SECTION 3
CARE OF YOUR SOFTENER
3D. HELPFUL HINTS CHECKLIST
... TO HELP YOU SAVE MONEY
If your water softener fails to work, make the following easy checks. Often, you will find what’s wrong yourself and you won’t have to call and wait for service. If, after making the checks, your softener still does not work right, call your Sears Service Department.
NOTE:
1.Also read ERROR CODE, page 11.
2.If an error code is not dispIayed, press and hold the #1 SELECT button until (example: 000-
PROBLEM | CAUSE | CORRECTION |
NO SOFT WATER | No salt (or salt bridged) in the storage tank | Refill with salt, or break the salt bridge |
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| (page 15). Press |
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| (RECHARGE NOW) button and hold for 3 |
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| seconds to start a regeneration (see page |
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| 10). |
| Transfomer unplugged at the wall outlet, or | Check for loss of power due to any of |
| power cable leads loose, fuse blown, circuit | these and correct. With the power back |
| breaker popped, or circuit switched off. | on, look at the time display and read |
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| PROGRAM MEMORY, page 11. |
| Manual bypass valve(s) in bypass position | Look at FIG. 12 on page 19. Move the |
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| stem in a single valve to service. In a |
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| valves, and be sure to fully close the |
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| bypass valve. |
| Dirty, plugged or damaged nozzle & venturi | Take apart and clean or replace damaged |
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| parts (see page 16). |
| Valve drain hose plugged | The drain hose must not have kinks, sharp |
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| bends, or be raised too high above the |
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| softener (see page 16 in your installation |
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| manual). |
WATER HARD | Hardness number setting too low | Press and release the SELECT button |
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| until HARDNESS shows in the display. |
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| Read the hardness number in the display |
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| and be sure the same grains per gallon |
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| number is shown on your water analysis |
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| report. See page 7 to reset. Press and |
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| release the SELECT button until the |
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| present time shows in the display. |
| Using hot water when softener is | Avoid using hot water during this time |
| regenerating | because the water heater refills with hard |
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| water (see Automatic Bypass, page 14). |
| Increase in the grains of hardness in your | Ask your Sears retail or catalog store for a |
| water supply | new water analysis. Then make a new |
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| hardness number setting (page 7). |
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