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This softener is shipped in the OFF RECHARGE button. RECHARGE R_,.aR_ TONIGIHT setting. To turn this setting to ON, press and holdthe SELECT button until the display shows 000--. Then TONIGHT flashes in the display, _:.._ ,_-_ press (do not hold) the SELECT button again. Use the and the softener begins regenera- UP arrow to turn ON. Press SELECT to enter and re tion at the next preset recharge time. Press and return to normal running screen. The efficiency icon lease the RECHARGE button once more if you de_-_ will only be displayed when this feature is ON. cide to cancel the regeneration, and RECHARGE TONIGHT will not flash in the display. ERROR CODE SET SALT LEVEL To set this monitor system, lift the SETSALTLEVEL face plate display if a problem ocsalt hole cover and level the salt in An error code could appear in the J[E curs in the softener electronics. If FF __ the storage tank. The salt level de-you see an error code instead of cal, on the brinewell inside the the present time of day, turn to page 5-2 under tank, has numbers from 0 to 8. "Troubleshooting" to resolve the problem. IF YOU NEED HELP PROGRAMMING THE TIMER, CALL TOLL FREE, NUMBER 1 -800-426-9345. 2-1 Problems, Questions? Call 1-800-426-9345 Kenmore Water Line [i!i !! _;_ !! _;_ SECTION 2 _i_!!! _;_ !! _;_i] HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS B. SOFT WATER SERVICE and REGENERATION SERVICE REGENERATION When the softener is giving you soft water, it is called "Service". During service, hard water comes from the house main water pipe into the softener. Inside the softener resin tank is a bed made up of thousands of tiny, plastic resin beads (FIG. 5). As hard water passes through the bed, each bead at tracts and holds the hardness minerals. This is called ion-exchanging. Water without the hardness minerals (soft water) flows out of the softener and into the house soft water pipes.After a period of time, the resin beads hold all of the hardness miner als they can, and cleaning with salt brine is needed. This cleaning is called regeneration or recharge. Regeneration is started at 2:00 a.m. by the electronic timer (see page 2-5). It takes place in 5 stages or cycles. These are: [] FILL [] BACKWASH [] BRINING [] FAST RINSE [] BRINE RINSE Water Flow Through the Softener in Service soft water hard water OUT IN salt storage tank (salt not shown) brine valve \ resin tank resin bed [] FILL: Salt, dissolved in water, is called brine. Brine is needed to dean the hardness minerals from the resin beads. To make the brine, water flows into the salt storage area during the fill stage as shown in FIG. 6. Fill cycle length depends on how much soft water making capacity you have used since the last regeneration. As you use more water, fill time increases so more brine is made. The greater amount of brine cleans more hardness minerals from the resin bed. Water Flow Through the Softener in Fill soft water hard water OUT IN salt storage tank brine valve ZZ_ ?? fill water 2-2 Problems, Questions? Call 1-800-426-9345 Kenmore Water Line [i!i !! :i :_!! :i:_ SECTION 2 :i:!!! :i :_!! :i:_i] HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS B. SOFT WATER SERVICE and REGENERATION [] BRINING: During brining, the brine is moved and to the drain. The bed lifts and expands for good cleaning. from the salt storage area, into the resin tank. Inside the resin tank, brine cleans hardness minerals from Water Flow Through the the resin beads and they are discharged out the Softener in Backwash drain. How much brine is needed to clean the resin hard water hard water depends on: bypass OUT t fIN --the amount of service water used between regen-drain erations, --the amount of resin in the softener, --how fast the brine goes through the bed. resin bed lifted The nozzle and venturi (FIG. 7) make suction to take and expanded brine from the salt tank and put it into the resin tank. They keep the brine flow down to a very slow rate to get the best resin cleaning with the least salt. [] BRINE RINSE: After all of the brine is moved into the resin tank, the brine valve closes. Water keeps flowing the same way it did during brining except the brine flow has stopped. Hardness minerals and brine flush from the resin tank to the drain. [] FAST RINSE: Backwash is followed by a fast Brining and brine rinse together vary in the length flow of water down through the resin tank. The fast of time they take, relative to the fill cycle length. flow packs the resin bed and gets it ready for return to service (FIG. 9). Water Flow Through the Softener in Brining and Brine Rinse After fast rinse, the softener returns to service. Hard water goes into the resin tank where the resin bed hard water hard water again takes out the hardness minerals. Soft water bypass OUT t !IN nozzle & I I===l. goes to the house soft water pipes. venturi l_ drain Water Flow Through the Softener in Fast Rinse soft water hard water OUT, I IN drain brine valve \ brine _]1 BACKWASH: During backwash, water flows UP through the resin tank (FIG. 8) at a fast rate t...