Kenmore 625.38815 Sanitize the Water Softener, You can sanitize the softener with or without salt

D. SANITIZE THE WATER SOFTENER

Care is taken at the factory to keep your water soft-

ener

clean

and sanitary.

Materials

used

to

make

the

softener

will

not

infect

or

contaminate

your water

supply, and will not cause bacteria to form or grow.

salt hole

However,

during

shipping,

storage, installing

and

cover

operating,

bacteria

could

get

into

the

softener.

For

this

reason,

sanitizing

as follows

is

suggested

®

when

installing.

In

The

first

time

you sanitize

your

softener,

be sure

to

do

alI

steps

in

the

installation

manua!,

and

on

pages

1-2, 1-3 and

1-4

of

this

manual

first.

Note: Be certain the bypass valve is pulled out

to

"service"

position.

Lift

the

salt

hole

cover

and

use a pail to fill the

salt

storage

tank

with

3 gallons

of

water.

bnnewell

cover remove and add

about 3/4 oz. bleach)

brinewell

Remove the brinewell cover (FIG. 3) and pour

about 3/4 ounce, or I to 2 tablespoons, of com-

mon 5.25%, unscented, household bleach (Clo- rox, Linco, BoPeep, White Sail, Eagle, etc.) in the

softener brinewell. Replace the brinewell coven

in Press the ON/OFF-HOLD button and hold for 3

seconds to start a recharge. This first recharge does several things.

•It draws the bleach into and through the softener

to sanitize it.

•It fills the salt tank to the water level needed.

•It gets all the air out of the resin tank.

*It prepares the resin bed (see page 2-3) for ser-

vice and flushes residual chlorine from the soften-

er.

Notes:

This recharge takes about 2 hours.

You can sanitize the softener with or without salt

water,

about 3 gallons

in the storage tank.

Q

Recommended by the Water Quality Association. On some

water supplies, the water softener may need periodic disinfecting.

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