GE MONACO 6000A - Manual (Page 16)

It is not hard to fine-tune your softener, but it does take a few minutes of your time to do it right.
Read the following carefully.
To have soft water all the time, the softener must regenerate, or recharge a certain number of
times in each seven day period. How many times to regenerate (set the timer) depends on three
things:
The number of people in your home tells you how much water is used.
The grains per gallon (GPG) hardness of your water supply.
NOTE: If your water supply contains iron, compensate for it by adding to the water hardness
number. For example, assume your water is 15 gpg hard and contains 2 ppm iron. Add 5 to the
hardness number for each 1 ppm of iron thus, making the example water hardness number 25 .
15 gpg hardness
2 ppm iron x 5 = 10 +10
(times) 25 HARDNESS NUMBER
How much salt used in each regeneration is determined by the length of the fill cycle. See
the Regeneration Chart section.
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Setting the Timer for Days and Fill Minutes of Regeneration
NOTE: The timer is factory set for Monday, Wednesday and Saturday with regenerations starting
at 2:00 AM. Fill time is factory set for 16 minutes.
Set days and time of regeneration or recharge.
Step 1— Press the REGENERATION TIME button once to display the factory set regeneration days
and starting time (flashing). To change the regeneration start time, do Step 2 following
this. Otherwise go to Step 3.
NOTE: See Automatic Bypass section, when choosing a regeneration starting time other
than 2:00 AM.
Step 2— Press the SET/CLEAR button until the desired regeneration starting time shows in the
display.
NOTE: Press SET/CLEAR and quickly release to move the display ahead 1 hour at a time.
Or, hold the SET/CLEAR button to move display ahead 2 hours each second.
Step 3— Press the REGENERATION DAY button and SUnday begins to flash.
— If you do want regenerations on Sunday, see the Regeneration Chart, press the
SET/CLEAR
button to display ON.
— If you do NOT want regenerations on Sunday, press SET/CLEAR button to display OFF.
Step 4— Press REGENERATION DAY button again to display a flashing MOnday and ON (factory set
recharge). Use the SET/CLEAR button to change display from ON to OFF or from OFF to ON.
Step 5— Press RECHARGE DAY button to display a flashing TUesday, WEdnesday, etc., each time
using the SET/CLEAR button to display either ON or OFF as needed.
Set the Fill Cycle Minutes
Step 1— Press and hold the REGENERATION TIME button until FILL shows in the display, then
release button. After a few seconds, the fill cycle minutes (factory setting…16) will flash.
Step 2— Press the SET/CLEAR button to set the minutes of fill cycle needed, as shown in the
Regeneration Chart
section.
NOTE: You may get hard water between regenerations if you set the timer for fewer fill
minutes than the Regeneration Chart shows you to set. A higher setting than needed will
waste salt.
NOTE: Press SET/CLEAR and quickly release to move the display ahead 1 minute at a time.
Or, hold the SET/CLEAR button to move the display ahead 2 minutes each second. The
display begins over at 0 after passing 59.
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Write in your results here.
1. M T W TH F S SU
—circle suggested days—
Suggested days to regenerate
2. Fill Cycle minutes needed