Kenmore 625.383500 Use & Care Manual page 10

CONNECTTHEVALVEDRAIN HOSE
Take a length of 3/8" inside diameter drain tubing
(supplied) and attach one end to the drain fitting (see
Fig. 11). Use a tube clamp from the parts bag to hold it
in place. Put the other end of the tubing over a floor
drain, into a laundry tub, standpipe, or other suitable
drain. Check your local codes.
Leave an air gap of about 1-1/2" between the end of
the hose and the drain. This gap is needed so you
don't get a backflow of sewer water into the softener.
Do not put the end of the hose into the drain or con-
nect without the air gap.
Locate and support the hose so it does not kink or have
sharp bends. Secure the hose end so water pressure
does not cause the hose to "whip". Tie or wire it in
place. Do not pinch the hose shut. The softener will
not work if this drain hose is pinched, plugged, closed
or restricted in any way. Direct drain flow down into
drain from drain line as flow could possibly overshoot
the drain cover.
Keep the hose lower than the drain fitting. In some
homes, to get to a drain you must raise the hose and
run it overhead. Do not raise the hose more than 8 feet
above the floor.
COPPER DRAIN TUBE: Local plumbing codes may
require the use a copper valve drain tube. A copper
tube is also best to use if running a drain line overhead.
To adapt a copper drain tube to the softener, purchase
a compression fitting (1/4" female pipe threads x 1/2"
O.D. tube) and tubing from your local hardware store.
CONNECT SALT TANK OVERFLOW HOSE
1. Locate the rubber grommet, adaptor elbow and tube
clamp (see Fig. 11) that are in the parts bag.
2. Push the grommet into the hole in the salt tank wall
so that half is inside and half is outside.
3. Push the larger end of the adaptor into the grommet.
4. Push one end of a length of 3/8" I.D. tubing (sup-
plied) onto the tube adaptor, using a tube clamp
from the parts bag to hold it in place.
5. Put the other end of the tubing over the floor drain.
IMPORTANT: Overflow water must run down by gravity
through the tubing. Do not raise the tub-
ing higher than the adaptor (see Fig. 11).
IMPORTANT: Do not connect this hose to the valve
drain hose you just installed (see above).
Both drains must have a separate hose.
Grommet
NOTE: Drain Hose
Tube
(12 ft.) is included.
See
also parts list.
Clip
1/4 NPT SUBSTITUTING RIGID DRAIN LINE
Threads
Barbs
Cut barbs from
drain fitting (pull
clip and remove
fitting from valve)
Compression Fittin,
1/4 NPT x 1/2" O.D.
Tube (not supplied)
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\\ Todrain
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_ drain.
Drain Hose
Support tub-
ing in place
Tie or wire 1-1/2" as needed.
tubing in Air Gap
place
1/2" Outside
Diameter Copper
Tube (not supplied)
Salt Tank
Overflow Hose FLOOR DRAIN
..... STANDPIPE
Gap
Figure 11
Questions? Call the Kenmore Water Line 1-800-426-9345 or visit www.kenmorewater.com
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