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OWNER’ S
MANUAL
MODEL NO.
625.348670
Caution:
Read and Follow
All Safety Rules and
Genius II Water Softener
Operating Instructions
Before First Use of
u Warranty
This Product.
u Start Up / Setting Timer
If you have questions when
u How It Works
installing, operating or main-
taining your softener, and
u Care Of
when setting the timer, call
this toll--free number...
u Specifications
1--800--426--9345
u Repair Parts
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WARRANTY SEARS RESIDENTIAL 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 soften- er tank or salt storage drum, free of charge, if either the tank or drum develop a leak. FULL THREE YEAR ELECTRONICS WARRANTY For a period of three years from date of purchase, Sears will replace the BRINE TANK LIGHT, ELEC- TRONIC BOARD, SENSOR HOUSING, WIRING HARNESS, TRANSFORMER, MICRO SWITCH, DRIVE MOTOR, OR PO
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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO. SECTION 1 SOFTENER START UP A. SAFETY GUIDES 4 B. CHECK LIST OF STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL 5 C. PROGRAM THE TIMER 6-7 D. SANITIZING THE WATER SOFTENER 8 E. FILL THE STORAGE TANK WITH SALT 9 SECTION 2 HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS A. FACE PLATE TIMER FEATURES 10-12 B. SOFT WATER SERVICE AND REGENERATION 13-15 SECTION 3 CARE OF YOUR SOFTENER A. SALT: REFILLING STORAGE TANK, SALT BRIDGE 16 B. KEEPING THE WATER SOFTENER CLEAN 17 C. KEEP THE SOFTENER FROM FREEZING 18 D.
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WATER SOFTENER START-UP SECTION 1 1A. SAFETY GUIDES s Read all steps, guides and rules carefully be- fore installing and using your new water softener. Follow all steps exactly to correctly install. Fail- ure 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. s Your water softener will remove hardness min- erals and “clear water” iron from water, up to the limits shown on page 20. It will not re
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WATER SOFTENER START-UP SECTION 1 1B. CHECK LIST OF ALL 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. 7183613, for step-by-step guides. Page numbers referred to are in the Installation Manual unless otherwise noted. 4 Is the house water flow going INTO the softener valve INLET? Trace piping to be sure. See pages VALVE 10 and 11. INLET 4 Is the plumbing bypass valve (or 3 valves)
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WATER SOFTENER START-UP SECTION 1 1C. PROGRAM THE TIMER ON/OFF--HOLD button #1 SELECT low salt salt level FIG. 1 (Recharge Tonight--Now) button UP button indicator adjust button RECHARGE TO- ON/OFF HOLD RECHN AIR GG HE TNOW LOW SALT SALT LEVEL ADJUST SELECT 1 Genius II Water Softener SIGNAL Kenmore Water Line LIGHT ADJUST for Customer Assis- SELECT tance 2 TANK 1--800--426--9345 LIGHT signal light DOWN button display #2 SELECT tank light adjust button button on/off button When the transformer is
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WATER SOFTENER START-UP SECTION 1 1C. PROGRAM THE TIMER n Press the UP/DOWN buttons to set 4. SET CLEAN FEATURE OPTION: your water hardness number in the display. The n Press the SELECT button to display OFF DOWN button moves the display to 1. The UP (flashing) and CLEAN. SALTSIGNAL LEVELLEVEL button moves the display to the highest setting (see 8 This feature is beneficial on wa- 7 maximum setting for your model in the specifica- 6 CLEAN 5 ter supplies containing iron tions). 4 3 and/or high am
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WATER SOFTENER START-UP SECTION 1 1D. SANITIZING THE WATER SOFTENER Care is taken at the factory to keep your water FIG. 2 ADD WATER softener 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. salt hole cover However, during shipping, storage, installing and operating, bacteria could get into the softener. For ¬ this reason, sanitizing as follows is suggested when installing. hose 1. The first tim
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WATER SOFTENER START-UP SECTION 1 1E. FILL THE STORAGE TANK WITH SALT Brine (salt dissolved in water) is needed for each and FIG. 3 ADD SALT every regeneration. The water for making brine is metered into the salt storage tank by the softener. However, you must keep the tank filled with salt. Fill the tank with NUGGET or PELLET water softener salt. DO NOT use rock salts, as they have dirt and sediments that will stop the softener from working. Before filling, be sure the brinewell cover is in pla
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HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS SECTION 2 2A. FACEPLATE TIMER FEATURES EXTRA RECHARGE SALT MONITOR SYSTEM Sometimes, a manually started regeneration (re- The faceplate timer has a low salt monitor with an charge) may be desired, or needed. Two examples indicator light to remind you to refill the storage tank are: with salt. To set this monitor system: - - You have used more water than usual (guests 1. Lift the salt hole cover and level the salt in the visiting) and you may run out of soft water be
