Care Of Your Softener; Salt: Refilling Storage Tank, Salt Bridge - Kenmore 625.348670 Owner's Manual

Kenmore 625.348670 water softener owner's manual

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SECTION 3

3A.

SALT¼ REFILLING STORAGE TANK/BREAKING A SALT BRIDGE

WHEN TO REFILL WITH SALT (or potassium

chloride): The Salt Monitor System (see page 10) will

turn the low salt light on 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. After filling, reset the

Salt Monitor System, page 10.

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.

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

Then fill the tank with nugget or pellet salt only.

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

FIG. 9

1"- - 2"

pencil

mark

broom handle