How Your Water Softener Works - Kenmore 625.348321 Owner's Manual

Solid state water softener

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SECTION 2

2A.

RECHARGE NOW — If you have guests visit-

ing, or other times when you use more water

than usual, you could begin to run out of soft

water. If the softener is not scheduled to regener-

ate for another day or 2, you would get hard

water until then. If this happens, or you think it

might happen, press and hold in the HOLD-RE-

CHARGE NOW button ¤ for 3 seconds until

RCHG shows. RCHG will flash in the display

during the regeneration, which lasts under 2

hours.

NOTE:

Avoid using HOT water while the softener

regenerates, because bypass hard water will

refill the water heater (see "Automatic Bypass,"

page 13).

VACATION — The day you leave on vacation, or

other long absence, press (do not hold in) the

ON/OFF VACATION button ¤ . VAC begins to

flash in the display (FIG. 6). The timer will keep

time, but the softener will not regenerate to

waste water and salt.

NOTE:

Whie in VACATION, the softener will go

through a regeneration if the RECHARGE NOW

feature is used (see above).

To shut off the water supply to the softener, use

the plumbing bypass valve(s), FIG. 16, page 21.

WHEN YOU RETURN, press the VACATION,

button again to return the softener to service, and

the correct time of day in the display. Remember

to do this or the softener will not regenerate

and you will soon have hard water.

ERROR CODE — An error code could appear in

the face plate display if a problem occurs in the

softener electronics. If you see an error code

instead of the present time of day, please call you

local Sears Service Department for service.