Water - Kenmore 625.3484400 Owner's Manual

SECTION 5
SERVICE TECH. INFORMATION
5C. WATER FLOW THROUGH THE SOFTENER VALVE
SERVICE CYCLE
INLET
WATER)
VALVE OUTLET TOP
(SOFT DISTRIBUTOR
RESIN
TANK
IL RESIN
:IESIN\ _ BED ,,
BED
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4_ _ .S I
_ BOTTOM
DISTRIBUTOR
POSITION
SWITCH
Hard water enters the valve inlet port. Internal valve potting routes the water
down and out the lop distributor, into lhe resin tank. Hard water is softened
as it passes through the resin bed, then enters lhe bouom dislributor. Sofl
water flows back into the valve and out the valve outlet,
k) the house
soft
water pipes.
POSITION
SWITCH
VENTURI
FILL CYCLE
VALVE CAM
ROTOR & DISC
FILL FLOW
PLUG
FILL WATER
(SOFT)
VALVE OUTLET"
(SOFT WATER
VALVE INLET
(HARD WATER)
POSITION
__SWITCH
To begin a regeneration, the electronic limc_r energizes the circuit 1o the valve
motor. The valve motor rotates d?e rotor and disc and the valve can? until the
position swik'h lever drops to ()pet? the motor circuit, when ll?e valve reaches
FILL position. As the rotor and dis(: rotates, lhe po_l opens for SOFT water fill
through the venturi. Fill flow continues to the brine valve, and into the salt
slorage tank. Soft water is still available to the house lines.
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