Kenmore 625.38826 User Manual

OWNER’S

MANUAL

MODEL NOS.

UltraSoft 250

625.388260

UltraSoft 275

625.388270

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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Water Softeners

with Deluxe Valve

♦ Warranty ♦ Start Up / Setting Timer ♦ How It Works ♦ Care Of ♦ Specifications ♦ Repair Parts

Use the plastic bag and tie provided, to hang manuals

nearby the softener for future reference.

Sears, Roebuck and Co., 3333 Beverly Road, Hoffman Estates, IL 60179 USA

PRINTED IN U.S.A

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SEARS RESIDENTIAL WATER SOFTENER

FULL ONE YEAR WARRANTY ON WATER SOFTENER

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.

FULL TEN YEAR WARRANTY AGAINST LEAKS

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.

TO OBTAIN WARRANTY SERVICE, SIMPLY CONTACT THE NEAREST SEARS SERVICE CENTER THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. This war ranty applies 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.

Sears, Roebuck and Co., D/817 WA, Hoffman Estates, IL 60179

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.

SEARS INSTALLATION POLICY

AH 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 aU local laws, codes, regulations, and ordinances. Custom ers shall also be protected, during installation, by in surance relating to Property Damage, Workman's

SEARS INSTALLATION WARRANTY

In addition to any warranty extended to you on the Sears merchandise involved, which warranty be comes effective the date the merchandise is installed, should the workmanship of any Sears ar ranged installation prove faulty within one year. Sears wiU, upon notice from you, cause such faults to be corrected at no additional cost to you.

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__________ Iron Content

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Water Pressure Water Flow Rate

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Taste And/Or Odor

Grains Per Gallon

Parts Per Million

Pounds/Square Inch

Gallons Per Minute

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SECTION 1

A. B. C. D.

Safety Guides Check List of Step-By-Step Guides To Install Program The Timer Sanitizing The Water Softener Fill The Storage Tank With Salt

SECTION 2

Faceplate Timer Features

Soft Water Service and Regeneration

SECTION 3

Salt: Refilling Storage Tank / Salt Bridge Keeping Th e Wa terSoftener Clean

WATER SOFTENER START UP PAGE NO.

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HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS

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CARE OF YOUR WATER SOFTENER

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Protect The Water Softener From Freezing

Checklist (Not Getting Soft Water)

SECTION 4

Dimensions / Specifications

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A. B. C.

Troubleshooting Rotary Valve Service----------------------Water Flow Through The Softener Valve

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Water Softener Complete

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ABOUT YOUR WATER SOFTENER

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SERVICE TECH. INFORMATION

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REPAIR PARTS FOR WATER SOFTENER

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▲ Read all steps, guides and rules carefully before 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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A 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.

A 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 POSSIBLE FATAL SHOCK.

A THIS SOFTENER WORKS ON 24 VOLTS ONLY. BE

SURE TO USE ONLY THE TRANSFORMER IN CLUDED, AND PLUG IT INTO A NOMINAL 120V, 60 CYCLE HOUSEHOLD OUTLET THAT IS GROUNDED AND PROPERLY PROTECTED BY AN OVERCUR RENT DEVICE SUCH AS A CIRCUIT BREAKER OR FUSE. IF TRANSFORMER IS REPLACED, USE ONLY THE AUTHORIZED SERVICE, CLASS II, 24 VOLT, 10 VA TRANSFORMER.

A Unplug the transformer right away if the power

cable should become damaged or frayed. Make re pairs, or replace transformer, before plugging back into the power outlet.

A Always unplug the softener from electrical power

before removing outer valve covers.

A 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.

* Capacity to remove clear water iron was tested in the

field by the manufacturer.

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B. CHECK LIST OF STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL

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WATER SOFTENER START UP

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. 7258997, for step-by-step guides.

