Kenmore 625.3882, 625.38825 User Manual
OWNER'S
MANUAL
MODEL NOS.
625.388200
625.388250
Caution:
Read and Follow
All Safety Rules and
Operating Instructions
Before First Use of
This Product.
If you have questions when
installing, operating or main-
taining your softener, and
when setting the timer, call
this toll-free number...
1-800-426-9345
www.KenmoreWater.com
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UltraSoft 200 Water Softener
with Deluxe Valve
• Warranty
• Start Up / Setting Timer
• How It Works
• Care Of
• Specifications
• Repair Parts
nearby the softener for future reference.
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SEARS RESIDENTIAL WATER SOFTENER
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For one year from the date of purchase, when this water softener is installed and
maintained in accordance with our instructions, Sears will repair, free of charge,
defects in material or workmanship in this water softener.
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For ten years from the date of purchase, Sears will furnish and install a new current
model water softener tank or salt storage drum, free of charge, if either the tank
or drum develop a leak.
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if you want your water softener professionally installed, talk to your Sears Salesman. He will arrange for a
prompt, quality installation by Sears Authorized Installers.
SERVICE CENTER THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. This warranty ap-
plies only while this product is in use in the United States.
This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may have other rights which
vary from state to state.
FULL ONE YEAR WARRANTY ON WATER SOFTENER
FULL TEN YEAR WARRANTY AGAINST LEAKS
Sears, Roebuck and Co., D/817 WA, Hoffman Estates, IL 60179
SEARS INSTALLATION POLICY SEARS INSTALLATION WARRANTY
All installation labor arranged by Sears shall be per-
formed in a neat, workmanlike manner in accor-
dance with generally accepted trade practices. Fur-
ther, all installations shall comply with all local
laws, codes, regulations, and ordinances. Customer
shall also be protected, during installation, by insur-
ance relating to Property Damage, Workman's
Compensation and Public Liability.
FACTS AND FIGURES TO KEEP
Fill in the blanks below and keep this book in a safe place so you always have
these facts.
Water Softener Model No.t
Serial Number
Date Installed
Water Hardness Grains Per Gallon
Iron Content Parts Per Million
pH '[hste And/Or Odor
Water Pressure Pounds/Square Inch
Water Flow Rate Gallons Per Minute
In addition to any warranty extended to you on the
Sears merchandise involved, which warranty be-
comes effective the date the merchandise in
installed, should the workmanship of any Sears ar-
ranged installation prove faulty within one year,
Sears will, upon notice from you, cause such faults
to be corrected at no additional cost to you.
salt hole cover
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WATER SOFTENER START UP
Safety Guides
Check List of Step-By-Step Guides To Install
Program The Timer
Sanitizing The Water Softener
Fill The Storage Tank With Salt
HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS
Faceplate Timer Features
Soft Water Service and Regeneration
CARE OF YOUR WATER SOFTENER
Salt: Refilling Storage Tank / Salt Bridge
Keeping The Water Softener Clean
Protect The Water Softener From Freezing
Checklist (Not Getting Soft Water)
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1-2
1-3, 1-4
1-5
1-6
2-1 to 2-3
2-4 to 2-6
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3-2
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ABOUT YOUR WATER SOFTENER
Dimensions / Specifications
SERVICE TECH. INFORMATION
Troubleshooting ....
Rotary Valve Service
Water Flow Through The Softener Valve-
REPAIR PARTS FOR WATER SOFTENER
Water Softener Complete
Brine Valve Assembly ....
Valve Assembly
4-1,4-2
5-1 to 5-4
5-5
5-6 to 5-8
6-1, 6-2
6-3, 6-4
6-5, 6-6
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A. SAFETY GUIDES
• Read all steps, guides and rules carefully before
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installing and using your new water softener. Follow
all steps exactly to correctly install. Failure to follow
them could cause personal injury or property damage.
Reading this book will also help you to get all of the
benefits from your water softener.
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• Your water softener will remove hardness minerals
and "clear water" iron from water, up to the limits
shown on page 4-1. It will not remove other types of
iron, acids, tastes and odors, etc. It will not purify pol-
luted water or make it safe to drink.
• Protect the softener and piping from freezing. Dam-
age from freezing voids the softener warranty. See
page 3-3.
CAUTIONS
PLEASE READ AND COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING
GUIDES TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE SOFTENER
OR OTHER PROPERTY, PERSONAL INJURY, OR POS-
SIBLE FATAL SHOCK.
• THIS SOFTENER WORKS ON 24 VOLTS ONLY. BE
SURETO USE ONLY THE TRANSFORMER INCLUDED,
AND PLUG IT INTO A HOUSEHOLD 120V OUTLET. IF
TRANSFORMER IS REPLACED, USE ONLY THE AU-
THORIZED SERVICE, CLASS II, 24 VOLT, 10 VA
TRANSFORMER.
