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WATER SOFTENER START UP

C. PROGRAM THE TIMER

m SET WATER HARDNESS NUMBER

Press the SELECT button once again to display

the words SET HARDNESS and a flashing 25.

The grains per gallon (gpg) hard-

ness of your water supply is on

your water analysis report. Be sure to enter water test results on

page A, for future reference.

If your water supply contains iron, compensate for

it by adding to the water hardness number. For ex- ample, assume your water is 20 gpg hard and contains 2 ppm iron. Add 5 to the hardness number for each 1 ppm of iron. In this example, you would use 30for your hard-

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20

gpg hardness

2 ppmiron x 5 = 10

+10

 

(times)

30

HARDNESS NUMBER

Press the UP / DOWN buttons to set your water

hardness number in the display. The DOWN button

moves the display to 1. The UP button moves the

display to the highest setting (see maximum setting for your model in the specifications).

Note:

Each press of the UP / DOWN button changes the

display by i between i and 25. Between 25 and the

highest number, the display changes 5 at a time... 25, 30, 35, etc. Holding the UP or DOWN but-

ton in changes the display twice each second.

SET RECHARGE (REGENERATION) TIME

Press the SELECT button once again to display

the words SET RECHARGE TIME and a flashing 2:00 AM.

ting,

the

softener

begins

regenera-

_aaoE

 

 

tion

(see

pages

2-3 and 2-4) at

ISET

_'nN

A'_

At the 2:00 AM

recharge

time

set-

 

2:00

AM,

ending

no

later

than 4:30

 

_. "LIU

 

AM.

This

is a good

time

in most

households

because

water is not being used (see Automatic Bypass, page 2- 4). If a different recharge time setting would

be better for your household, do the following.

Press the UP / DOWN buttons to set the desired

recharge starting hour. Be sure to observe the AM- PM as you did when setting the present time of day.

Note:

Each press of the UP / DOWN buttons changes the display i hour. Holding the buttons in changes the display twice each second.

SET SALT LEVEL

• Press the SELECT button once again to display SET SALT LEVEL and a flashing 0 (zero). See Step E,

page 1-6, for instructions on adding salt to the salt storage tank.

The face plate timer has a salt

monitor with an indicator light to remind you to add salt to the stor- age tank.

Note:

You must set saltlevel each time saltis added to the water softene_

To set this monitor system, lift the salt hole cover and level the salt in the storage tank. The salt level

decal, on the brinewell inside the tank, has numbers

from 0 to 8. Observe the highest number the leveled salt is at, or closest to. Press the UP / DOWN but-

tons until the number corresponds with the salt lev-

el number. 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 display.

Press the SELECT button once

again,

to

complete

initial

pro-

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gramming,

and the

currect

time of

 

day will show in the display.

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

NUMBER 1- 800 - 426- 9345.

SEE PAGE 2-1FOR OTHER FACE PLATE TIMER FEATURES.

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

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Kenmore ULTRASOFT 180 625.388180 SET Water Hardness Number, SET Recharge Regeneration Time, Iset, SET Salt Level

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