Kenmore 625.38815 Owner's Manual page 9

E. FILL THE STORAGE TANK WITH SALT
Brine (salt dissolved in water) is needed for each
and every regeneration. The water for making brine
is metered into the salt storage tank by the softener.
However, you must keep salt in the tank, but it is not
necessary to keep it full. In humid areas, it is best
to fill the storage tank one quarter to one half full,
and to refill it more often. Salt bridging (see page
3-1) occurs more often when conditions are humid.
Fill the tank with NUGGET or PELLET water soft-
ener salt. DO NOT use rock salts, as they have dirt
and sediments that will stop the softener from
working.
Before filling, be sure the brinewell cover is in place
on the top of the brinewell. Salt storage capacity is
shown on page 4-1.
If you choose Potassium Chloride (KC1) as a regen-
erant, following these suggestions will help give
you years of maintenance free service.
1) Place only one bag of KC1 in your softener at a
time (the salt storage tank should contain no more
than 60 pounds of KC1 at any one time).
2) A softener using KC1 should not be placed in
areas with temperature fluctuations and high hu-
midity (KC1 will harden in these environments and
may make the softener inoperable).
3) Check the brine tank and brine well (black tube in
salt storage tank) monthly. If hardening is present,
pour small amounts of warm water on hardened
areas until they loosen.
4) If your softener does not have a KC1 salt setting
you must increase your hardness setting by 25% to
ensure continuous soft water as in example below.
Raw Water Hardenss
(grains per gallon)
Softener setting when
using KCl
5 gpg 7 gpg
10gpg 13gpg
1Sgpg 19gpg
20gpg 25gpg
+ 25 % =
25gpg 32gpg
3Ogpg 38gpg
35 gpg 44 gpg
WATER SOFTENING SALT WITH IRON REMOV-
ING ADDITIVES -- Some
salts have an additive to
help the softener handle iron in the water supply.
These salts may be used if your water supply has a
high iron content. It is recommended to use Sears
Resin Bed Cleaner 42- 34426, for periodic treatments
to keep your resin bed clean. This is available at
your local Sears store.
salt
storage
tank
brinewell
cover
brinewell
Sodium information: Water softeners using sodium
chloride for regeneration add sodium to the waten
Persons who are on sodium restricted diets should
consider the added sodium as part of their overall
sodium intake. For example, if your water supply is
15 grains hard, you would have to drink 3 quarts of
softened water to consume 335 milligrams of so-
dium. That is equivalent to eating 2-1/2 slices of
white bread.
Persons who are concerned about their drinking
water should consider a Kenmore Drinking Water
System that will remove or reduce in excess of 90%
of the sodium and other drinking water contami-
40 gpg 50 gpg
nants.
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