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WATER SOFTENER START UP

Brine (salt dissolved in water) is needed for each and

every regeneration. The water for making brine is me

tered into the salt storage tank by the softener. Howev

er; you must keep salt in the tank^ but it is not necessary

to keep it full. In humid areas, it is best to fill the stor

age tank one quarter to one half full, and to refill it

more often. Salt bridging (see page 3-1) occurs more

often when conditions are humid.

Fill the tank with NUGGET or ppppET water softener

salt. DO NOT use rock salts, as they have dirt and sedi

ments that will stop the softener from working.

Before filling, be sure the brinewell cover is in place on

the top of the brinewell. Salt storage capacity is shown

on page 4-1. Be sure to set the salt monitor system

(see page 2-1).

Note: The salt monitor system, page 2-1, is calibrated

to the density of nugget or pellet water softener salt.

The monitor will not work as accurately with other

types of salt including rock and solar.

If you choose Potassium Chloride (KCl) as a regener

ant, following these suggestions will help give you

years of maintenance free service.

1) Place only one bag of KCl in your softener at a time

(the salt storage tank should contain no more than 60

pounds of KCl at any one time).

2) A softener using KCl should not be placed in areas

with temperature fluctuations and high humidity

(KCl will harden in these environments and may

make the softener inoperable).

3) Check the brine tank and brine well (black tube in

salt storage tank) monthly. If hardening is present,

pour small amounts of warm water on hardened areas

until they loosen.

4) If your softener does not have a KCl salt setting you

must increase your hardness setting by 25% to ensure

continuous soft water as in example below.

Raw Water Hardenss

(grains per gallon)

5gPS

lOgPg

15gpg

20gpg

25gpg

30gPg

35gpg

40gpg

X 25 % =

Softener setting when

using KCl

7gpg

13gpg

Wgpg

25gpg

32gpg

38gPg

44gpg

50gpg

WATER SOFTENING SALT WITH IRON REMOVING

ADDITIVES — Some salts have an additive to help the

softener handle iron in the water supply. These salts

may be used if your water supply has a high iron con

tent. It is recommended to use Sears Resin Bed Clean

er 42- 34426, for periodic treatments to keep your resin

bed clean.

Sodium information: Water softeners using sodium

chloride for regeneration add sodium to the water.

Persons who are on sodium restricted diets should

consider the added sodium as part of their overall so

dium intake. For example, if your water supply is 15

grains hard, you would have to drink 3 quarts of soft

ened water to consume 335 milligrams of sodium.

That is equivalent to eating2-l /2 slices of white bread.

Persons who are concerned about their drinking water

should consider a Kenmore Drinking Water System

that will remove or reduce in excess of 90% of the so

dium and other drinking water contaminants.

You have now finished the water softener start up. After the sanitizing recharge, on page 1-5, the soft

ener will be giving you soft water. Please read pages 2 - 4,2 - 5 and 2 - 6 in section 2 to understand how

the softener works to continue to give you soft water.

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