Kenmore 625.34847 - Manual (Page 11)

SECTION 2
HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS
2B. SOFT WATER SERVICE AND REGENERATION
SERVICE
When the softener is giving you soft water, it is
called "Service’'. During service, hard water flows
through the house main water pipe and into the
softener Inside of the softener resin tank is a bed
made up of thousands of tiny, plastic resin beads
(FIG, 4). As hard water passes through the bed,
each bead attracts and holds the hardness
minerals This is called ion-exchanging, It is much
like a magnet attracting and holding metals 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 become
coated with hardness minerals and they have to be
cleaned This cleaning is called regeneration or
recharge. Regeneration is started at 2:00 a m. by
the electronic timer (see page 13) It takes place in
5 stages or cycles, These are;
FILL
BRINING
BRINE RINSE
BACKWASH
FAST RINSE
¿"yly WATER FLOW THROUGH THE
SOFTENER IN SERVICE
Hard Water
IN
Resin Bed
REGENERATION
[HFILL: 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. 5- 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 deans more hardness
minerals from the resin bed
FIG. 5 WATER FLOW THROUGH THE
SOFTENER IN FILL
Hard Water
IN
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