Care Of Your Softener; Salt: Refilling Storage Tank, Salt Bridge - Kenmore 625.3485400 Owner's Manual

Kenmore water softeners 625.3485400, 625.3485500 owner's manual

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SECTION 3

3A.

SALT¼ REFILLING STORAGE TANK/BREAKING A SALT BRIDGE

WHEN TO REFILL WITH SALT: The Salt

Monitor System (see page 10) will turn on the

low salt light to warn you when to refill with salt.

Check for a low salt light a few weeks after you

install the softener, and every week after that.

Always refill at about the #2 salt monitor level.

At this level, the tank is about 1/3 full. Never let

the softener use all the salt before refilling.

Without salt, you will soon have hard water.

PLEASE SEE PAGE 9 FOR SALT FILLING DIRECTIONS.

BE SURE TO RESET THE SALT MONITOR, PAGE 10.

Sometimes, a hard crust or salt bridge forms in

the salt storage tank. It is usually caused by high

humidity or the wrong kind of salt. When the salt

bridges, an empty space forms between the

water and salt. Then salt will not dissolve (melt)

in the water to make brine. Without brine, the

resin bed does not regenerate and you will have

hard water.

If the storage tank is full of salt, it is hard to tell if

you have a salt bridge. Salt is loose on top, but the

bridge is under it. The following is the best way

to check for a salt bridge.

Salt should be loose all the way to the bottom of

the tank. Hold a broom handle, or like tool, up to

the softener as shown in FIG. 9. Make a pencil

mark on the handle, 1² or 2² below the top height

of the rim. Then, carefully push it straight down

into the salt. If a hard object is felt before the

pencil mark gets to the top of the tank, it' s most

likely a salt bridge. Carefully push into the

bridge in a few places to break it. Do not try to

break the salt bridge by pounding on the

outside of the salt tank. You may damage it.

NOTE:

You will have a loss in softening capacity and

may get partly hard water if less than 10 inches

(salt monitor level 2) of salt is in the storage tank.

SALT BRIDGE

If the wrong kind of salt made the bridge, take it

out. Then fill the tank with nugget or pellet salt

only.

FIG. 9

Broom Handle