Kenmore 625.3485500 - 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, stor-
age, installing and operating, bacteria could get
into the softener. For this reason, sanitizing as
follows is suggested ¬ when installing.
1. Lift the salt hole cover and use a pail or hose
to fill the salt storage tank with at least 3
gallons of water.
2. 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 brine-
well.
3. Press the ON/OFF-HOLD button and hold for
3 seconds to start a recharge. This first re-
charge does several things.
— It draws the bleach into and through the
softener to sanitize it.
— It fills the salt tank to the water level need-
ed.
— It gets all the air out of the resin tank.
— It makes the resin bed (see page 11) ready
for service.
NOTES:
This recharge takes about 2 hours.
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
¬
Recommended by the Water Quality Association. On
some water supplies, the water softener may need pe-
riodic disinfecting.