Water Flow Through The Softener Valve - Service Cycle; Water Flow Through The Softener Valve - Fill Cycle - Kenmore ULTRASOFT 180 Owner's Manual

SECTION 5
SERVICE TECH. INFORMATION
C. WATER FLOW THROUGH THE SOFTENER VALVE
SERVICE CYCLE
from Valve Inlet
(hard water)
top distributor
To Valve Outlet
(soft water) resin tank
¢
resin
I bed
bottom distributor _"1_
position
switch
Hard water enters the valve inlet port. Internal valve porting routes the
water down and out the top distributor, into the resin tank. Hard water is
softened as it passes through the resin bed, then enters the bottom
distributor. Soft water flows back into the valve and out the valve outlet, to
the house soft water pipes.
position switch
venturi
FILL CYCLE
valve cam
rotor & disc
fill flow
plug from Valve Inlet
(hard water)
fill water
(soft)
To Valve Outlet
(soft water)
€
resin
bed
bottom distributor _-_1
resin
bed
top distributor
resin tank 4 _.._.
:7 "X
position -- ( i"
switch __
To begin a regeneration, the electronic timer energizes the circuit to the valve
motor. The valve motor rotates the rotor and disc and the valve cam until the
position switch lever drops, to open the motor circuit and position the valve in
FILL. As the rotor and disc rotates, the port opens for SOFT water fill through
the venturi. Fill flow continues to the brine valve, and into the salt storage
tank. Soft water is still available to the house lines.
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