Sanitizing The Water Softener; Adding Salt To The Storage Tank - Kenmore 625.383500 Use & Care Manual

SANITIZE THE WATER SOFTENER
1. Open salt lid, remove the brinewell cover and pour
about 3 oz. (6 tablespoons) of household bleach into
the softener brinewell. Replace the brinewell cover.
2. Make sure the bypass valve(s) is in the "service"
(open) position.
3. Start a recharge: Press the REGENERATION button
and hold for 3 seconds, until "RECHARGE", "Serv"
and "Fill" begin to flash in the display. This recharge
draws the sanitizing bleach into and through the
water softener. Any air remaining in the unit is
purged to the drain.
4. After the recharge has completed, fully open a cold
water faucet, downstream from the softener, and

Adding Salt to the Storage Tank

ADDING SALT TO THE STORAGE TANK
You must keep salt in the tank, but it is not necessary to
fill it full. Especially in humid areas, it is best to fill the
storage tank no more than half full, and to add salt
more often. Salt "bridging" occurs more often when
conditions are humid.
Use NUGGET or PELLET water softener salt. DO NOT
use rock salts, as they have dirt and sediments that will
stop the softener from working. To maintain optimum
performance of your water softener, the salt tank
should be cleaned out every 2 to 3 years.
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE (KCl) SALT
If you choose Potassium Chloride (KCl) as a regenerant,
following these suggestions will help give you years of
maintenance free service.
1. Place only one bag of KCl in your softener at a time
(the salt storage tank should contain no more than
60 pounds of KCl at any one time).
2. A softener using KCl should not be placed in areas
with temperature fluctuations and high humidity (KCl
will harden in these environments and may make the
softener inoperable).
3. Check the brine tank and brinewell (black tube in
salt storage tank) monthly. If hardening is present,
pour small amounts of warm water onto hardened
areas until they loosen.
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Sanitizing the Softener
allow 50 gallons of water to pass through the system.
This should take at least 20 minutes. Close the faucet.
Your new Kenmore softener is now softening the water
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for your household needs. However, your WATER
HEATER is filled with hard water. To have fully soft
water right away, you can drain the water heater so it
refills with soft water. If you don't drain the water
heater, it will take a few days before you have fully soft
water.
NOTE: If this procedure is performed on a new softener,
water coming from the taps may initially be dis-
colored. This normally occurs the first time water
runs through the resin bed. The discolored water
is not harmful, and the discoloration will not last
more than a few minutes.
Untreated Water Hardness
(grains per gallon)
5 gpg
10 gpg
15 gpg
20 gpg
25 gpg
30 gpg
35 gpg
40 gpg
4. If your softener does not have a KCl salt setting, you
must increase your hardness setting by 25% to
ensure continuous soft water. See table above.
Persons who are on sodium restricted diets should con-
sider the added sodium as part of their overall sodium
intake. For example, if your water supply is 15 grains
hard, and you drank 3 quarts of softened water you
would consume 335 milligrams of sodium. That is
equivalent to eating 2-1/2 slices of white bread.
WATER SOFTENING SALT WITH IRON
REMOVING 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 con tent.
Softener Setting when
using KCl salt (add 25%)
7 gpg
13 gpg
19 gpg
25 gpg
35 gpg
40 gpg
45 gpg
50 gpg
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