GE PNSF31Z01 User manual

PNSF31Z01

GE Appliances

GE Answer Center

800.626.2000

Owner’s Manual

Part No. 215C1002P002 Pub. No. 49-5800

Water Softening System

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Congratulations!

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Welcome to the GE family. We’re proud of

our quality products and we are committed

to providing dependable service. You’ll see

it in this easy-to-use Owner’s Manual and

you’ll hear it in the friendly voices of our

customer service department.

Best of all, you’ll experience these values

each time you use your water system. That’s

important, because your new system will be

part of your family for many years. And we

hope you will be part of ours for a long time

to come.

We thank you for buying GE. We

appreciate your purchase, and hope you

will continue to rely on us whenever you

need quality appliances for your home.

Important!

Staple sales slip or cancelled

check here.

Proof of the original purchase date

is needed to obtain service under

the warranty.

Write the model and serial numbers

here.

You can find them on the back of the

control head.

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GE & You,

A Service Partnership.

Inside you will find many

helpful hints on how to use and

maintain your water system

properly. Just a little preventive

care on your part can save you a

great deal of time and money

over the life of your system.

Read this Manual

Ask any GE appliance owner and they will

tell you we stand behind our products with

unmatched quality service. However, did

you know that most questions result from

simple problems that you can easily fix

yourself in just a few minutes? This

Owner’s Manual can tell you how.

You’ll find many answers to

common problems here.

If you review our chart of

Troubleshooting Tips first,

you may not need to call for

service at all.

Review the Section on

Troubleshooting Tips

If you do need service, you can

relax knowing help is only a

phone call away. A list of toll-free

customer service numbers is

included in the back section.

Or you can always call the

GE Answer Center®at

800.626.2000, 24 hours a day,

7 days a week.

If You Need Service

Safety Information . . . . . . .4, 5

Specification Guidelines . . . . . .6

Operating Instructions . .6–16

Care and Cleaning . . . . . . .17, 18

Troubleshooting Tips

Before You

Call For Service . . . . . . . . .19–21

Customer Service

Warranty Information . . . . . . .27

Service Telephone

Numbers . . . . . . . . . .Back Cover

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION.

READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING.

For your safety, the information in this manual must be

followed to minimize the risk of electric shock, property

damage or personal injury.

■Check with your state and local

public works department for

plumbing and electrical codes.

You must follow these

guidelines.

■

Use care when handling the

water softening system. Do not

turn upside down, drop, or set

on sharp protrusions.

■

Water softening systems using

sodium chloride (salt) for

regeneration add sodium to the

water.

Persons on sodium

restricted diets should consider

the added sodium as part of their

overall intake.

■

The water softening system

works on 24 volt-60 Hz

Electrical power only.

Be sure to

use only the included transformer.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

WARNING!

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This water softening system must be properly installed and

located in accordance with the Installation Instructions

before it is used. If you did not receive Installation

Instructions, you can receive one by calling us toll-free

at the GE Answer Center®800.626.2000.

PROPER INSTALLATION

■

Install or store where it will not

be exposed to temperatures

below freezing or exposed to

any type of weather. Water

freezing in the system will

break it. Do not attempt to

treat water over 100°F.

■

Do not

install in direct sunlight.

Excessive sun heat may cause

distortion or other damage to

non-metallic parts.

■Properly ground to conform

with all governing codes and

ordinances. Follow details in

Installation Instructions.

■Use only

lead-free solder

and flux

for all sweat-solder

connections, as required

by state and federal codes.

■

The water softening system

requires a minimum water flow

of three gallons per minute at

the inlet. Maximum allowable

inlet water pressure is 125 psi.

If daytime pressure is over 80

psi, night time pressure may

exceed the maximum. Use

a pressure reducing valve if

necessary. (Adding a pressure

reducing valve may reduce

the flow.)

WARNING:

Discard all

unused and packaging

material after installation.

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SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES.

Rated capacity

See rating label located on the softener.

Amount of high capacity resin (lbs/cu. ft)

41.6/.8

Resin tank nominal size (in., dia. x height)

10 x 35

Service flow rate (gpm)

See rating label located on the softener.

Water supply maximum hardness (gpg)*

Water supply maximum clear water iron (ppm)*

Water pressure limits (min-max psi)

20–125

Water temperature maximum (°F.)

120

Water supply minimum flow rate (gpm)

*Determined by water analysis from a qualified water testing laboratory.

44”

36-1/4”

14”

35”

24”

3-3/8”

11-1/2”

INLET - OUTLET

INLET

OUT

About the water softening system.

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For emergency needs, hard water is available to the

home during the regeneration cycles.

However, you

should avoid using HOT water because the water heater

will fill with the hard water.

