Kenmore 625.34846 - Manual (Page 8)

SECTION 1
WATER SOFTENER START-UP
1D. SANITIZING THE WATER SOFTENER
Care is taken at the factory to keep your water
softener clean and sanità^. Materials used to
make the softener will not infect or contaminate
your water supply, and will not c^se bacteria to
form or grow. However, during shipping, storage,
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 1
gallon of water.
2. Remove the brinewell cover {FIG. 2) and
pour about 3/4 ounce of cximmon 5.25%
household bleach (Clorox, Unco, BoPeep,
White
Sail, Eagle, etc.) in the softener
brinewell.
3. Press the ON/OFF-HOLD button and hold for
3 seconds to start a recharge. This first
recharge does several things.
— It draws the bleach into and through the
softener to sanitize it.
— It fills the salt tank to the water level
needed.
— It gets all the air out of the resin tank.
— It makes die resin bed (see page 11}
ready for service.
NOTE:
This recharge takes about 40 minutes.
FIG. 2 ADD WATER
Recommended by the Water Quality Association. On
some water supplies, the water softener may need pe­
riodic di^nfecting. Sanitize wi№ or without salt in the
storage tank.
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