Kenmore 625.38816 Fill the Storage Tank with Salt, Water Softening Salt with Iron Remov

E. FILL THE STORAGE TANK WITH SALT

Brine (salt dissolved in water) is needed for each

and every regeneration. The water for making brine is metered into the salt storage tank by the softener.

However, you must keep salt in the tank, but it is not

necessary to keep it full. In humid areas, it is best

to fill the storage tank one quarter to one half full,

and to refill it more often. Salt bridging (see page

3-1) occurs more often when conditions are humid.

Fill the tank with NUGGET or PELLET water soft- ener salt. DO NOT use rock salts, as they have dirt

and sediments that will stop the softener from working.

Before filling, be sure the brinewell cover is in place

on the top of the brinewell. Salt storage capacity is shown on page 4-1.

If you choose Potassium Chloride (KC1) as a regen-

erant, following these suggestions will help give

you years of maintenance free service.

1)Place only one bag of KC1 in your softener at a time (the salt storage tank should contain no more

than 60 pounds of KC1 at any one time).

2)A softener using KC1 should not be placed in

areas with temperature fluctuations and high hu-

midity (KC1 will harden in these environments and may make the softener inoperable).

3)Check the brine tank and brine well (black tube in

salt storage tank) monthly. If hardening is present,

pour small amounts of warm water on hardened areas until they loosen.

4)If your softener does not have a KC1 salt setting

you must increase your hardness setting by 25% to

ensure continuous soft water as in example below.

Raw Water	Hardenss	Softener setting when
(grains per	gallon)	using KCl
5 gpg		7 gpg
10gpg		13gpg
1Sgpg		19gpg

20gpg25gpg

+25 % =

25gpg32gpg

3Ogpg38gpg

35	gpg	44	gpg
40	gpg	50	gpg

WATER SOFTENING SALT WITH IRON REMOV-

ING ADDITIVES --Some salts have an additive to

help the softener handle iron in the water supply. These salts may be used if your water supply has a

high iron content. It is recommended to use Sears Resin Bed Cleaner 42- 34426, for periodic treatments

to keep your resin bed clean. This is available at your local Sears store.

brinewell

cover

salt

storage

tankbrinewell

Sodium information: Water softeners using sodium

chloride for regeneration add sodium to the waten

Persons who are on sodium restricted diets should consider the added sodium as part of their overall sodium intake. For example, if your water supply is 15 grains hard, you would have to drink 3 quarts of

softened water to consume 335 milligrams of so-

dium. That is equivalent to eating 2-1/2 slices of white bread.

Persons who are concerned about their drinking

water should consider a Kenmore Drinking Water System that will remove or reduce in excess of 90%

of the sodium and other drinking water contami- nants.

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