Kenmore 625.38817, 625.38818 D. Sanitize The Water Softener, Water Softener Start Up, Section

SECTION 1

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 (i9 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.
_Lift	the	salt	hole		cover		and	use	a pail	to fill	the
salt storage tank with 3 gallons of water.

waterbrinewell cover

about 3/4 oz. bleach)

brinewell

_lJ Remove the brinewell cover (FIG. 3) and pour

about 3/4 ounce, or 1 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.

DPress the RECHARGE button and holdfor 3 se- conds to start a recharge. This first recharge does several things.

about 3 gallons /

•It draws the bleach into 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 2-1/2 hours.

You can sanitize the softener with or without salt

in the storage tank.

Recommended by the Water Quality Assodation. On some

water supplies, the water softener may need periodic disinfecting.

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