Kenmore 625.38811 owner manual Sanitize the Water Softener, All

SECTION1 WATER SOFTENER START UP

D. SANITIZE THE WATER SOFTENER

Care is taken at the factory to keep your water soft-

ener

clean and

sanitary.

Materials

used

to

make

the

softener

will

not

infect

or

contaminate

your water

supply, and will not cause bacteria to form or grow.

However,

during

shipping,

storage, installing

and

operating,

bacteria

could

get into the

softener.

For

this

reason,

sanitizing

as

follows

is

suggested

'at

when

installing.

[The

first

time

you sanitize

your

softener,

be

sure

to

do

all

steps

in the

installation

manual,

and

on

pages

1-2,

1-3 and

1-4 of this

manual

first.

Note: Be certain the bypass valve is pulled out

to

"service"

position.

salt hole cover

_!_	Lift	the	salt	hole	cover	and	use	a	pail	to fill the
	salt storage			tank	with	3 gallons		of	water.
[]Remove			the brinewell			cover (FIG.			3)	and	pour
	about		3/4	ounce,	or i	to 2	tablespoons,			of	com-
	mon	5.25%,		unscented,		household			bleach		(Clo-
	rox, Linco, BoPeep, White Sail Eagle, etc.) in the
	softener		brinewell.		Replace		the	brinewell			cover.
[]Press		the ON/OFF-HOED					button		and	hold for3
	seconds		to	start	a recharge.		This		first	recharge
	does	several		things.

•It draws the bleachinto and through the softener

to sanitize it.

•It fills the salt tank to the water level needed.

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

•It prepares the resin bed (see page 2-3) for ser-

vice and flushes residual chlorine from the soften- er.

Notes:

This recharge takes about 2 hours.

You can sanitize the softener with or without salt in the storage tank.

(t9 Recommended by the water Quality Association. On some

water supplies, the water softener may need periodic disinfecting.

brinewell cover

(remove and add about 3[4 o_. bleach)

brirlewell

w_tter, J

about 3 gallons

)

F

1-5

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