Kenmore 425 owner manual Kenmores Ultra Cleansing Feature, Service

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HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS

KENMORE'S ULTRA CLEANSING FEATURE

(UltraSoft 480 only)

The ultra cleansing feature keeps larger particles of

sediment from entering the home's plumbing sys-

tem. As water passes through the softener, the larg-

er sediment particles are collected in the integrated basket and then rinsed to the drain before each re-

generation. The ultra cleansing feature provides

added protection for water-using appliances by re-

ducing the chance of larger particles entering the

various product's valves and screens.

An extra backwash will be pre-programmed into the electronics by the factory (see "Clean Feature" in

Section 2 "Faceplate Timer Features" in this manu-

al). This extra backwash will help keep the ultra

cleansing feature screen clean.

hnportant: The ultra cleansing feature is not in-

tended to replace pretreatment filtration. For prob-

lem water applications, additional sediment filtra- tion is recommended.

Sears offers a full-line of dedicated sediment filtra-

tion products including the Whole Home Filter and

Automatic Clarifying Filter.

ultra cleansing screen

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B. 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 softener resin tank is a bed made up of

thousands of tiny, plastic resin beads (FIG. 5). As

hard water passes through the bed, each bead at-

tracts and holds the hardness minerals. This is

called ion-exchanging. It is much like a magnet at-

tracting and holding metals. Water without the

hardness minerals (soft water) flows out of the soft-

ener and into the house soft water pipes.After a pe- riod 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 re-

charge. Regeneration is started at 2:00 a.m. by the electronic timer. It takes place in 5 stages or cycles. These are:

Note:

If the Clean feature is set to ON, additional back-

wash and fast rinse cycles occur before the fill cycle.

Water Flow Through

the Softener in Service

soft water hard water

OUT IN

salt storage tank (salt not shown)

brine valve

resin tank

resin bed

[] FILL [] BACKWASH

[] BRINING [] FAST RINSE

[] BRINE RINSE

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