SECTION 2

.ow YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS

II

2B. SOFT WATER SERVICE AND REGENERATION

_]BRINING: During brining, the brine is moved from the salt storage area, into the resin tank. Inside

the resin tank, brine cleans hardness minerals from

the resin beads and they are discharged out the

drain. How much brine is needed to clean the resin

depends on:

--the amount of resin in the softener,

--how fast the brine goes through the bed.

WATER FLOW THROUGH THE SOFTENER IN BACKWASH

hard water,

hard water

bypassOUT! I ,N

drain

The nozzle and venturi (FIG. 6) make suction to take brine from the salt tank and put it into the resin tank. They keep the brine flow down to a ve W slow rote to

get the best resin cleaning with the least salt.

[] BRINE RINSE: After all of the brine goes into the

resin tank, the brine valve closes. Water keeps

flowing the same way it did during brining except

the brine flow has stopped. Hardness minerals and brine flush from the resin tank to the drain. Brining

and brine rinse together vaw in the length of time they take, relative to the fill cycle length.

WATER FLOW THROUGH THE

SOFTENER IN BRINING AND

BRINE RINSE

 

hard water

 

hard water

 

 

 

bypass OUT

t

! IN

nozzle &

....

j I

_

 

 

 

drain

venturi _,

resin bed lifted and expanded

[5]FAST RINSE: Backwash is followed by a fast flow of water down through the resin tank. The fast flow packs the resin bed and gets it ready for return to service (FIG. 8).

After fast rinse, the softener returns to service. Hard water goes into the resin tank where the resin bed again takes out the hardness minerals. Soft water goes to the house soft water pipes.

WATER FLOW THROUGH THE

SOFTENER IN FAST RINSE

soft water

hard water

OUT1)I 'N

drain

brineva_. _!_...

brine

[]BACKWASH: During backwash, water flows UP through the resin tank (FIG. 7) at a fast rate to flush iron minerals, dirt and sediments from the bed and to

the drain. The bed lifts and expands for good cleaning.

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Kenmore 625.34857 Water Flow Through the Softener in Backwash, Water Flow Through Softener in Brining Brine Rinse
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625.34857, 625.34859 specifications

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