User manual KENMORE 625.348570

[. . . ] 625. 348570 625. 348590 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 toll­free number. . . Deluxe Demand Water Softeners x Warranty x Start Up / Setting Timer x How It Works x Care Of x Specifications x Repair Parts 1­800­426­9345 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 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, defects in material or workmanship in this 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. TO OBTAIN WARRANTY SERVICE, SIMPLY CONTACT THE NEAREST SEARS SERVICE CENTER THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. This warranty applies only while this product is in use in the United States. [. . . ] BE SURE TO RESET THE SALT MONITOR, PAGE 10. SALT BRIDGE Sometimes, a hard crust or salt bridge forms in the salt storage tank. When the salt bridges, an empty space forms between the water and salt. 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. Hold a broom handle, or like tool, up to the softener as shown in FIG. Make a pencil mark on the handle, 1 or 2 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's most 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 15 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 Kenmore 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. To get to the nozzle and venturi, remove the softener top cover. 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 Cap O­ring Seal Screen Support *Flow Plug (DUDC or DDUC) Screen Nozzle & Venturi Gasket IMPORTANT: Be sure small holes in the gasket are centered directly over the small holes in the nozzle & venturi housing. Screen *Flow Plug (HVDC) Nozzle & Venturi Housing *Install with numbered side up concave side down. Be sure the largest flow plug is located in the nozzle & venturi housing. IRON FROM THE RESIN BED Your water softener takes hardness minerals (cal cium 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 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. [. . . ] 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. WATER FLOW THROUGH THE SOFTENER VALVE FAST RINSE CYCLE soft water to valve outlet drain During FAST RINSE, the rotor & disc is positioned so water flow enters the resin tank through the top distributor, and exits through the bottom distributor, to the drain. The electronic timer again energizes the motor to return the valve to service. As the valve rotates, the position switch lever drops to open the circuit. [. . . ]