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OWNER'S
MANUAL
MODEL NO.
Kenmore C-20
625.388110
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...
Water Softener
1-800-426-9345
with Deluxe Valve
(M - F, 7 am - 8 pm, CST)
• Warranty
For repair or replacement
• Start Up / Setting Timer
parts, call this toll-free num-
ber...
• How It Works
1-800-366-7278
•
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........................................................................................................... WARRANTY SEARS RESIDENTIAL WATER SOFTENER W A FULL ONE YEAR WARRANTY ON WATER SOFTENER For one year from the date of purchase, when this water softener is installed and R maintained in accordance with our instructions, Sears will repair, free of charge, defects in material or workmanship in this water softener. R FULL TEN YEAR WARRANTY AGAINST LEAKS A For ten years from the date of purchas
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',_ ......... ,_ ....... ,_ ....... ,_ ....... ,_ ....... ,_ ....... ,_ ....... ,_ TABLE I............................................ OF CONTENTS WATER SOFTENER START UP PAGE NO. a_ 1-1 Safety Guides B. 1-2 Check List of Step-By-Step Guides To Install C. 1-3, 1-4 Program The Timer ................................... B D. 1-5 Sanitizing The Water Softener .......................... I_ E. 1-6 Adding Salt to the Storage Tank ........................ 0 HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS a_ 2-1 Faceplate
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SECTION1 WATER SOFTENER START UP A. SAFETY GUIDES • Read all steps, guides and rules carefully before installing and using your new water softener. Follow S 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. C • 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 remo
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SECTION1 WATER SOFTENER START UP B. CHECK LIST OF STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL _lb be sure you have done all the steps to install the softener, read the following list. Refer to the Instal- lation Manual, part no. 7267336, for step-by-step guides. Page numbers referred to are in the Installation Manual unless otherwise noted. VALVE m" Is the house water flow going INTO the softener INLET valve INLET? "lYace piping to be sure. See pages 2-4 and 2-5. m" Is the plumbing bypass valve (or 3 valves)
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SECTION1 WATER SOFTENER START UP C. PROGRAM THE TIMER f _,__ up button f_ display/I- down button _,._;TRONf_ BeQhaFge Tonight SELECT button RECHARGE button WATER SOFTENER When the transformer is plugged in, a model code, button you have pressed, telling you to use another and a test number (example: $3.0) show in the face button. For example, while setting the hardness plate display for 4 seconds. Then, 12:00 AM and (step 2), the beeper sounds repeatedly when the dis- PRESENT TIME begin to flash
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SECTION1 WATER SOFTENER START UP C. PROGRAM THE TIMER m m SET WATER HARDNESS NUMBER I_ SET RECHARGE (REGENERATION) TIME • Press the SELECT button once to display 25 • Press the SELECT button to display 2:00 AM (flashing) and HARDNESS. (flashing) and RECHARGE TIME. The grains per gallon (gpg) hard- At the 2:00 AM recharge time _'_]0_" 2S ness of your water supply is on setting, the softener begins re- '_ your water analysis report. Be generation (see pages 2-3 and sure to enter water test results
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SECTION1 WATER SOFTENER START UP 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. salt hole cover However, during shipping, storage, installing and operating, bacteria could get into the softener. For this reason, sanitizing as follows is suggested 'at when installing. [The first time you sanitize your soft
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E. ADDING SALT TO STORAGE TANK WATER SOFTENING SALT WITH IRON REMOV- Brine (salt dissolved in water) is needed for each ING ADDITIVES -- Some salts have an additive to and every regeneration. The water for making brine is metered into the salt storage tank by the softener. help the softener handle iron in the water supply. However, you must keep salt in the tank, but it is not These salts may be used if your water supply has a necessary to keep it full. It is best to fill the storage high iron c
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SECTION2 HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS A. FACEPLATE TIMER FEATURES • EXTRA RECHARGE • RECHARGE TONIGHT S Sometimes, a manually started Press and release (do not hold) the ,_ j,_ ] RECHARGE button. RE- =1,=_ regeneration (recharge) may be ! CHARGE TONIGHT flashes in REC.ARGE TO.lO.T ] desired, or needed. Two exam- the display, and the softener be- ples are: gins regeneration at the next preset recharge time. - You have used more water than Press and release the RECHARGE button once more C usual (
