SECTION2

HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS

A. FACEPLATE TIMER FEATURES

•EXTRA RECHARGE

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Sometimes,

 

a

manually

started

 

 

 

regeneration

 

(recharge)

 

may

be

 

desired,

or

needed.

Two exam-

C

ples

are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

- You have used more water than

usual

(guests

 

visiting)

 

and

you

T

may

run

out

of soft water before

 

 

the

next

timer

started

 

regenera-

 

tion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- You did not refill the softener with salt before it was gone. After you refill with salt:

N

 

 

You

can

start

a regeneration

right

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

away, or you can set the timer to

 

 

 

 

regenerate

at the next 2:00 AM (or

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• RECHARGE

NOW

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press

the

RECHARGE

button and

 

 

 

hold for 3 seconds. The words RE-

 

 

 

CHARGE

 

NOW

begin

to

flash

in

 

 

 

the

display, and

the

softener

en-

 

 

 

ters

the fill

cycle

of regeneration

right away.

This

re-

generation willlast for about 2 hours. Then, you will

have soft

water again.

 

 

• RECHARGE

TONIGHT

 

Press and release (do not hold) the

 

RECHARGE

button.

RECHARGE

RECHARGErO",GHr

TONIGHT

flashes in

the display,

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. !

and the softener begins regenera-

tion at the next preset recharge time. Press and re-

lease the RECHARGE button once more if you de-

cide to cancel the regeneration, and RECHARGE TONIGHZ

•SET SALT LEVEL

'lb set this monitor system, lift the salt hole cover and level the salt in

the storage tank. The salt level de- SET SALT LEVEL0

cal, on the brinewell inside the

tank, has numbers from 0 to 8.

Observe the highest number the leveled salt is at, or closest to. Now press the UP or DOWN buttons un-

til the number corresponds with the salt level num-

ber. At level 2 or below, the indicator LED will flash. If you wish to turn this feature off, press the DOWN button past 0, and the word "OFF" flashes in the dis- play. Note: You must set salt level each time salt is added to the water softener.

• PROGRAM MEMORY

If electrical power to the softener goes off, the time display is blank but the face plate timer keeps the correct time for about 6 hours. When electrical pow- er comes on again, you have to reset the present

time only if the display is flashing. The HARD-

NESS, RECHARGE TIME and SAUF LEVEL never

require resetting unless a change is desired. Even if the timer is incorrect after a long power outage, the softener works as it should to keep your water soft.

However, regenerations may occur at the wrong time of day until you reset the timer to the correct time of day.

•

EFFICIENCY

 

MODE

 

 

 

 

 

When this feature is ON, the wa-

 

1

ter

softener

will

operate

at

salt

ef-

N_

ficiencies

of 4000

grains

of

hard-

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ness per pound of salt or higher.

 

 

(May recharge

more

often

using

 

 

smaller salt dosage and less wa-

 

Dn

ter).

Installations

 

in

the

state

of

 

California

require

this

setting

to

 

 

be turned ON. This softener is shipped in the OFF setting. 'fb turn this setting to ON, press and hold the SELECT button until the display shows 000 - -. Then

press (do not hold) the SELECT button again. Use the UP arrow to turn ON. Press SELECT to enter and re-

turn to normal running screen. The efficiency icon

_J will only be displayed when this feature is ON.

•ERROR CODE

face plate display if a problem oc-

An error code could appear in the [E

curs in the softener electronics. If f" F _ _

you see an error code instead of

the present time of day, turn to page 5-2 under

"Troubleshooting"

to resolve the problem.

IF YOU NEED HELP PROGRAMMING THE TIMER, CALL TOLL FREE,

NUMBER 1- 800-426- 9345.

2-1

Problems, Questions? Call 1-800-426-9345 Kenmore Water Line

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