SECTION 2

HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS

2B. SOFT WATER SERVICE AND REGENERATION

SERVICE

When the softener is giving you soft water, it is called •Service". During service, hard water flows through the house main water pipe and into the softener. Inside of the softener resin tank is a bed made up of thousands of tiny, plastic resin beads (FIG. 4). As hard water passes through the bed, each bead attracts and holds the hardness minerals. This is called ion1exchanging. It is much like a magnet attracting and holding metals. 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 become coated with hardness minerals and they have to be cleaned. This cleaning is called regeneration or recharge. Regeneration is started at 2:00 a.m. by the electronic timer (see page 13). It takes place in 5 stages or cycles. These are:

1

FILL

4

BACKWASH

2

BRINING

5

FAST RINSE

3BRINE RINSE

FIG. 4 WATER FLOW THROUGH THE SOFTENER IN SERVICE

 

soft water

hard water

 

 

OUT

IN

 

salt storage

 

 

 

tank (salt

 

 

 

not shown)

 

 

 

brine valve

ÌÌÌ

 

 

resin tank

 

resin bed

REGENERATION

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 storage area during the fill stage as shown in FIG.

5.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.

FIG. 5 WATER FLOW THROUGH THE

SOFTENER IN FILL

 

soft water

hard water

 

OUT

IN

salt storage

 

 

tank

fill waterÌÌÌ

brine valve

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Kenmore 625.348420 owner manual Service, Fill Backwash Brining Fast Rinse Brine Rinse, Regeneration

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