IVi cups
(360 ml)
1‘4 cups plus 1 tablespoon for every 5 grains
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extra 5 grains)