Kenmore 625.34847 Owner's Manual page 12

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2Bo SOFT WATER SERVICE AND REGENERATION
[]BRINING: During brining, the brine is moved
from the salt storage area, into the resin rank,
Inside the resin tank, brine cleans hardness
minerals from the resin beads and they are
discharged out the drain_ How much brine is
needed to clean the resin depends on:
the amount of resin in the softener,
-- how fast the brine goes through the bed,
The nozzle and venturi WIG 6) make suction to
move brine from the salt tank into the resin tank.
They keep the brine flow down to a very slow rate
to get the best rosin cleaning with the least salt.
[] BRINE RINSE: After all of the brine is sucked out
of the salt tank, the brine valve closes. Water keeps
flowing through the resin tank the same way it did
during brining except the brine flow has stopped.
Hardness minerals and bnne flush from the resin
tank to the drain. Brining and brine rinse together
vary in length of time they take, relative to the fit!
cycle length.
WATER FLOW THROUGH THE
SOFTENER IN BRINING AND
BRINE RINSE
Hard Water
IN
Nozzle &
Venturi
Brine
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[]BACKWASH: During backwash, water flows UP
through the resin tank (FIG. 7) at a fast rate to flush
iron minerals, dirt and sediments from the bed and
to the drain, The bed lifts and expands for good
cleaning.
WATER FLOW THROUGH THE
SOFTENER 1N BACKWASH
Hard Waler
BYPASS
Hard Water
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F_IFASTRINSE: Backwash is followed by a fast
flow of water down through the resin tank. The
fast flow packs the resin bed and gets it ready for
return to service (FIG. 8).
After fast rinse, the softener returns
to
service
Hard water goes into the resin tank where the
resin bed again takes out the hardness minerals,
Soft water goes to the house soft water pipes
WATER FLOW THROUGH THE
SOFTENER tN FAST RINSE
Hard Wale_'
IN
Sott Water
OUT
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