Kenmore 625.38815, 625.38816 owner manual Salt Refilling Storage TANK, Salt Bridge

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A. SALT: REFILLING STORAGE TANK, SALT BRIDGE

S E C T

WHEN TO REFILL WITH SALT: Check the salt level a few weeks after you install the softener and

every week after that. Refill

when the storage tank is about 1/3 full (see note on page 1-6). Never let the softener use all the

salt before refilling. Without salt, you will soon have hard water.

Note:

You will have a loss in softening capacity and may get partly hard water if less than 10 inches of salt is in the storage tank.

PLEASE SEE PAGE 1-6 FOR SALT FILLING DIRECTIONS.

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SALT BRIDGE

Sometimes, a hard crust or salt bridge forms in the

salt storage tank. It is usually caused by high hu- midity or the wrong kind of salt. When the salt

bridges, an empty space forms between the water and salt. Then salt will not dissolve (melt) in the wa- ter to make brine. Without brine, the resin bed does

not regenerate and you will have hard water.

Salt Bridge

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If the storage tankis full of salt, it is hard to tellifyou have a salt bridge. Salt is loose on top, but the bridge is under it. The following is the best way to check for a salt bridge.

Salt should be loose all the way to the bottom of the tank. Hold a broom handle, or like tool, up to the softener as shown in FIG. 10. Make a pencil mark on the handle, 1" or 2" below the top height of the rim.

Then, carefully push it straight down into the salt. If a hard object is felt before the pencil mark gets to the top of the tank, it's most likely a salt bridge.

Carefully push into the bridge in a few places to break it. Do not try to break the salt bridge by

pounding on the outside of the salt tank. You may

damage the tank.

If the wrong kind of salt made the bridge, take it out. Then fill the tank with nugget or pellet salt only.

pencil mark

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salt

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water level

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