Kenmore 625.38376 owner manual Water Flow Through The Softener, Valve Service Cycle, Fill Cycle

WATER FLOW THROUGH THE SOFTENER

SERVICE CYCLE

Hard water enters the valve inlet port. Internal valve porting routes the water down and out the top distributor, into the resin tank. Hard water is

softened as it passes through the resin bed, then enters the bottom distributor. Soft water flows back

into the valve and out the valve outlet, to the house soft water pipes.

VALVE

SERVICE CYCLE

From Valve Inlet

	(Hard Water)
To Valve	Top Distributor
(Soft Water)	Resin Tank

Bottom

Distributor

FIG. 67

FILL CYCLE

To begin a regeneration, the electronic timer ener- gizes the circuit to the valve motor. The valve motor rotates the rotor and disc and the valve cam until the position switch lever drops, to open the motor circuit and position the valve in FILL. As the rotor and disc rotates, the port opens for SOFT water fin through the venturi. Fill flow continues to the brine valve, and into the salt storage tank. Soft water is still available to the house lines.in.

position switch

fill flow plug

fill water (soft)

To Valve Outlet (Soft Water)

FILL CYCLE

valve cam

rotor & disc

Valve Inlet (hard water)

Distributor

Resin Tank

Position

Switch

FIG. 68

BRINING AND BRINE RINSE CYCLE

BRINING AND BRINE RINSE CYCLES	Venturi
	\
After fill, timer/switch action allows the motor to
turn the rotor and disc into BRINING position.
Water flow is directed to the nozzle. Suction, creat-
ed by the nozzle and venturi, draws brine from the	Brine from Salt
salt storage tank and injects it into the resin bed
	Storage Tank
via the bottom distributor. Flow continues out the

top distributor and to the drain. Hard water is avail- BypassHard

able at the valve outlet. WaterTo

Drain

from valve inlet (Hard Water)

Position

Switch 4z_

When the brine valve closes to end brine draw, water flow continues in the same directions to slowly RINSE brine from the resin bed and to the drain.

Valve Outlet

/I

FIG. 69

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