Kenmore 625.38426 owner manual Soft Water Service and Regeneration

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SOFT WATER SERVICE AND REGENERATION

SERVICE

When the softener is giving you soft water, it is called "Service". During service, hard water comes from the house main water pipe into the softener. Inside the sof- tener resin tank is a bed made up of thousands of tiny, plastic resin beads. As hard water passes through the bed, each bead attracts and holds the hardness miner- als. This is called ion exchanging. Water without the hardness minerals (soft water) flows out of the softener and into the house soft water pipes. After a period of time, the resin beads hold all of the hardness minerals they can, and cleaning with salt brine is needed. This cleaning is called regeneration or recharge. Regeneration is started at 2:00 a.m. by the electronic timer. It takes place in 5 stages or cycles.

These are: 1. Fill

2.Brining

3.Brine Rinse

4.Backwash

5.Fast Rinse

NOTE: If the Clean Feature is set to "On'; additional

backwash and fast rinse cycles occur before the fill

cycle.

REGENERATION

The five steps listed above are described in detail over the next several pages.

FILL: Salt, dissolved in water, is called brine. Brine is needed to clean the hardness minerals from the resin beads. To make the brine, water flows into the salt stor- age area during the fill stage. Fill cycle length depends on how much soft water making capacity you have used since the last regeneration. As you use more water, fill time increases so more brine is made. The

greater amount of brine cleans more hardness minerals from the resin bed.

WATER FLOW THROUGH

THE SOFTENER IN SERVICE

Soft Water Hard Water

Salt Storage Tank\ (Salt not shown)

Resin Tank

Brine Valve X

_ Resin Bed

FIG. 51

WATER FLOW THROUGH

THE SOFTENER IN FILL

Soft Water Hard Water

Salt Storage Tank

Brine Valve

\

Fill Water

FIG. 52

Questions? Call The Kenmore Water Line 1-800-426-9345

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Contents NSF/ANSI Save this ManualONE Year Limited Warranty on Water Softener Warranty on Water SoftenerThree Year Limited Warranty on Electronic Parts TEN Year Limited Warranty Against LeaksQuestions? Questions? Call The Kenmore Water Line Inspect Shipment Parts Descriptions Small PartsPlan Your Installation Proper Order to Install Water Treating EquipmentTools Needed PipeWhere to Install the Water Softener Typical InstallationDraw Your Pipes Fittings Suggested Slab Foundation InstallationOUT Adding a pressure reducing valve may reduce the flow Before Installing Checks & TestsInlet and Outlet Threaded Adaptors Assemble Inlet Outlet ADAPTORS, or Single Bypass ValveBypass Valve Bypass Valve Turned Downward Installing Holding ClipsValve Bypass Connect the Softener Position Softener Into PlaceConnect Salt Tank Overflow Tubing Connect the Valve Drain HoseLeak Test House Main Water Shutoff ValvesSingle Bypass Connecting Transformer Water Meter Jumper WireElectrical Power Outlet for Your Softener Cold Water Pipe GroundingRestart the Water Heater Install CoversProgram the Timer Hardness Number SET Present Time of DAYSET Water Hardness Number Recharge Time SET Regeneration TimeSanitize Your Water Softener AS Follows Sanitize the Water SoftenerRemoving Additives Adding Salt to the Storage TankWater Softening Salt with Iron Unit plugged Into a continuously live outlet? Check List of STEP-BY-STEP Guides to InstallRecharge NOW SettingsRecharge Tonight Menu SelectionsOptions Play Units Service Mode Kenmores Ultra Cleansing Feature Regeneration Soft Water Service and RegenerationService Water Flow Through Softener in Backwash Water Flow Through Softener Brining and Brine RinseElectronics Soft Water Service and Regeneration Automatic BypassWater Flow Through Softener Fast Rinse Salt Bridge Salt BridgeIron from Resin BED Keeping the Water Softener Clean Nozzle & VenturiFreezing Drain ALL Water from SoftenerCorrection ProblemcauseChecklist to Help YOU Save Money Bypass Valves Timer Code H46Pressure Drop PSI vs. Flow Rate GPM Faceplate Wiring SchematicAlways Make These Initial Checks First Eration CheckProcedure for Removing Error Code From Faceplate Possible ProblemManual Initiated Electronics Diagnostics Code Most LikelyTimer PWA Replacement Cycle Flow Rates Gallons PER MIN Manual Advance Regeneration CheckBrine Rinse MAX. BackwashAssembly DisassemblyTo Relieve Pressure Servicing the ValveService Cycle Valve Service CycleWater Flow Through the Softener Fill CycleFast Rinse Cycle Valve Backwash CycleBackwash Cycle Fast Rinse CycleQuestions? Call The Kenmore Water Line Ing Decal Water Softener Complete KeyNoInlet Outlet Grounding Clamps Part Number Part Description Brine Valve Assembly\1110 o Key Part No. Number Part Description Your Home

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