Automatic Hard Water Bypass During Regeneration

When the water softening system is providing soft

water, it is called “Service.” During service, hard

water flows from the house main water pipe into the

water softening system. Inside the water softening

system resin tank is a bed made up of thousands of

tiny, plastic resin beads. As hard water passes

through the bed, each bead attracts and holds the

hardness minerals. This is called ion-exchanging. It is

much like a magnet attracting and holding metals.

Water without the hardness minerals (soft water)

flows from the water softening system and to the

house pipes.

After a period of time, the resin beads become

coated with hardness minerals and they have to be

cleaned. This cleaning is called regeneration, or

recharge. Regeneration is started at 2:00 AM (factory

setting) by the water softening system timer, and

consists of five stages or cycles. These are

FILL,

BRINING, BRINE RINSE, BACKWASH

and

FAST RINSE

Service

Salt dissolved in water is called brine. Brine is needed

to clean the hardness minerals from the resin beads.

To make the brine, water flows into the salt storage

area during the fill stage as shown.

Fill

Soft water

OUT

Salt storage

tank (salt

not shown)

Brine

valve

Hard water

Soft water

OUT

Hard water

Resin

tank

Resin

bed

Salt storage

tank

Fill water

Brine

valve

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About the water softening system.

Brining

During brining, brine travels from the salt storage

area into the resin tank. Brine is the cleaning agent

needed to remove the hardness minerals from the

resin beads. The hardness minerals and brine are

discharged to the drain.

The nozzle and venturi create a suction to move the

brine, maintaining a very slow rate to get the best

resin cleaning with the least salt.

Brine Rinse

After a pre-measured amount of brine is used,

the brine valve closes. Water continues to flow in

the same path as during brining, except for the

discontinued brine flow. Hardness minerals and

brine flush from the resin tank to the drain.

Backwash

During backwash, water travels

through the resin

tank at a fast flow rate, flushing accumulated iron,

dirt, and sediments from the resin bed and to the

drain.

Fast Rinse

Backwash is followed by a fast flow of water

down

through the resin tank. The fast flow flushes

brine from the bottom of the tank, and packs the

resin bed.

After fast rinse, the water softening system returns to

soft water service.

Hard water

bypass OUT

Nozzle &

venturi

Hard water

bypass OUT

Hard water

Soft water

OUT

Hard water

Brine

valve

Brine

Drain

Resin bed

lifted and

expanded

NOTE:

If the words

PRESENT TIME

do not show in the display, press

the

SELECT

button until they do.

Press the UP or DOWN button to set. The UP button moves

the display ahead; the DOWN moves the time backward. If the

present time is between noon and midnight, be sure PM

shows . If the present time is between midnight and

noon, be sure AM shows .

When the present time shows in display, press

SELECT

to set.

Upon installation and after an extended power outage. See the

Program Memory

section.

■When the transformer is plugged into the electrical outlet

12:00 AM is flashing and

PRESENT TIME

shows in the display

area. Program the timer as instructed below. If

SR- -

is flashing,

use the UP button to set the correct

code as follows:

SR22.

you pass by the correct code number, use the DOWN button.

Then, press the

SELECT

button and program the timer below.

…

If the wrong SR code shows for your model,

see

Manually Initiated

Electronic Diagnostics

section.

■A “beeper” sounds while pressing buttons for timer

programming. One beep signals a change in the timer display.

Repeated beeps mean the timer will not accept a change from

the button you have pressed and you should use another button.

■To set the timer, you will use the UP, DOWN and

SELECT

buttons.

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SELECT

RECHARGE TONIGHT

RECHARGE NOW

TOUCH

HOLD

or TIME

HARDNESS

SmartWater Softening System

Profile

Set Present Time of Day

Timer Settings Required

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About the water softening system.

NOTE:

and

HARDNESS

(factory default) do not show in the

display, press

SELECT

until they do.

Press the UP or DOWN button to set your water hardness

number in the display. DOWN moves the display down to 1.

UP moves the display up to the maximum setting of 90.

NOTE:

Each press of a button changes the display by 1 between

1 and 25. Above 25, the display changes 5 at a time…25, 30, 35, etc.

Holding a button in changes the numbers twice each second.

When the water hardness number shows, press

SELECT

to set.

You can get the grains per gallon (gpg) hardness of your water

supply from a water analysis laboratory, or call and ask your

local water department, if you are on a municipal supply.

Set Water Hardness Number

NOTE: RECHARGE TIME

and a flashing

2:00 AM

(factory default)

should show in the display. This is a good time for regeneration to

start (over in about 2 hours) in most households because water is

not in use. HARD WATER is bypassed to house faucets during

regeneration. See the

Automatic Hard Water Bypass During

Regeneration

section.

Press the UP or DOWN button to set the desired regeneration

start time.

NOTE:

Each press of the buttons changes the time by one hour.

Holding the buttons in changes the time twice each second.

Be sure to observe the AM or PM as you did when setting

the time of day.

Press the

SELECT

button once more.

The display shows the present time of day and

RECHARGE

TONIGHT

Set Regeneration (Starting) Time

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