• Unplug the transformer right away if the power
cable should become damaged or frayed. Make re-
pairs before plugging back into the power outlet.
• Always unplug the softener from electrical power
before removing outer valve covers.
• This system is not intended to be used for treating
water that is microbiologically unsafe or of unknown
quality without adequate disinfection before or after
the system,
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B. CHECK LIST OF STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL
To be sure you have done all the steps to install the
softener, read the following list. Refer to the Installa-
tion Manual, part no. 7231741, for step-by-step
guides.
Page numbers referred to are in the Installation
Manual unless otherwise noted.
_" Is the house water flow going INTO the softener
valve INLET? Trace piping to be sure. See pages
2-4 and 2-5.
Is the plumbingbypass valve (or 3 valves) set for
SERVICE? Bypass valve(s) should always re-
main in soft water service position. Position in
"bypass" only if needed for softener repairs. See
FIG. 14, page 4-1 of this manual.
Is the valve drain hose connected the right way,
and without sharp bends or kinks that could
stop or reduce water flow? See page 3-5 in the
installation manual.
Page numbers referred to are in the Installation
Manual unless otherwise noted.
Is the softener power cable connected to the
transformer? Is the transformer plugged into an
inside, always live 120V-60Hz electrical outlet?
See pages 3- 8 and 3- 9 in the installation manual,
and the wiring schematic on page 5-1 of this
manual.
INLET
3-valve j [i
plastic
Bypass Valve(s)
Be sure to restart the water heater. See page
3-9.
NOTE: Codes in the state of Massachusetts require installation
by a licensed plumber, For installation, use plumbing code
248- CMR of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
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C. PROGRAM THE TIMER
signal light adjust
UltraSoft 200
salt level adjust
_ALT SIGNAL
LEVEL LEVEL
RECHARGE _ Customer Assistance
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SALT
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ON/OFF-HOLD button
(Recharge Tonight- Now)
When the transformer is plugged in, the model code
SR27, and a test number (example: k20) show in the
face plate display for 4 seconds. Then, 12:00 AM and
PRESENT TIME begin to flash.
UP button SELECT button
display
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DOWN button
button. For example, while setting the hardness
(step 2), the beeper sounds repeatedly when the dis-
play reaches 1 using the DOWN button, or the high-
est hardness setting using the UP button.
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Notes:
If SR - - shows in the display, press the UP [] or-
DOWN [] button until SR27 shows. Then, press
the SELECT button to set, and change to the flashing
PRESENT TIME display.
To check the model code, unplug the transformer at
the wall outlet and plug in again, if other than SR27
shows, see page 5-3 to reset.
SOUND "BEEPER": A "beeper" sounds while
pressing buttons for timer set-up. One beep signals
a change in the face plate display. Repeated beeps
mean the timer will not accept a change from the
button you have pressed, telling you to use another
_SET PRESENT TIME OF DAY
If the words PRESENT TIME do not show in the dis-
play, press the SELECT button (FIG. 2) until they do,
or see the previous notes.
• Press the UP / DOWN buttons to set the present
time. Press UP to move the display ahead; press
DOWN to move the time backward.
If the present time is between
noon and midnight, be sure PM
shows.
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PRESENT TIME
If the present time is between
midnight and noon, be sure AM
shows.
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PRESENT TIME
Each press of the UP /DOWN buttons changes
the time by 1 minute. Holding the buttons in
changes the time 32 minutes each second.
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C. PROGRAM THE TIMER
SET WATER HARDNESS NUMBER E! SET RECHARGE <REGENERATION) TIME
• Press the SELECT button once to display 25
(flashing) and HARDNESS.
The grains per gallon (gpg) hard-
ness of your water supply is on
your water analysis report. Be
sure to enter water test results on
page A, for future reference.
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-
hess 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:
Each press of the UP / DOWN button changes the
display by 1 between 1 and 25. Between 25 and the
highest number, the display changes 5 at a
time... 25, 30, 35, etc. Holding the UP or DOWN but-
ton in changes the display twice each second.
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HARDNESS
• Press the SELECT button to display 2:00 AM
(flashing) and RECHARGE TIME.
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At the 2:00 AM recharge time
setting, the softener begins re-
generation (see pages 2-4 and
2-5) at 2:00 AM. This is a good
time in most households because water is not being
used (see Automatic Bypass, page 2-6). If a differ-
ent 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.
• Press the SELECT button once again, to return
the present time, and RECHARGE TONIGHT in the
display.
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IF YOU NEED HELP PROGRAMMING THE TIMER, CALL TOLL FREE,
NUMBER 1-800- 426- 9345.
SEE PAGES 2-1, 2-2 AND 2-3 FOR OTHER FACE PLATE TIMER FEATURES.
