Kenmore 625.38888 owner manual Sanitize the Water Softener, Storage tank

SECTION1 WATER SOFTENER

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 _i9 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.

_lJ

Lift

the

salt

hole

cover

and

use

a

pail

to

fill

the

salt storage tank with 3 gallons of water.

_

Remove

the

brinewell

cover (FIG.

2 and

3) and

pour about 3/4 ounce, or

1 to

2 tablespoons,

of

common

5.25%,

unscented,

household

bleach

(Clorox, Linco, BoPeep, White Sail, Eagle, etc.)

in the

softener

brinewell.

water, about 3 gallons

DPress 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 or 2- 3/4 hours, de-

pending on the salt type setting (page 1-4).

You can sanitize the softener with o1"without salt

in the storage tank.

1" Recommended by the Water Quality Assodation. On some

water supplies, the water softener may need periodic disinfecting.

1-5

START UP

brinewell cover

(remove and add about 3/4 oz. bleach)

brinewell

Problems, Questions? Call 1- 800- 426- 9345 Kenmore Water Line