E. FILL THE STORAGE TANK WITH SALT
Brine (salt dissolved in water) is needed for each
and every regeneration. The water for making brine is metered into the salt storage tank by the softener.
However, you must keep salt in the tank, but it is not
necessary to keep it full. In humid areas, it is best
to fill the storage tank one quarter to one half full,
and to refill it more often. Salt bridging (see page
Fill the tank with NUGGET or PELLET water soft- ener salt. DO NOT use rock salts, as they have dirt
and sediments that will stop the softener from working.
Before filling, be sure the brinewell cover is in place
on the top of the brinewell. Salt storage capacity is shown on page
If you choose Potassium Chloride (KC1) as a regen-
erant, following these suggestions will help give
you years of maintenance free service.
1)Place only one bag of KC1 in your softener at a time (the salt storage tank should contain no more
than 60 pounds of KC1 at any one time).
2)A softener using KC1 should not be placed in
areas with temperature fluctuations and high hu-
midity (KC1 will harden in these environments and may make the softener inoperable).
3)Check the brine tank and brine well (black tube in
salt storage tank) monthly. If hardening is present,
pour small amounts of warm water on hardened areas until they loosen.
4)If your softener does not have a KC1 salt setting
you must increase your hardness setting by 25% to
ensure continuous soft water as in example below.
Raw Water | Hardenss | Softener setting when |
|
| |
(grains per | gallon) | using KCl |
5 gpg | 7 gpg | |
10gpg | 13gpg | |
1Sgpg | 19gpg | |
20gpg25gpg
+25 % =
25gpg32gpg
3Ogpg38gpg
35 | gpg | 44 | gpg |
40 | gpg | 50 | gpg |
WATER SOFTENING SALT WITH IRON REMOV-
ING ADDITIVES
help the softener handle iron in the water supply. These salts may be used if your water supply has a
high iron content. It is recommended to use Sears Resin Bed Cleaner 42- 34426, for periodic treatments
to keep your resin bed clean. This is available at your local Sears store.
brinewell
cover
salt
storage
tankbrinewell
Sodium information: Water softeners using sodium
chloride for regeneration add sodium to the waten
Persons who are on sodium restricted diets should consider the added sodium as part of their overall sodium intake. For example, if your water supply is 15 grains hard, you would have to drink 3 quarts of
softened water to consume 335 milligrams of so-
dium. That is equivalent to eating
Persons who are concerned about their drinking
water should consider a Kenmore Drinking Water System that will remove or reduce in excess of 90%
of the sodium and other drinking water contami- nants.
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