I have a GE GXSF40H water softener in use at my cottage.
It automatically recharges overnight.
I want to prevent it from doing that (and just use the manual recharge feature) as we're typically only at our cottage on weekends. I prefer a manual recharge so as to not waste salt during the week when no water is in use. I know how to do a manual recharge, but I can't find any instruction on how to prevent the scheduled automatic nightly recharge.
The manual (http://pdfstream.manualsonline.com/d/dfe8864c-63f3-4dd7-8f62-9d91804242f8.pdf) doesn't specify how to do that.
Does anyone know how to accomplish this (or know if it's even possible?)
Best Answer
I think you have a misunderstanding as to how your Water Softener works. According to the manual (page 14): "After a period of time, the resin beads become coated with hard minerals and they have to be cleaned. This cleaning is called recharge. Recharge is started at 2:00 AM (factory setting) by the water softening system control, and consists of five stages or cycles."
This means that the Recharge will start at 2:00 AM unless you change that setting but it doesn't happen every night. It will only happen when "the water softening system control" determines that it is necessary to clean the resin beads. Thus if you haven't been using water, the beads will be clean and recharging will not take place.