Salt: Adding Salt To Storage Tank, Salt Bridge; Salt Bridge - Kenmore ULTRASOFT 425 Owner's Manual

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3
CARE OF YOUR WATER SOFTENER
A. SALT: ADDING SALT TO STORAGE
TANK, SALT BRIDGE
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WHEN
TO ADD
SALT: The Salt
Monitor
System
(see
page
2-1)
will turn
the low salt light
on to
warn
you when
to refill with add
salt. Check
for a low salt light
a
few
weeks
after
you
install
the
softener,
and
every
week
after
that. Add
salt at about
the #2 salt
monitor
level.
At this
level,
the
tank is about
1/3 full (see note on page
1-6). Never
let the softener
use all the salt before
refilling.
With-
out salt, you will soon have hard water.
After filling,
reset the Salt Monitor
System,
page
2-1.
Note:
You will have
a loss in softening
capacity
and may
get partly
hard water
if less than 10 inches
(salt mon-
itor level 2) of salt is in the storage
tank.
PLEASE SEE PAGE 1-6 FOR DIRECTIONS
ON ADDING
SALT.
BE SURE TO RESET THE SALT MONITOR,
PAGE 2-1.
SALT BRIDGE
Sometimes,
a hard
crust
or salt bridge
forms
in the
salt storage
tank.
It is usually
caused
by high
hu-
midity
or the wrong
kind
of salt. When
the salt
bridges,
an empty
space
forms
between
the water
and salt. Then salt will not dissolve
(melt) in the wa-
ter to make
brine.
Without
brine,
the resin bed does
not regenerate
and you will have hard
water.
If the storage
tank is full of salt, it is hard to tell if you
have a salt bridge.
Salt is loose on top, but the bridge
is under
it. The following
is the best way to check for
a salt bridge.
Salt should
be loose all the way to the bottom
of the
tank.
Hold
a broom
handle,
or like tool, up to the
softener
as shown
in FIG. 10. Make a pencil
mark on
the handle,
1" or 2" below
the top height
of the rim.
Then,
carefully
push
it straight
down
into the salt.
If a hard object is felt before
the pencil
mark
gets to
the top
of the tank,
it's most
likely
a salt bridge.
Carefully
push
into
the bridge
in a few places
to
break
it. Do not
try to break
the salt
bridge
by
pounding
on the outside
of the salt tank. You may
damage
the tank.
push tool into salt
bridge to
pencil
mark
broom handle
Salt Bridge
salt
salt bridge
water level
If the wrong
kind of salt made
the bridge,
take it out.
Then
fill the tank with nugget
or pellet
salt only.
3-1
Problems,
Questions?
Call 1- 800- 426- 9345 Kenmore
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