Kenmore 425 owner manual Sanitize the Water Softener, Charge

SECTION 1

WATER SOFTENER START UP

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

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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.

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Lift

the

salt

hole

cover

and

use

a

pail

to fill

the

salt

storage

tank

with

up

to

3 gallons

of

water

(approximately

3 inches).

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Remove

the

brinewell

cover

(FIG.

3)

and

pour

about

3/4

ounce,

or

1 to

2 tablespoons,

of

com-

mon

5.25%,

unscented,

household

bleach (Clo-

rox,

Linco,

BoPeep,

White

Sail, Eagle, etc.) in the

softener

brinewell.

Replace

the

brinewell

cover.

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Open

the

bypass

valve

and

press

the

RE-

CHARGE

button

and holdfor 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 needed.

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

•It prepares the resin bed (see page 2-4) for ser-

vice and flushes residual chlorine from the soften-

er.

Notes:

This recharge takes about 2 hours, depending on the salt type setting (page 1-4).

You can sanitize the softener with or without salt

in the storage tank.

water, about 3 gallons

brinewell cover

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

brinewell

Recommended by the Water Quality Association. On some

water supplies, the water softener may need periodic disinfecting.

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