User manual KENMORE 625.348670

[. . . ] 625. 348670 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. . . Genius II Water Softener 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. This warranty applies only while this product is in use in the United States. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may have other rights which vary from state to state. Sears, Roebuck and Co. , D/817 WA, Hoffman Estates, IL 60179 If you want your water softener professionally installed, talk to your Sears Salesman. [. . . ] 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. Make a pencil mark on the handle, 1² or 2² 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' most likely a salt bridge. Carefully s push into the bridge in a few places to break it. Do not try to break the salt bridge by pounding on the outside of the salt tank. If the wrong kind of salt made the bridge, take it out. Then fill the tank with nugget or pellet salt only. FIG. 9 SALT BRIDGE push tool into salt bridge to break 1"- 2" - pencil mark broom handle salt salt bridge water level 16 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. When dusty, wipe it with a damp cloth to keep it sparkling. NOZZLE & VENTURI A clean nozzle and venturi (FIG. 10) is a must for the softener to work right. 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. [. . . ] 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 flow plug drain bypass hard water to valve outlet 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. position switch 27 SECTION 5 SERVICE TECH. WATER FLOW THROUGH THE SOFTENER VALVE FAST RINSE CYCLE drain soft water to valve outlet position switch 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. [. . . ]