Kenmore 625.3486 HOW Your Water Softener Works 2A.FACEPLATE Timer Features, Extra Recharge

SECTION 2

HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS

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2A.FACEPLATE TIMER FEATURES

EXTRA RECHARGE

Sometimes, a manually started regeneration (re- charge) may be desired, or needed. Two examples are:

You have used more water than usual (guests

visiting) and you may run out of soft water before

the next timer started regeneration.

- You did not refill the softener with salt before it

was gone.

You can start a regeneration right away, or you can

set the timer to regenerate at the next 2:00 AM (or

other preset recharge time). Do the following.

indicator light to remind you to refill the storage

tank with salt. To set this monitor system:

1.Lift the salt hole cover and level the salt in the

storage tank.

o The salt level decal, on the brinewell inside the

tank, has numbers from 0 to 8 (see drawing on

page 9 and below). Observe the number the

leveled salt is at or closest to.

o Now, press the SALT LEVEL ADJUST button

until black bars display up to the salt level

number. For example, the pictures below show the salt level at 6.

RECHARGENOW

button

and

hold

until

*RE-

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.... REI'c,_--d_

CHARGE,• Press

theServON/andOFFFill-HOLDbegin

[ ii°_l_

-w,rlr'wPM

to

flash

in the display.

Upon

.........

reaching

fill,

the

first

cycle

of

regeneration,

the

flashing

Serv

goes off

and

Fill is

on

steady.

RECHARGE

continues

to

flash.

This

regeneration

will

last

for about

2 hours.

After

the

2 hours,

you

will

have

soft

water

again.

*NOTE:

If the CLEAN feature is set to ON, a cleaning

backwash (CLEAN and Bkwsh or Rinse flashes in

the display, along with the minutes of the clean

cycle remaining) precedes the recharge.

o Finally, set the level you want the low salt

indicator light to come on. Press the SIGNAL

LIGHT ADJUST button until a (÷) shows

opposite this number. In the example below,

the light will come one when the stored salt

drops to level 2. At level 2, the storage tank is

about 1/3 full. This is the lowest you should allow the stored salt level to drop to. To turn the

salt monitor off, press the SIGNAL LIGHT

ADJUST button until OFF shows above.

NOTE:

For accurate salt monitor operation, always use

nugget or pellet water softener salt. See page 9.

RECHARGETONIGHT

• Press and release (do not :o_1 q,,-nnP.

ibars, salt level

brinewelI

button.		the	RECHARGE			TO-	ii ] REC._'_ON,,
hold)			ON	/	OFF-HOLD
NIGHT			flashes	in	the	display,	.........	salt
and	the		softener	begins		regen-		level
eration			at the	next	preset recharge		time. Press

and	release the	ON/OFF-HOLD	button once	LOW
				SAL_
more if you decide to cancel the regeneration,				indicator light
and	RECHARGE	TONIGHT.

SALT MONITOR SYSTEM

The face plate timer has a low salt monitor with an

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