User manual KENMORE 625.3485400

[. . . ] 625. 3485400 Super Capacity Genius 625. 3485500 Super Capacity Genius Caution: Read and Follow All Safety Rules and Operating Instructions Before First Use of This Product. If you have questions when installing, operating or maintaining your softener, and when setting the timer, call this toll--free number. . . Water Softeners u Warranty u Start Up / Setting Timer u How It Works u Care Of u Specifications u Repair Parts 1-800-426-9345 SAVE THIS MANUAL Use plastic bag and tie provided, to hang manuals nearby the softener for future reference. Sears, Roebuck and Co. , Hoffman Estates, IL 60179 USA PRINTED IN U. S. A. WARRANTY SEARS RESIDENTIAL WATER SOFTENER FULL TEN YEAR WARRANTY AGAINST LEAKS For ten years from the date of purchase, Sears will furnish and install a new current model water softener tank or salt storage drum, free of charge, if either the tank or drum develop a leak. FULL THREE YEAR ELECTRONICS WARRANTY For a period of three years from date of purchase, Sears will replace the BRINE TANK LIGHT, ELECTRONIC BOARD, SENSOR HOUSING, WIRING HARNESS, TRANSFORMER, MICRO SWITCH, DRIVE MOTOR, OR POWER CABLE, should they be defective in material or workmanship. FULL ONE YEAR WARRANTY ON WATER SOFTENER For one year from the date of purchase, when this water softener is installed and maintained in accordance with our instructions, Sears will repair, free of charge, all other parts which may be defective in material or workmanship. TO OBTAIN WARRANTY SERVICE, SIMPLY CONTACT THE NEAREST SEARS SERVICE CENTER THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. [. . . ] If the storage tank is full of salt, it is hard to tell if you have a salt bridge. Hold a broom handle, or like tool, up to the softener as shown in FIG. Make a pencil mark on the handle, 1² or 2² below the top height of the rim. If a hard object is felt before the pencil mark gets to the top of the tank, it' most s likely a salt bridge. Do not try to break the salt bridge by pounding on the outside of the salt tank. 9 SALT BRIDGE push tool into salt bridge to break 1"- 2" - Pencil Mark Broom Handle Salt Salt Bridge Water Level SECTION 3 3B. CARE OF YOUR SOFTENER KEEPING THE WATER SOFTENER CLEAN NOTE: Never use cleaners having ammonia or abrasives. They may scratch and dull the surface. COVERS To keep your new Sears water softener looking nice, apply a coat of paste wax and repeat once a year. This small unit moves brine from the salt storage tank to the resin tank during regeneration. If it becomes plugged with sand, silt, dirt, etc. , the softener will not work and you will get hard water. Be sure the softener is in service cycle (no water pressure at nozzle and venturi), then turn off the cap from the nozzle and venturi housing. Lubricate the o-ring seal with silicone grease or Vaseline and place in position. 10 CLEANING THE NOZZLE & VENTURI *INSTALL WITH NUMBERED SIDE UP CONCAVE SIDE DOWN. BE SURE THE FLOW PLUG WITH THE LARGEST CENTER HOLE IS LOCATED IN THE NOZZLE & VENTURI HOUSING. IRON FROM THE RESIN BED Your water softener takes hardness minerals (calcium and magnesium) out of the water. With clear water iron, water from a faucet is clear when first put into a glass. After 15 to 30 minutes, the water begins to cloud or turn rust colored. A water softener WILL NOT remove any iron which makes the water cloudy or rusty as it comes from the faucet (called red water iron). To take red water iron out of water, or over the maximum of clear water iron, an iron filter or 16 other equipment is needed. Your local Sears store has trained people to help you with iron water problems. If your water supply has clear water iron, even though less than the maximum allowed, regular resin bed cleaning is needed. Printed instructions are on the resin bed cleaner bottle. SECTION 3 3C. CARE OF YOUR SOFTENER KEEP THE SOFTENER FROM FREEZING FIG. 11 DRAIN WATER FROM THE SOFTENER If the softener is installed where it could freeze (summer cabin, lake home, etc. ), you must drain all water from it to stop possible freeze damage. Close the shut-off valve on the house main water pipe, near the water meter or pressure tank. 2. [. . . ] 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. 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. BACKWASH CYCLE 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, remaining brine and hardness to the drain. 26 SECTION 5 SERVICE TECH INFORMATION 5C. [. . . ]