Salt - Kenmore SEARS 625.34846 Owner's Manual

SECTION 3 CARE OF YOUR SO rE.ER
3A. SALT...REFILLING STORAGE TANK/BREAKING A SALT BRIDGE
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
stora_oe tank is about 113 full. Never let the
softener use all the salt before refilling. Without
salt, you will soon have hard water.
IMPORTANT:
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 9 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
humidity or the wrong kind of sail When the salt
bridges, an empty space forms between the
water and salt. Then salt will not dissolve (melt)
in the water to make brine. Without brine, the
resin bed does not regenerate and you will have
hard water.
If the storage tank is full of salt, it is hard to tell if
you 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.
Salt should be loose all the way to the bottom of
the tank. Hold a broom handle, or like tool, up to
the softener as shown in FIG. 9. 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
!ikely a salt bddge. Carefully push intothe bddge
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 IT.
If the wrong kind of salt made the bddge, take it
out. Then fill the tank with nugget or pellet salt
only.
SALT BRIDGE
1;2"
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