Sanitizing The Water Softener - Kenmore 625.38815 Owner's Manual

D. SANITIZE THE WATER SOFTENER
Care is taken at the factory to keep your water soft-
ener clean and sanitary. Materials used to make the
softener will not infect or contaminate your water
supply, and will not cause bacteria to form or grow.
However, during shipping, storage, installing and
operating, bacteria could get into the softener. For
this reason, sanitizing as follows is suggested ®
when installing.
In The first time you sanitize your softener, be sure
in
to do alI steps in the installation manua!, and on
pages 1-2, 1-3 and 1-4 of this manual first.
Note: Be certain the bypass valve is pulled out
to "service" position.
Lift the salt hole cover and use a pail to fill the
salt storage tank with 3 gallons of water.
Remove the brinewell cover (FIG. 3) and pour
about 3/4 ounce, or I to 2 tablespoons, of com-
mon 5.25%, unscented, household bleach (Clo-
rox, Linco, BoPeep, White Sail, Eagle, etc.) in the
softener brinewell. Replace the brinewell coven
Press the ON/OFF-HOLD button and hold for 3
seconds to start a recharge. This first recharge
does several things.
• It draws the bleach into and through the softener
to sanitize it.
salt hole
cover
water,
about 3 gallons
• It fills the salt tank to the water level needed.
• It gets all the air out of the resin tank.
* It prepares the resin bed (see page 2-3) for ser-
vice and flushes residual chlorine from the soften-
er.
Notes:
This recharge takes about 2 hours.
You can sanitize the softener with or without salt
in the storage tank.
bnnewell
cover
remove and add
about 3/4 oz. bleach)
brinewell
Q
Recommended by the Water Quality Association. On some
water supplies, the water softener may need periodic
disinfecting.
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