Sanitizing The Water Softener - Kenmore GENIUS II 625.34867 Owner's Manual

SECTION 1 WATER SOftENER START-UP
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1D. SANITIZING THE WATER SOFTENER
Care is taken at the factory to keep your water softener
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.
1. The first time you sanitize your softener, be sure to
do a!/steps in the installation manual, and on
pages 5, 6 and 7 of this manual first.
2. Lift the salt hole cover and use a pail or hose to fill
the salt storage tank with at least 3 gallons of water.
3. Remove the brinewell cover (FIG. 3) and pour
about 3/4 ounce of common 5.25% household
bleach (Clorox, Linco, BoPeep, White Sail, Eagle,
etc.) in the softener brinewell.
4. Press the ON/OFF-HOLD button and hold for3
seconds to start a recharge. This first recharge does
several things.
-- It draws the bleach into and through the soft-
ener to sanitize it.
-- 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 13) for ser-
vice.
NOTES:
This recharge takes about 2-1/2 or 2-3/4 hours,
depending on the salt type setting (page 7).
You can sanitize the softener with or udth-
out salt in the storage tank.
ADD WATER
Salt Hole
Cover
hose
Water,
About3Galtons
Bdnewetl
Cover
about 3/4 oz. bleach)
Bdnewell
Recommended by the Water Quality Association. On
some water supplies, the water softener may need peri-
odic disinfecting.
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