Kenmore 625.34847 2B. Soft Water Service and Regeneration, Serviceregeneration, Fill Backwash

2B. SOFT WATER SERVICE AND REGENERATION

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SERVICEREGENERATION

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 ion-exchanging 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:

[] FILL [] BACKWASH

r_ BRINING [_ FAST RINSE

[] BRINE RINSE

WATER FLOW THROUGH THE

SOFTENER IN SERVICE

Hard Water

IN

Resin Bed

[_]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 ill! 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

_WATER	FLOW THROUGH THE
	SOFTENER IN FILL

Hard Water

IN

Soil Water ,h

Salt

_- Storage Tank (salt not shown)

Filt Water,.. :i _!:;-

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