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SECTION5
SERVICE TECH. INFORMATION
C. WATER
FLOW
THROUGH
THE SOFTENER
VALVE
BRINING AND BRINE RINSE CYCLES
bypass hard water
to valve outlet
venturi
nozzle
brine from
salt stor-
age tank
from Valve Inlet
r)
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POSITION
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.
bypass hard water
to valve outlet
BACKWASH
CYCLE
• flow plug
drain
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,
remainingbrine
and hardness
to the drain.
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Problems,
Questions?
Call 1-800-426-9345
Kenmore
Water Line
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