GE GXSS20H Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions page 11

Installation Instructions
SET WATER HARDNESS NUMBER (CONT.)
3. When the displag shows gour water hardness
(in grains per gallon), press SELECT 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 gour 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/I), simply divide by 17.1 to get the
equivalent number of grains per gallon.
SET NUMBER OF PEOPLE
1. Press the SELECT button until PEOPLE appears in
the display.
2. PresstheUP, orDOWN" [ ...._1 ]
buttons to set the number of _7
people living in your home.
The number of people determines
how often the water softener will regenerate. The
softener assumes that each person will use 70
gallons of water per day. If you set the number of
people to 4, then the softener assumes you will use
280 gallons per day. If you need more or less than
this, adjust the number of people accordinglg.
SET RECHARGE (STARTING} TiME
1. Press the SELECT button until
RECHARGE TIME appears in the
display.
NOTE: A flashing 2:00 AM (factorg
default) should show in the displag. 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 bgpassed 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 gou did when setting the time of dag.
NOTE: Each press of a button changes the time bg
! hour. Holding the buttons in changes the time at
a rapid rate.
3. Press the SELECT button to accept.
SET DAYS BETWEEN RECHARGE
This feature is not used on this [ -( I _m ( ]
model. If you see this screen, your _7.0 i-i _-J
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hardness level has been turned off.
Go back to Set Water Hardness
Number section to set your water hardness level to
the hardness of your water supplg.
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