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D. SANITIZE THE WATER SOFTENER
Care is taken at the factory to keep your water soft-
ener clean and sanitary. Materials used to make the
softener will not infect or contaminate your water
supply, and will not cause 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.
_The first time you sanitize your softener, be sure
to do all steps in the installation manual, and on
pages 1-2, 1-3 and 1-4 of this manual first.
_J_ Lift the salt hole cover and use a pail to fill the
salt storage tank with up to 3 gallons of water.
brinewell cover
(remove and add
about 3/4 oz.
bleach)
_J Remove the brinewell cover (FIG. 3) and pour
about 3/4 ounce, or 1 to 2 tablespoons, of com-
mon 5.25%, unscented, household bleach (Clo-
rox, Linco, BoPeep, White Sail, Eagle, etc.) in the
softener brinewell. Replace the brinewell cover.
D 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 prepares the resin bed (see page 2-4) for ser-
vice.
Notes:
This recharge takes about 2-1/2 or 2- 3 / 4 hours, de-
pending on the salt type setting (page 1-4).
You can sanitize the softener with or without salt
in the storage tank.
brinewell
water,
about 3 gallons
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water supplies, the water softener may need periodic
disinfecting,
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FILL THE STORAGE TANK WITH SALT
Brine (salt dissolved in water) is needed for each and
every regeneration. The water for nraking brine is nre-
tered into the salt storage tank by the softener. Howev-
el; you nrust 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
nrore often. Salt bridging (see page 3-1) occurs nrore
often when conditions are hunrid.
Fill the tank with NUGGET or PELLET water softener
salt. DO NOT use rock salts, as they have dirt and sedi-
nrents that wilt stop the softener front working.
Before filling, be sure the brinewell cover is in place on
the top of the brinewett. Salt storage capacity is shown
on page 4-1. Be sure to set the salt monitor system
(see page 2-1).
Note: The salt nronitor system, page 2-1, is calibrated
to the density of nugget or pellet water softener salt.
The nronitor will not work as accurately with other
types of salt including rock and solar.
If you choose Potassiunr Chloride (KC1) as a regener-
ant, following these suggestions will help give you
years of nraintenance free service.
1) Place only one bag of KC1 in your softener at a tinre
(the salt storage tank should contain no nrore than 60
pounds of KC1 at any one tinre).
2) A softener using KC1 should not be placed in areas
with tenrperature fluctuations and high hunridity
(KC1 wilt harden in these environnrents and nray
nrake the softener inoperable).
3) Check the brine tank and brine well (black tube in
salt storage tank) nronthly. If hardening is present,
pour snralt anrounts of warnr water on hardened areas
until they loosen.
4) If your softener does not have a KC1 salt setting you
nrust increase your hardness setting by 25% to ensure
continuous soft water as in exanrple below.
Raw Water Hardenss
(grains per gallon)
5 gpg 7 gpg
10 gpg 13 gpg
15gpg 19 gpg
20 gpg 25 gpg
25gpg 32gpg
30 gpg 38gpg
35gpg 44gpg
40 gpg 50 gpg
x 25 % =
Softener setting when
using KC1
You have now finished the water softener start up. After the sanitizing recharge, on page i - 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.
WATER SOFTENING SALT WITH IRON REMOVING
ADDITIVES -- Sonre salts have an additive to help the
softener handle iron in the water supply. These salts
nray be used if your water supply has a high iron con-
tent. It is reconmrended to use Sears Resin Bed Clean-
er 42- 34426, for periodic treatnrents to keep your resin
bed clean.
brinewell
cover
brinewell
salt
storage
tank
Sodium information: Water softeners using sodiunr
chloride for regeneration add sodiunr to the water.
Persons who are on sodiunr restricted diets should
consider the added sodiunr as part of their overall so-
diunr intake. For example, if your water supply is 15
grains hard, you would have to drink 3 quarts of soft-
ened water to consunre 335 nritligranrs of sodiunr.
That is equivalent to eating2-1/2 slices of white bread.
Persons who are concerned about their drinking water
should consider a Kennrore Drinking Water Systenr
that wilt renrove or reduce in excess of 90% of the so-
diunr and other drinking water contanrinants.
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A. FACEPLATE TIMER FEATURES
EXTRA RECHARGE
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Press the ON/OFF-HOLD but- i/ ._C.A.G_
ton and hold until *RECHARGE ..........
Serv and Fill begin to flash in the display. Upon
reaching fill the first cycle of regeneration, the flash-
ing Serv goes off and Fill is on steady. RECHARGE
continues to flash. This regeneration will last for
about 2 hours. After the 2 hours, you will have soft
water again.
*Note:
If the CLEAN feature is set to ON, a cleaning back-
wash (CLEAN and Bkwsh or Rinse flashes in the dis-
play, along with the minutes of the clean cycle re-
maining) precedes the recharge.
