Sanitize The Water Softener - Kenmore 625.388400 Owner's Manual

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 '_
when installing.
_The first time you sanitize your softener, be sure
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to do all steps in the installation manual, and on
pages 1-2, 1-3 and 1-4 of this manual first.
Lift the salt hole cover and use a pail to fill the
salt storage tank with up to 3 gallons of water
(approximately 3 inches).
Remove the brinewell cover (FIG. 3) and pour
about 3/4 ounce, or 1 to 2 tablespoons, of com-
mon 5.25% household bleach (Clorox, Linco,
BoPeep, White Sail, Eagle, etc.) in the softener
brinewell. Replace the brinewell cover.
Open the bypass valve and press the ON/OFF-
HOLD button and holdfor 3 seconds to start a re-
charge. This first recharge does several things.
• It draws the bleach into and through the softener
to sanitize it.
salt hole cover
water,
about 3 gallons
• 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 2-4) for ser-
vice.
Notes:
This recharge takes about 2 hours, depending on the
salt type setting (page 1-4).
You can sanitize the softener with or without salt
in the storage tank.
brinewell cover
(remove and add
about 3/4 oz,
bleach)
brinewell
Recommended by the Water Quality Assoaation. On some
water supplies, the water softener may need periodic
disinfecting.
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