Kenmore 625.34846 SECTION 1 WATERSOFTENERSTART-UP

SECTION 1 WATERSOFTENERSTART-UP

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ID. SANITIZING THE WATER SOFTENER

Care is taken at the factory to keep your water

softener clean and sanitary. Materials used to

make the softener will not infect or contaminate

yourwater supply,and willnot cause bacteriato

form orgrow. However,during shipping,storage,

installing and operating, bacteria could get into

the softener. For this mason, sanitizing as

follows is suggested ®when installing.

1. Lift the salt hole coverand usea pailorhose

to till the salt storage tank with at least 1

gallon of water.

2. Remove the brinewell cover (FIG. 2) and

pour about 3/4 ounce of common 5.25%

household bleach (Clorox, linco, BoPeep,

White Sail, Eagle, etc.) in the softener

brinewelL

3. Press the ON/OFF-HOLD buttonand holdfor

3 seconds to start a recharge. This first

recharge does several things.

It draws thebleach into and through the

softener to sanitize it.

It fills the salt tank to the water level

needed.

It gets allthe air outof the resintank.

-- It makes the resin bed (see page 11)

ready for service.

NOTE:

This recharge takes about 40 minutes.

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Recommendedbythe Water QualityAssociation.On

somewatersupplies,thewater softenermayneedpe-

riodicdisinfecting.Sanitizewith or withoutsalt in the

storagetank.

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Contents

Main 8EAR8 Kenmore Water Softener microMAX MODEL NO. 625.348460 WARRANTY SEARS RESIDENTIAL WATER SOFTENER TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 SECTION 2 SECTION 3 SECTION 4 A. DIMENSIONS/SPECIFICATIONS SECTION 1 wATERSOFrE.ERSTART-UP 1A. SAFETY GUIDES SECTION 1 lB. CHECK LIST OF ALL STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL SECTION 1 WATERsOrrE.ERSTART-UP ,=e tmei, IIm_ p4p_ . 1C. PROG,RAM THE TIMER (_\ --"'--" F ICLE"II11 I SECTION 1 WATERSOFTENERSTART-UP ID. SANITIZING THE WATER SOFTENER SECTION 1 WATERSO E.ERSTART-UP 1E. FILL THE STORAGE TANK WITH SALT SECTION 2 .owYOURWATERSO E.ERWORKS 2A. FACE PLATE TIMER FEATURES SECTION 2 HOWYOURWATERsO rENERWORKS Page SECTION 2 SECTION 3 CAREOFYOURSO rE.ER 3A. SALT...REFILLING STORAGE TANK/BREAKING A SALTBRIDGE SALT BRIDGE SECTION 3 CAREOFYourSOFTENER 3B. KEEPING THE WATER SOFTENER CLEAN SECTION 3 CAREOFYOURSOFTENER 3C. KEEP THE SOFTENER FROM FREEZING 1. SECTION 3 CAREOFYOURSO ENER 3D. HELPFUL HINTS CHECKLIST ... TO HELP YOU SAVE MONEY badged. SECTION 4 OT.ERT.INQSTOKNOW TIE D C OTHERS SECTION 5 WIRING SCHEMATIC 4. 6. istheresaltinthestoragetank? SECTION 5 SERVlCER'STECH.I..ORMATION 1. ""'plnnn___"l swn'c. !1 5E2 I SECTION 5 SERV,CER'STECH.I.FOR.ATION 5. To return the softener to service, press ON/OFF-HOLD. N SECTION 5 5B. ROTARY VALVE SERVICE - 5C. WATER FLOW THROUGH THE SOFTENER VALVE SERVICE CYCLE PoSmON (SOFT) SECTION 5 SERVlCSR'STECH.INFORMATION 5E. WATER FLOW THROUGH THE SOFTENER VALVE Page SECTION 6 REPAIRPARTS SEARS WATER SOFTENER MODEL NO. 625, 348460 VaporBarrier SECTION 6 REPAIRPARTS J BRINE VALVE r ASSEMBLY SEARS WATER SOFTENER MODEL NO. 625.348460 SECTION 6REPAIRPARTS SECTION 6 R PAIRPARTS SEARS WATER SOFTENER MODEL NO. 625.348460 81 88and6O) cap sw s Kenmore OWNERS MANUAL REPALRPARTS SERVICE MODEL NO.