Kenmore 625.3483400 Owner's Manual page 29

SECTION 5
5E. WATER FLOW THROUGH THE SOFTENER VALVE
After fill, timer/switch action allows the motor to turn the rotor and disc into BRINING position. Water
flow is directed to the nozzle. Suction, created by the nozzle and venturi, draws brine from the salt
storage tank and injects it into the resin bed via the bottom distributor. Flow continues out the top
distributor and to the drain. Hard water is available at the valve outlet.
When the brine valve closes to end brine draw, water flow continues in the same directions to slowly
RINSE brine from the resin bed and to the drain.
BRINING AND BRINE RINSE CYCLES
BACKWASH CYCLE
Timer/switch action again allows the motor to turn the rotor & disc to place
the valve in BACKWASH, stopping water flow to the nozzle. Water is routed
down and out the bottom distributor, up through the bed, and out the top
distributor to the drain. The fast flow (controlled by a flow plug in the drain
fitting) flushes dirt, sediments, iron deposits, remaining brine and hardness
to the drain.
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