Kenmore GENIUS II 625.34867 Owner's Manual page 7

SECTION 1
WATER SOFTENER START-UP
1C. PROGRAM THE TIMER
• 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 setOng (see maximum setting
for your model in the specifications).
NOTE:
If your water supply contains iron, compensate for it
by adding to the water hardness number. Forexarnple,
assume your water is 15 gpg hard and contains 2 ppm
iron. Add 5 to the hardness number for each I ppm of
iron. In this example, 3_9u would use 25 for your
hardness number
15 gpg hardness
2ppmironx5=10 +10
(times) 25 HARDNESS NUMBER
NOTE:
Each press of the UP/DOWN button changes the
display by 1 between 1 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 #1 SELECT button to display 2:00 AM
(flashing) and RECHARGE TIME.
At the 2:00 AM RECHARGE TIME _ _.'_., _,.N.0 _,[
setting, the softener begins regen-
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2:00 AM, ending about 4:30 AM. [ i
This is a good time in most I..'..I
households because water is not being used (see
AUTOMATIC BYPASS, page 15). If a different
RECHARGE TIME setting would be better for your
household, do 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
day.
NOTE:
Each press of the UP/DOWN buttons changes the
display 1 hour. Holding the buttons in changes the
display twice each second.
4.
SET CLEAN FEATURE
OPTION:
• Press the SELECT button
(flashing) and CLEAA_
This feature is beneficial on water
supplies containing iron and/or
high amounts of sediments (sand,
silt, dirt, etc.). When set to ON, a
backwash and fast rinse cycle will
occur first, preceeding the nor-
mal regeneration sequence (see
page 13). This provides extra
cleaning of the resin bed before it
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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 displays.
5. SET SALT TYPE (sodium chloride or potas-
sium chloride, see page 9):
• Press the SELECT button to display nACl, the
default setting.
If you will use potassium chloride (KCI) instead of
standard sodium chloride (NaCl) water softener salt,
be sure to set KCI in the display using the UP button.
The KCl setting adjusts regeneration cycle times to
compensate for the variable dissolving rate of
potassium chloride.
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• Press the #1 SELECT button once again, to return
the present time, and RECHARGE TONIGHT in the
display.
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If you need help
programming
the timer, call toll flee, number
1-800-426-9345.
See pages 1O, 11 and 12for otber face plate timer features.
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