Page numbers referred to are in the Installation

Manual unless otherwise noted.

y" Is the house water flow going INTO the softener

valve INLET? Trace piping to be sure. See pages 2- 4 and 2-5.

y" Is the plumbing bypass 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. y* Is the transformer plugged into an inside, al

ways live, grounded, 120V-60Hz electrical out let? See pages 3-8 and 3-9 in the installation manual, and the wiring schematic on page 5-1 of this manual.

y Be sure to restart the water heater. See page

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NOTE; Codes in the state of Massachusetts require installation by a licensed plumber. For installabon, use plumbing code 248-CMR of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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C. PROGRAM THE TIMER

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When the transformer is plugged in, a model code, and a test number (example: k20) show in the face plate display for 4 seconds. Then,

11:00 AM and

PRESENT TIME begin to flash.

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SELECT button

DOWN button

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

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.

SET PRESENT TIME OF DAY

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Notes:

If SR - - shows in the display, press the UPQ or-

DOWNQ button until SR29 shows for the Ultra-

Soft 250 or SR33 shows for the UltraSoft 275. 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 these codes show, see page 5-3 to reset.

SOUND "BEEPER": A "beeper" sounds while pressing buttons for timer set-up. One beep signals

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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.

If the present time is between midnight and noon, be sure AM shows.

Each press of the UP /DOWN buttons changes the time by 1 minute, Flolding the buttons in changes the time 32 minutes each second.

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C. PROGRAM THE TIMER

SET WATER HARDNESS NUMBER

■ 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 30 for your hard ness number. • .

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2 ppm iron X 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.

Q SET RECHARGE (REGENERATION) TIME

■ Press the SELECT 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 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 AMPM 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 com plete initial programming, and RECHARGE TO NIGHT shows in the display.

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SEE PAGES 2-1, 2-2 AND 2-3 FOR OTHER FACE PLATE TIMER FEATURES.

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D. SANITIZE THE WATER SOFTENER

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Care is taken at the factory to keep your water soft ener dean 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 tl^ 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. Note; Be certain the bypass valve is pulled out to "service" position.

Lift the salt hole cover and use a pail to fill the

salt storage tank with up to 3 gallons of water.

Q 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 (Clorox, Linco, BoPeep, White Sad, Eagle, etc.) in the softener brinewell. Replace the brinewell cover.

Press the ON/OFF-HOLD button and hold for 3 seconds to start a recharge. This first recharge does several things.

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• 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 and flushes residual chlorine from the soften er.

Notes: This recharge takes about2-l/2or2-3/4hours,depending on the salt type setting (page 1-4).

You can sanitize the softener with or without salt in the storage tank.

^ Recommended by the Water Quality Association. On some water supplies, the water softener may need periodic disinfecting.

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E. FILL THE STORAGE TANK WITH SALT

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 PELLET 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 vrill 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)

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20gPg 25gpg

30gPg

35gpg 40 gpg

+ 25%:

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using KCl

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WATER SOFTENER START UP

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. This is available at your local Sears store.

Sodium infoiynation: 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.

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A. FACEPLATE TIMER FEATURES

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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.

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

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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:

Lift the salt hole cover and level the salt in the storage tank.

The 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.

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.

Finally, 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: Your salt monitor is an estimate of your salt lev el; ac curacy depends on the type of salt used and other regeneration characteristics.

^ RECHARGE TONIGHT

Press and release (do not hold) the 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 decide to cancel the regen

eration, and RECHARGE TONIGHT.

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A. FACEPLATE TIMER FEATURES

^ 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.

OFF On

^SALTEFFICIENCY: When this feature is ON, the unit will operate at salt efficiencies of 4000 grains of hardness per pound of salt or higher, which will reduce the softeners salt usage. (May recharge more

often using smaller salt dosage and less water).

2. Press SELECT again to show the CLEAN display.

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^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 wiU 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.

5. Press SELECT to show the 12 HOUR display.

HjCLEAN; 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.

default minutes example: time set to 3 minutes

^CLEAN feature minutes: If you are using this fea

ture, the length of the extra backwash cycle auto matically sets to 7 (9minutes on UltraSoft 250) min utes. However, you can adjust 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.

1^12 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

flow bars continually scroll 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.

Flow bars scroll when soft waler is in use.

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