Kenmore 625.348321 owner manual HOW Your Water Softener Works Face Plate Timer Features

SECTION 2

HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS

	2A.	FACE PLATE TIMER FEATURES
RECHARGE NOW — If you have guests visit-
			FIG. 5
ing, or other times when you use more water
than usual, you could begin to run out of soft					1	PRESENT TIME AND DAY
water. If the softener is not scheduled to regener-
					2	RECHARGE TIME
ate for another day or 2, you would get hard			PM	.
water until then. If this happens, or you think it			RCHG .
					3	RECHARGE DAY
might happen, press and hold in the HOLD-RE-
CHARGE NOW button ¤ for 3 seconds until					4	SET / CLEAR
RCHG shows. RCHG will flash in the display					5	ON / OFF	VACATION
during the regeneration, which lasts under 2						HOLD	RECHARGE NOW
hours.
NOTE:
Avoid using HOT water while the softener
regenerates, because bypass hard water will
refill the water heater (see “Automatic Bypass,”
page 13).

VACATION — The day you leave on vacation, or	FIG. 6
other long absence, press (do not hold in) the
ON/OFF VACATION button ¤ . VAC begins to
		1	PRESENT TIME AND DAY
flash in the display (FIG. 6). The timer will keep
		2	RECHARGE TIME
time, but the softener will not regenerate to
waste water and salt.		3	RECHARGE DAY
NOTE:
		4	SET / CLEAR
Whie in VACATION, the softener will go			ON / OFF		VACATION
		5
					RECHARGE NOW
through a regeneration if the RECHARGE NOW			HOLD
feature is used (see above).
To shut off the water supply to the softener, use
the plumbing bypass valve(s), FIG. 16, page 21.
WHEN YOU RETURN, press the VACATION,
button again to return the softener to service, and
the correct time of day in the display. Remember
to do this or the softener will not regenerate
and you will soon have hard water.
ERROR CODE — An error code could appear in
the face plate display if a problem occurs in the
softener electronics. If you see an error code				Continued
instead of the present time of day, please call you

local Sears Service Department for service.

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