Kenmore 625.3485400 Sanitizing The Water Softener, Section, Water Softener Start-Up, Add Water

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WATER SOFTENER START-UP

	1D.	SANITIZING THE WATER SOFTENER
Care is taken at the factory to keep your water				ADD WATER
			FIG. 2
softener clean and sanitary. Materials used to
make the softener will not infect or contaminate
your water supply, and will not cause bacteria to			Salt Hole
form or grow. However, during shipping, stor-			Cover

age, installing and operating, bacteria could get into the softener. For this reason, sanitizing as follows is suggested¬ when installing.

1.Lift the salt hole cover and use a pail or hose to fill the salt storage tank with at least 3 gallons of water.

2.Remove the brinewell cover (FIG. 3) and pour about 3/4 ounce of common 5.25% household bleach (Clorox, Linco, BoPeep, White Sail, Eagle, etc.) in the softener brine- well.

3.Press the ON/OFF-HOLDbutton and hold for 3 seconds to start a recharge. This first re- charge does several things.

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

—It fills the salt tank to the water level need- ed.

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

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

NOTES:

This recharge takes about 2 hours.

hose

Water,

About 3 Gallons

Brinewell

Cover

(remove and add

about 3/4 oz. bleach)

Brinewell

You can sanitize the softener with or with- out salt in the storage tank.

¬Recommended by the Water Quality Association. On some water supplies, the water softener may need pe- riodic disinfecting.

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