Kenmore 625.34847 - Manual (Page 12)

SECTION
2
HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS
2B. SOFT WATER SERVICE AND REGENERATION
mBRlNING: During brining, the brine is moved
from the salt storage area, into the resin tank.
Inside the resin tank, brine cleans hardness
minerals from the resin beads and they are
discharged out the drain. How much brine is
needed to clean the resin depends on:
—“ the amount of resin in the softener,
—^ how fast the brine goes through the bed.
The nozzle and venturi (FIG 6) make suction to
move brine from the salt tank 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,
lUBRlNE RINSE: After all of the brine is sucked out
of the salt tank, the brine valve doses. Water keeps
flowing through the resin tank 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. Brining and brine rinse together
vary in length of time they take, relative to the fill
cycle length.
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WATER FLOW THROUGH THE
SOFTENER IN BRINING AND
BRINE RINSE
Hard Water
IN
[4]BACKWASH: During backwash, water flows UP
through the resin tank (FIG. 7) at a fast rate to flush
iron minerals, dirt and sediments from the bed and
to the drain. The bed lifts and expands for good
cleaning.
¡WATER FLOW THROUGH th E
SOFTENER IN BACKWASH
Hard WaSer
IN
resin bed
and expa
13FAST RINSE: Backwash is followed by a fast
flow of water down through the resin tank. The
fast flow packs the resin bed and gets it ready for
return to service (FIG, 8).
After fast rinse, the softener returns to service
Hard water goes into the resin tank where the
resin bed again takes out the hardness minerals.
Soft water goes to the house soft water pipes
FIG. 8 WATER FLOW THROUGH THE
SOFTENER IN FAST RINSE
Sof! Water
OUT
Hard water
IN
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