Fleck 5600 Econominder Installation Manual - Page 4
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1 › CalCul atInG HaRdness, CaPaCIt y, and BRIne FIll
Water test: Before start-up, it is crucial that you know your water's hardneSS and Iron levels in
1)
order to set up your unit properly.
either regenerate too early or too late. If you do not know your water hardness or iron levels, you can take a
sample of your untreated water to a local pool shop, hardware store, or well driller
Initial hardness:
2)
(PPM), or Milligrams per Liter (mg/L). Note that
be used interchangeably.
to get Grains (gpg).
coMPenSated hardneSS:
3)
level of iron multiplied by 5 and add it to the hardness level from the previous step.
compensated hardness level
be your
measured at 2 PPM, add 2 x 5 = 10 Grains of hardness to existing hardness total. 18 + 10 = 28 Grains Total
gpg Hardness + (
the compensated hardness level you just calculated will be the "hardness" value you use to identi-
4)
fy "Unity capacity" and "lbs of Salt" per regeneration. You may record this in the table on page 2.
Depending on your compensated hardness level, you will be able to use a different salt setting for programming
and running your softener unit. The lower the hardness level, the more efficient you will be able to be with salt
consumption for regeneration
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If your unit is not programmed with your particular hardness level, it will
Your Hardness test results may be recorded in Grains per Gallon (gpg), Parts per Million
If you get a hardness level in PPM or mg/l, please divide this number by 17.1
Ex: If your hardness is measured at 300 PPM, take 300 / 17.1 = 18 gpg before iron
PPM Hardness ÷ 17.1 =
Your Iron results should also be measured in either PPM or mg/L.
that we will program into your softener system. Ex: If your iron level is
PPM Iron x 5 ) =
11x11" G R I d
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PPM and mg/l are the same measure
gpg hardness before Iron
gpg
coMPenSated hardneSS
15 x17 " G R I d
(city water has no iron)
and both figures can
take your
This final figure will
18 " d I a m e t e R G R I d
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