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HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS SECTION 2 2A. FACEPLATE TIMER FEATURES OPTIONAL ADJUSTABLE SETTINGS occur within a number of days, use this feature. For Following is a list of other timer features that are example, if your water supply contains iron and you adjustable, and the default setting for each. The want the softener to regenerate at least once every few defaults automatically set when electrical power is days to keep the resin bed clean, set the display as applied to the timer. If you want
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HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS SECTION 2 2A. FACEPLATE TIMER FEATURES OTHER FEATURES LOW SALT INDICATOR LIGHT When on, you need to refill the salt storage area with SALTSIGNAL TANK LIGHT LEVELLEVEL salt. After refilling, reset the salt monitor to turn the PM 8 To light the inside of the salt light off. Refer to Salt Monitor System, page 10. 7 6 storage tank, press the TANK 5 4 LIGHT button on the faceplate. 3 2 PROGRAM MEMORY 1 Press the same button again to TANK If electrical power to the soften
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HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS SECTION 2 2B. SOFT WATER SERVICE AND REGENERATION SERVICE REGENERATION When the softener is giving you soft water, it is called ¡ FILL: Salt, dissolved in water, is called brine. “Service”. During service, hard water comes from Brine is needed to clean the hardness minerals from the house main water pipe into the softener. Inside the resin beads. To make the brine, water flows into the softener resin tank is a bed made up of thousands the salt storage area during th
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HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS SECTION 2 2B. SOFT WATER SERVICE AND REGENERATION © BRINING: During brining, the brine is moved FIG. 7 WATER FLOW THROUGH THE from the salt storage area, into the resin tank. Inside SOFTENER IN BACKWASH the resin tank, brine cleans hardness minerals from hard water hard water the resin beads and they are discharged out the drain. bypass OUT IN How much brine is needed to clean the resin depends on: drain - - the amount of resin in the softener, - - how fast the brin
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HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS SECTION 2 2B. SOFT WATER SERVICE AND REGENERATION AUTOMATIC BYPASS ELECTRONICS During the brining, brine rinse and backwash cycles Two main parts of the softener ’ s electronics are¡ a of regeneration, HARD water goes through the WATER METER, and© a COMPUTER. softener valve and to the house pipes. If a faucet is ¡ WATER METER — The water meter is in the opened, hard water is there for your needs. However, softener valve outlet. As water flows through the you should
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CARE OF YOUR SOFTENER SECTION 3 3A. SALT¼ REFILLING STORAGE TANK/BREAKING A SALT BRIDGE WHEN TO REFILL WITH SALT (or potassium NOTE: chloride): The Salt Monitor System (see page 10) will turn the low salt light on to warn you when to refill You will have a loss in softening capacity and may with salt. Check for a low salt light a few weeks after get partly hard water if less than 10 inches (salt you install the softener, and every week after that. monitor level 2) of salt is in the storage tank.
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CARE OF YOUR SOFTENER SECTION 3 3B. KEEPING THE WATER SOFTENER CLEAN COVERS NOTE: To keep your new Kenmore water softener looking Never use cleaners having ammonia or abrasives. nice, apply a coat of paste wax and repeat once a year. They may scratch and dull the surface. When dusty, wipe it with a damp cloth to keep it sparkling. NOZZLE & VENTURI FIG. 10 CLEANING THE NOZZLE & A clean nozzle and venturi (FIG. 10) is a must for the VENTURI softener to work right. This small unit moves brine from
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CARE OF YOUR SOFTENER SECTION 3 3C. KEEP THE SOFTENER FROM FREEZING If the softener is installed where it could freeze FIG. 11 DRAIN WATER FROM THE (summer cabin, lake home, etc.), you must drain all SOFTENER water from it to stop possible freeze damage. To drain the softener— 1. Close the shut-off valve on the house main water pipe, near the water meter or pressure tank. 2. Open a faucet in the soft water pipes to vent pressure in the softener. 3. Refer to FIG. 12 on page 20. Move the stem in a
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CARE OF YOUR SOFTENER SECTION 3 3D. HELPFUL HINTS CHECKLIST ... TO HELP YOU SAVE MONEY If your water softener fails to work, make the following easy checks. Often, you will find what’ s wrong yourself and you won’ t have to call and wait for service. If you do not find anything wrong, while making the checks, and your softener still does not work, call your Sears Service Department. NOTES: 1. Also read ERROR CODE, page 12. 2. If an error code is not displayed, press and hold the #1 SELECT button
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OTHER THINGS TO KNOW SECTION 4 4A. DIMENSIONS/SPECIFICATIONS FIG. 12 BYPASS VALVES F Bypass valve(s) should always remain in soft water service position. Position in “bypass” only if needed for softener repairs. SINGLE PULL OUT for service E B D PUSH IN A C for bypass 3 -- VALVE Bypass Valve FOR SERVICE close bypass valve INCHES CM open inlet & outlet valves Outlet A Salt Tank Height 40-1/4 102.2 Valve Inlet FOR BYPASS B Resin Tank Diameter (nominal) 9 22.7 Valve open bypass valve C Resin Tank H
