Kenmore ULTRASOFT 175 625.388170, ULTRASOFT 180 625.388180 Sanitize the Water Softener, Recharge

SECTION1 WATER SOFTENER START UP

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.

However,

during

shipping,

storage,

installing

and

operating,

bacteria

could

get

into

the

softener.

For

this

reason,

sanitizing

as

follows

is

suggested

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when

installing.

[The

first

time

you

sanitize

your

softener,

be

sure

to

do

all

steps

in the

installation

manual,

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.

_J_

Lift

the

salt

hole

cover

and

use

a

pail

to

fill

the

salt

storage

tank

with

3 gallons of water.

_J

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

cover.

[]Press

the

RECHARGE

button

and

hold for

3 se-

conds

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 2-1/2 hours.

You can sanitize the softener with or without salt in the storage tank.

brinewell cover

brinewell

(!;' Recommended by the Water Qualily Assodatton. On some

water supplies, the water softener may need periodic

disinfecting.

1-5

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