Filter Applications - Kenmore 625.348234 Owner's Manual

SECTION 2
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HOW YOUR WATER FILTER WORKS
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FILTER APPLICATIONS
IMPORTANT:
Sears water filters are sometimes installed alone in the water system, but most often other water treat-
ing equipment is needed. Always be sure to have your water tested by a qualified testing laboratory.
If you need help, ask at your Sears store, or call Sears Water Line, 1-800-426-9345.
CLARIFYING FILTER
A Sears Clarifying Filter takes sediments such as dirt,
sand, silt, clay and fine organic matter out of water.
You can see sediments in water by filling a clear
drinking glass. When held up to light, you can see the
particles floating in the water, or settled to the bottom
of the glass. The filter is filled with "filter aggregate"
mineral that traps and holds the sediments as the
water flows through it.
The Clarifier is sometimes installed alone, but is often
followed by a water softener. Besides softening the
water, the water softener catches sediments that
may get through the filter.
NOTE:
If you will install the clarifying filter along with a Sears
Solution Dispensing System, read the dispensing
system owners manual for treating a private well
before installing.
NEUTRALIZER FILTER
All water, when chemically analyzed, is either acid,
neutral or base (alkaline). To measure this, the water
is given a pH value between 0 and 14. Water is acid
if the pH is from 0 to 6.9. At 7, the water is neutral, and
above that the water is alkaline.
Your Sears neutralizing filter treats acid water when
the pH is from 6.0 to 6.7. A Sears Cartridge Filter with
a Phosphate Crystal Cartridge is often used to treat
water with a pH of 6.8 to 6.9. Acid water shortens the
life of iron pipe, corrodes copper and brass pipe, and
makes green stains on plumbing fixtures. In time, it
will even etch porcelain enamel. The filter has a
special mineral (Neutralite) that raises the pH of the
water to help reduce these acid water problems.
TASTE & ODOR FILTER
A Sears taste & odor filter removes most tastes, odors
and certain organic colors from water. Bad tastes and
odors come from many different causes. Often, one
causes the other. The activated carbon bed, in the
taste & odor filter, has a great ability for taking tastes
and odors out of water.
NOTE:
If your water has hydrogen sulfide (rotten egg taste or
odor), be sure to get a qualified testing laboratories
recommendation for proper treatment.
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