Kenmore 425 Water System User Manual


 
SECTION 1 WATER SOFTENER START UP
C, PROGRAM
_SET WATER HARDNESS NUMBER
Press the SELECT 1 button once to display 25
(flashing) and HARDNESS.
The grains per gallon (gpg)
hardness of your water supply
is on your water analysis report.
Be sure to enter water test re-
sults on page A, for future refer-
ence.
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If your water supply contains iron, compensate for
it by adding to the water hardness number. For ex-
ample, assume your water is 20 gpg hard and contains 2
ppm iron. Add 5 to the hardness number for each 1 ppm
of iron. In this example, you would use 30for your hard-
ness number.
20 gpg hardness
2 ppmironx 5 = 10 +10
(times) 30 HARDNESS NUMBER
Press the UP / DOWN buttons to set your water
hardness number in the display. The DOWN button
moves the display to 1. The UP button moves the
display to the highest setting (see maximum setting
for your model in the specifications).
Note:
Between 1 and 25, each press of the UP / DOWN
button changes the display by 1. Between 25 and
the highest number, the display changes 5 at a
time...25, 30, 35, etc. Holding the UP or DOWNbut-
ton in changes the display twice each second.
_[I SET RECHARGE (REGENERATION) TIME
Press the SELECT 1 button to display 2:00 AM
(flashing) and RECHARGE TIME.
At the 2:00 AM recharge time
setting, the softener begins re-
generation (see pages 2-4 and
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RECHARGE
TIME
THE TIMER
2-5) at 2:00 AM, ending no later than 4:00 AM. This
is a good time in most households because water is
not being used (see Automatic Bypass, page 2- 6). If
a different recharge time setting would be better for
your household, do the following.
Press the UP / DOWN buttons to set the desired
recharge starting hour. Be sure to observe the AM-
PM as you did when setting the present time of day.
Note:
Each press of the UP / DOWN buttons changes the
display one hour. Holding the buttons in changes
the display twice each second.
_IE SET SALT TYPE (sodium chloride or potas-
sium chloride, see page 1-6):
Press the SELECT 1 button to display nACI, the
default setting.
If you want to use potassium _'_a FIF I
chloride (KC1) instead of stan- -_--_ nnc i
dard sodium chloride (NaC1)
water softener salt, be sure to set
2
KCI in the display using the UP ....
button. The KCI setting adjusts V?'_f; I I-
regeneration cycle times to com- 87 C;L I
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pensate for the variable dissolv-
ing rate of potassium chloride. !
Refer to page 1-6 for informa- -'-
tion on various salts.
Press the SELECT button once again, to com-
plete initial programming, and the current time of
day will show in display.
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IF YOU NEED HELP PROGRAMMING THE TIMER, CALL TOLL FREE,
NUMBER 1 - 800- 426- 9345.
www.KenmoreWater.com
SEE PAGES 2-1, 2-2 AND 2-3 FOR OTHER FACE PLATE TIMER FEATURES.
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