Kenmore 625.348460 Section, Water Softener Start-Up, 1D. SANITIZING THE WATER SOFTENER, Add Water

SECTION 1

WATER SOFTENER START-UP

1D. 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 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 suggested① when installing.

1￿ Lift the salt hole cover and use a pail or hose to fill 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 button and hol￿ for 3 s￿con￿s to start a recharge. This first recharge does several things.

4It draws the bleach into and through the softener to sanitize it.

4It fills the salt tank to the water level needed.

4It gets all the air out of the resin tank.

4It makes the resin bed (see page 11) ready for service.

NOTES:

This recharge takes about 40 minutes.

You can sanitize the softener ￿￿￿￿ ￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿

￿￿￿salt in the storage tank￿

FIG. 2 ADD WATER

Water,

About 1 Gallon

Brinewell

Cover

(remove and add

about 3/4 oz. bleach)

①Recommended by the Water Quality Association. On some water supplies, the water softener may need pe- riodic disinfecting. Sanitize either with or without salt in the storage tank.

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