Kenmore 625.34847 - Manual (Page 24)

SECTION
5 SERVICE TECH. INFORMATION
5C. WATER FLOW THROUGH THE SOFTENER VALVE
SERVICE CYCLE
VALVE OUTLET
(SOFT WATER)
VALVE INLET
(HARD WATER)
TOP
DISTRIBUTOR
RESIN
TANK
'BOTTOM
DISTRIBUTOR
POSiTtON
Hard water enters tlie valve inlet port. Internal valve potting routes the water down and
out the top distributor, into the resin tank. Hard water is softened as it passes through the
resin bed, then enters the bottom distributor Soft water flows back into the valve and our
the valve outlet, to the house soft water pipes.
POSITION
SWITCH
VENTURI
FILL FLOW
PLUG
FILL WATER'
(SOFT)
VALVE OUTLET
(SOFT WATER)
FILL CYCLE
VALVE CAM
ROTORS DISC
VALVE INLET
(HARO WATER)
To begin a regeneration, the elecuonic timer energizes the circuit to the valve motor. The
valve motor rotates die rotor and disc and the valve cam until the position switch lever
drops to open the motor circuit, when the valve reaches FILL, position. As die rotor and disc
rotates, the port opens for SOFT water fill through the venturi. Fill flow continues to the
brine valve, and into the salt storage tank. Soft water is still available to the house lines
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