RECHARGE TONIGHT [ !°_ _:l-_n _-
Press and release (do not hold) the I i R_C._G_TO_G.,
ON / OFF-HOLD button. RE-
CHARGE TONIGHT flashes in the display, and the
softener begins regeneration at the next preset re-
charge time. Press and release the ON/OFF-HOLD
button once more if you deride to cancel the regen-
eration, and RECHARGE TONIGHT.
Sometimes, a manually started
regeneration (recharge) may be
desired, or needed. Two exam-
ples are:
- You have used more water than
usual (guests visiting) and you
may run out of soft water before
the next timer started regenera-
tion.
- You did not refill the softener
with salt before it was gone. After
you refill with salt:
You can start a regeneration right
away, or you can set the timer to
regenerate at the next 2:00 AM (or
other preset recharge time). Do
the following.
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SALT MONITOR SYSTEM
The face plate timer has a low salt monitor with an
indicator light to remind you to refill the storage
tank with salt. To set this monitor system:
_1_ Lift the salt hole cover and level the salt in the
storage tank.
ffiThe salt level decal on the brinewell inside the
tank, has numbers from 0 to 8 (see drawing be-
low). Observe the number the leveled salt is at
or closest to.
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Now, press the SALT LEVEL ADJUST button
until black bars display up to the salt level num-
ber. For example, the pictures below show the
salt level at 6.
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Finall3_ set the level you want the low salt indi-
cator light to come on. Press the SIGNAL LIGHT
ADJUST button until a (_) shows opposite this
number. In the example below, the light will
come on when the stored salt drops to level 2. At
level 2, the storage tank is about 1/3 full. This is
the lowest you should allow the stored salt level
to drop to (see note on page 1-6).
_'_ If you wish to turn the salt monitor off, press the
SIGNAL LIGHT ADJUST button until OFF
shows above.
Note:
For accurate salt monitor operation, always use
nugget or pellet water softener salt. See page 1- 6.
bars, salt
level
brinewell
salt
level
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A. FACEPLATE
OPTIONAL SETTINGS - SALT EFFICIENCY,
CLEAN FEATURE, CLEAN FEATURE MINUTES,
MAXIMUM DAYS BETWEEN REGENERA-
TIONS and 12 / 24 HOUR CLOCK:
1. To set any of the following options, press and hold
SELECT for 3 seconds until 000 shows in the display.
Then press once until the SALT EFFICIENCY dis-
play shows. Use the UP / Down buttons to change
the ON / OFF displays.
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the unit will operate at salt efficiencies of 4000 grains
of hardness per pound of salt or higher. (May re-
charge more often using smaller salt dosage and less
water).
2. Press SELECT again to show the CLEAN display.
TIMER FEATURES
just this time from 1 to 15 minutes in length. To
change this cycle time, use the UP button to increase
the time, or the DOWN button to shorten the time.
If no change is desired, continue below.
4. Press SELECT again to show the following RE-
CHARGE display.
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default display example: set to 4 days maxi-
mum between regenerations
[Maximum days between regenerations: The face-
plate timer automatically controls regeneration fre-
quency (see page 2-5). This provides the greatest
operating efficiency, and under most conditions this
feature will be left in its default mode. However,
you can modify this feature if you want to force a
regeneration every set number of days. For exam-
ple, if your water supply contains iron and you
want the softener to regenerate at least once every
few days to keep the resin bed clean, set the display
as typically shown above. Setting is available from
1 to 15 days by using the UP and DOWN buttons.
[]CLEAN: This feature is beneficial on water sup-
plies containing iron and/or high amounts of sedi-
ments (sand, silt, dirt, etc.). When set to ON, a back-
wash and fast rinse cycle will occur first, preceeding
the normal regeneration sequence (see page 2-4).
This provides extra cleaning of the resin bed before
it is regenerated with the salt brine. To conserve wa-
ter, if your water supply does not contain iron or
sediments, be sure this feature is set to OFF.
3. Press SELECT again until the CLEAN TIME dis-
play shows.
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default minutes
[CLEAN feature minutes: If you are using this fea-
ture, the length of the extra backwash cycle auto-
matically sets to 7 minutes. However, you can ad-
example: time set to 3 minutes
5. Press SELECT to show the 12 HOUR display.
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[12 or 24 hour clock: All time
displays are shown in standard
clock time (1 to 12 PM; and 1 to
12 AM) at the 12 hr default set-
ting. If military time displays are
desired, set to 24 hr by pressing
the UP button.
6. Press SELECT to return to the present time dis-
play.
WATER FLOW THROUGH THE SOFTENER
If soft water is in use, the water .:;.+ _, _J:_8 _
flow bars continually scroll g:+ +,+,,+,
across the display. The bars
scroll slowly when water flow is
slow, and move faster as water
flow increases. The flow bars do
not show when all faucets and
water using appliances are off.
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