Use & Care - Aquanex AQU36 Manual Del Propietário

Use and CaRe
A. Type of System
Your water softener is a fully automatic
Demand Initiated, metered system. This
means the softener meters or keeps track
of the water used in the home. It uses this
information to determine when to perform the
regeneration or cleaning cycle. The control of
the softening process automatically adjusts
to your water use. For example, if you have
company and your water use increases
substantially, the softener will adjust to ensure
you don't run out of soft water. If you go away
for a time and are not using any water in the
home, the softener will adjust again and not
perform a regeneration cycle thereby saving
salt and water.
B. Type of Salt
Basically, salt is salt. However, some makes
of salt contain more dirt in the bag than oth-
ers. We recommend Morton™ or Diamond
Crystal™ salt pellets, but any type will work.
Salt is readily available at Lowes.
C. Amount of Salt or Potassium
We recommend keeping the level of salt in the
brine tank about half full for most households.
Larger households can start out with more.
Let the salt level drop down to the water level
before adding more salt. Potassium should be
kept as close to the water level as is practical
to help prevent a "salt bridge". Periodically
you may experience a salt bridge. A salt
bridge occurs when the salt forms a crust
right at the water level in the brine tank. The
salt remains suspended above the water and
cannot make the brine solution required for
the regeneration of the softener bed. If you
do experience a salt bridge, simply tap a
broom handle down in the salt to break up the
bridge. Wait at least 1 hour and then manually
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regenerate the softener.
D. Changing the Control Valve Settings
It is not necessary to change the control valve
settings. Over the course of several months
it is possible the display will not show the
correct time of day due to power fluctuations.
Reset the control to the correct time of day. If
your feed water hardness changes, reset the
control to the new hardness. Other settings
are programmed at the factory for optimum
efficiency and do not need to be changed.
E. Resetting the Control After a Power
Outage
The only correction necessary after a power
outage is resetting the time of day. All other
settings are retained in the control memory
and do not need to be reset.
F. Sodium and Potassium in Softened Water
The softening process does add some so-
dium or potassium to the conditioned water.
The chart shows approximately how much
sodium or potassium is added to one quart
of conditioned water based on the amount of
feed water hardness. (See pg. 26 for chart)
G. Bypassing the Softener
You may need to bypass the softener for
service or if you do not want your household
water to pass through the softener. The
instructions are shown on top of the bypass
valve. Make sure you depressurize the system
before performing any service or removing
the softener. See the "WARNING" in the
troubleshooting section.
H. Vacations or extended periods of Non-
Use
It is not necessary to shut down the softener
for periods of non-use equal to two-week to