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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1983
J David Seal, Waukesha, WI (US);
Autotrol Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
An improved control for a resin bed water softener includes a microcomputer which is supplied with input data from a flowmeter indicative of the quantity of soft water leaving the softener. In accordance with the flow data, the microcomputer determines the amount of water used since the last regeneration and also determines the average daily soft water consumption. The microcomputer also coupled to a data input device and receives input data indicative of the total resin bed treating capacity and the incoming water hardness. At a prescribed hour each day, the microcomputer determines the remaining water softener resin bed treating capacity as calculated from the water hardness, the total resin bed treating capacity and the amount of water used since the last regeneration. The remaining resin bed treating capacity is compared to the reserve established as a proportion of the average daily consumption of soft water and regeneration is initiated when the reserve is greater than the remaining resin bed treating capacity.