Kenmore 625.3486 owner manual Water Softener START-UP 1D. Sanitizing the Water Softener, ADD Water

SECTION 1

WATER SOFTENER START-UP

1D. SANITIZING THE WATER SOFTENER

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Care is taken at the factory to keep your water

softener 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, instal-

ling and operating, bacteria could get into the

softener. For this reason, sanitizing as follows is

suggested _ when installing.

1. The first time you sanitize your softener, be

sure to do all steps in the installation manual,

and on pages 5, 6 and 7 of this manual first.

2.Lift the salt hole cover and use a pail or hose to fill the salt storage tank with at least 3 gallons of water.

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salt hole cover

hose

brinewelI cover

(remove and add about3/4 oz. bIeach)

brinewelI

°Remove the brinewell cover (FIG. 3) and pour

about 3/4 ounce, or 1 to 2 tablespoons, of

common 5.25% household bleach (Clorox, Lin-

co, BoPeep, White Sail, Eagle, etc.) in the

softener brinewell.

, 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 need- ed.

water,

about 3 gallon_.,.

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

--It prepares the resin bed (see page 12) for service.

NOTES:

This recharge takes about 2-1/2 or 2-3/4 hours,

depending on the salt type setting (page 7).

You can sanitize the softener with or without

salt in the storage tank.

Recommended by the Water Quality Association. On

some water supplies, the water softener may need pe- riodic disinfecting.

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