Kenmore 625.38815 Owner's Manual page 14

h._._;;.i_! SECTION 3 _'_'_ .................. _'_,_';_1 CARE OF YOUR WATER SOFTENER
A. SALT: REFILLING STORAGE TANK, SALT BRIDGE
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WHEN TO REFILL WITH SALT:
Check the salt level a few weeks
after you install the softener and
every week after that. Refill
when the storage tank is about
1/3 full (see note on page 1-6).
Never let the softener use all the
salt before refilling. Without salt, you will soon have
hard water.
Note:
You will have a loss in softening capacity and may
get partly hard water if less than 10 inches of salt is
in the storage tank.
PLEASE SEE PAGE 1-6 FOR SALT FILLING DIRECTIONS.
SALT BRIDGE
Sometimes, a hard crust or salt bridge forms in the
salt storage tank. It is usually caused by high hu-
midity or the wrong kind of salt. When the salt
bridges, an empty space forms between the water
and salt. Then salt will not dissolve (melt) in the wa-
ter to make brine. Without brine, the resin bed does
not regenerate and you will have hard water.
If the storage tankis full of salt, it is hard to tellifyou
have a salt bridge. Salt is loose on top, but the bridge
is under it. The following is the best way to check for
a salt bridge.
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pencil
mark
Salt should be loose all the way to the bottom of the
tank. Hold a broom handle, or like tool, up to the broomhandle /
softener as shown in FIG. 10. Make a pencil mark on
the handle, 1" or 2" below the top height of the rim.
Then, carefully push it straight down into the salt.
If a hard object is felt before the pencil mark gets to
the top of the tank, it's most likely a salt bridge.
Carefully push into the bridge in a few places to
break it. Do not try to break the salt bridge by
pounding on the outside of the salt tank. You may
damage the tank.
Salt Bridge
push tool into salt
bddge to break
salt
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water level
If the wrong kind of salt made the bridge, take it out.
Then fill the tank with nugget or pellet salt only.
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