Kenmore 625.348670 - Manual (Page 8)

WATER SOFTENER START-UP
SECTION 1
8
1D. SANITIZING THE WATER SOFTENER
Care is taken at the factory to keep your water
softener clean and sanitary. Materials used to make
the softener will not infect or contaminate your water
supply, and will not cause bacteria to form or grow.
However, during shipping, storage, installing and
operating, bacteria could get into the softener. For
this reason, sanitizing as follows is suggested ¬ when
installing.
1. The first time you sanitize your softener, be sure
to do all steps in the installation manual, and on
pages 5, 6 and 7 of this manual first.
2. Lift the salt hole cover and use a pail or hose to fill
the salt storage tank with at least 3 gallons of
water.
3. Remove the brinewell cover (FIG. 3) and pour
about 3/4 ounce of common 5.25% household
bleach (Clorox, Linco, BoPeep, White Sail, Eagle,
etc.) in the softener brinewell.
4. Press the ON/OFF-HOLD button and hold for 3
seconds to start a recharge. This first recharge does
several things.
— It draws the bleach into and through the soft-
ener to sanitize it.
— It fills the salt tank to the water level needed.
— It gets all the air out of the resin tank.
— It prepares the resin bed (see page 13) for ser-
vice.
NOTES:
This recharge takes about 2- 1/2 or 2- 3/4 hours,
depending on the salt type setting (page 7).
You can sanitize the softener with or with-
out salt in the storage tank.
FIG. 2 ADD WATER
water,
about 3 gallons
brinewell
cover
(remove and add
about 3/4 oz. bleach)
brinewell
hose
salt hole
cover
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Recommended by the Water Quality Association. On
some water supplies, the water softener may need pe-
riodic disinfecting.