Kenmore 625.34857 Owner's Manual page 7

SECTION 1 waterSOFTENER START-UP
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lC. PROGRAM THE TIMER
2. SET WATER HARDNESS NUMBER:
• Press the SELECT button once to ctisplay 25
(flashing) and HARDNESS.
The grains per gallon (gpg)
hardness of your water supply is
on your water analysis report.
Be sure to enter water test results
on page 2, for future reference.
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HARDNESS
NOTE:
If your water supply contains iron, compensate for it
by adding to the water hardness number. For
examp& assume .you; u,ater
is 20 gl)g bard
and
contains 2 ppm iron. Add 5 to the hardness number
.fi_r each 1 ppm of iron. In this example, you u,ould
use 30._)r your hardness number.
20 gpg hardness
2 ppm iron x 5 = 10 +10
(times) 30 HARDNESS NUMBER
• Press the UP / DOWN buttons to set your water
hardness number in the display. The DOWN button
moves the display to 1. The UP button moves the
display to the highest setting (see maximum setting
for your model in the specifications).
NOTE:
Each press of the UP / DOWN button changes the
display by 1 between ] and 25. Between 25 and the
highest number, the display changes 5 at a time... 25,
30, 35, etc. Holding the UP or DOWN button in
changes the display twice each second.
3. SET RECHARGE (REGENERATION) TIME:
• Press the SELECT button to ctisplay 2:00 AYl
(flashing) and _CHARGE TIME.
At the 2:00 AM recharge time Qa--,--IAM
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setting, the softener begins re- RECHARGE
TIME
generation (see pages 12 and
13) at 2:00 AM, ending no later
than 4:00 AM. This is
a good
time in most households
because water is not being used (see Automatic
Bypass, page 14). If a ctifferent recharge time setting
wouM be better for your househoM, cto the
following.
• Press the UP / DOWN buttons to set the desired
recharge starting hour. Be sure to observe the
AM-PM as you did when setting the present time of
clay.
NOTE:
Each press of the UP / DOWN buttons changes the
ctisplay 1 hour. HoMing the buttons in changes the
ctisplay twice each second.
4.
SET CLEAN FEATURE
(optional):
• Press the SELECT button to ctisplay OFF
(flashing) and (,'LEAN.
This feature is beneficial on nFF
water supplies containing iron
UFF
and/or high amounts of sedi- CLEAN
ments (sand, silt, dirt, etc.).
When set to ON, a backwash and Iq
fast rinse cycle will occur first,
um
CLEAN
preceeding the normal regen-
eration sequence (see page 12).
This provides extra cleaning
of
the resin bed before it is regener-
ated with the salt brine. To conserve water, if your
water supply does not contain iron or sediments, be
sure this feature is set to OFF. Use the UP / Down
buttons to change the ON / OFF ctisplays.
• Press the SELECT button once again,
to return
the present time, and _CHARGE TONIGHT in the
ctisplay.
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RECHARGETOMGHT
WA_R_OW
IF YOU NEED HELP PROGRAMMING THE TIMER, CALL TOLl. FREE, NUMBER 1-800-426-9345.
SEE PAGES 10 AJVD 11 FOR 077tER FACE PLAY_" 77MER I_'ATURES.
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