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SECTION2 HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS B. SOFT WATER SERVICE and REGENERATION SERVICE REGENERATION When the softener is giving you soft water, it is called "Service". During service, hard water comes [] FILL: Salt, dissolved in water, is called brine. from the house main water pipe into the softener. Brine is needed to clean the hardness minerals from Inside the softener resin tank is a bed made up of the resin beads. _lb make the brine, water flows into thousands of tiny, plastic resin beads (F
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SECTION2 HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS B. SOFT WATER SERVICE and REGENERATION and to the drain. The bed lifts and expands for good [] BRINING: During brining, the brine is moved cleaning. from the salt storage area, into the resin tank. Inside the resin tank, brine deans hardness minerals from Water Flow Through the the resin beads and they are discharged out the Softener in Backwash drain. How much brine is needed to clean the resin hard water hard water depends on: bY_sOUTI ! iN - - the amount
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SECTION2 , , I HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS B. SOFT WATER SERVICE and REGENERATION AUTOMATIC BYPASS ELECTRONICS Two main parts of the softener's electronics are [] During the brining, brine rinse and backwash cycles a WATER METER, and [] a COMPUTER. of regeneration, HARD water goes through the soft- [] WATER METER-- The water meter is in the soft- ener valve and to the house pipes. If a faucet is opened, hard water is there for your needs. Howev- ener valve outlet. As water flows through the me
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SECTION3 CARE OF YOUR WATER SOFTENER A. SALT: ADDING TO STORAGE TANK, SALT BRIDGE WHEN TO ADD SALT: Check the softener use all the salt before adding. Without salt level a few weeks after you salt, you will soon have hard water. S install the softener and every week after that. Add salt to the Note: storage tank when the salt height You will have a loss in softening capacity and may is reduced to about 1/4 full (see get partly hard water if less than 10 inches of salt is note on page 1-6). Never
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SECTION 3 CARE OF YOUR WATER SOFTENER B. KEEPING THE WATER SOFTENER CLEAN NOZZLE & VENTURI Cleaning Nozzle & Venturi A clean nozzle and venturi (FIG. 11) is a must for the Gap softener to work right. This small unit moves brine from the salt storage tank to the resin tank during re- generation. If it becomes plugged with sand, silt, dirt, etc., the softener will not work and you will get hard water. "lb get to the nozzle and venturi, remove the softener top cover. Be sure the softener is in serv
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SECTION 3 CARE OF YOUR WATER SOFTENER C. PROTECT THE WATER SOFTENER FROM FREEZING If the softener is installed where it could freeze Drain All Water From Softener (summer cabin, lake home, etc.), you must drain all water from it to stop possible freeze damage. _lb drain the softener: i i i []Close the shut-off valve on the house main wa- ter pipe, near the water meter or pressure tank. []Open a faucet in the soft water pipes to vent pressure in the softener. i, []Refer to FIG. 14 on page 4-1. Mo
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SECTION3 CARE OF YOUR WATER SOFTENER D. 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 your- self 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 Kenmore Water Line at 1-800-426-9345. Note: 1. Also read ERROR CODE, page 2-1. 2. If an error code is not displayed, press and hold the SELECT button until
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SECTION4 KNOW ABOUT YOUR WATER SOFTENER A. DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS BYPASS VALVES S Bypass valve(s) should always remain in soft F water service position, Position in "bypass" only if needed for softener repairs. IN OUT SINGLE BYPASS C PULL STEM OUTWARD FOR SERVICE OUT IN 3 - VALVE BYPASS N Bypass FOR SERVICE i_J_J_ _J_J_ _J_. 1_ Valve i_J_ _J_J_ _J_. close bypass valve Outlet open inlet & outlet valves GM Valve Inlet Va_e A Salt Tank Height 34-1/2 102.2 FOR BYPASS B Resin Tank Diameter 8 20.
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SECTION4 KNOW ABOUT YOUR WATER SOFTENER A. DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS OTHER SPECIFICATIONS Type of ion exchange material (resin) high capacity 0.62 Amount of rosin (cuft) Total rogeneration time approximately 110 minutes @ 3.7 salt dose 4940 @ 1.8 Ib salt Efficiency Rating 0.9 Max. DrainFlow Rate (gpm) gpm = gallons per minute gpg = grains per gallon psi = pounds per square inch ppm = parts per million 4-2 Problems, Questions? Call 1-800-426-9345 Kenmore Water Line
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SECTION5 SERVICE TECH. INFORMATION A. TROUBLESHOOTING WIRING SCHEMATIC S valve motor C 'i?i 9m brN FACEPLATE UP button display jJ DOWN button N _SELECT button RECHARGE button (Recharge Tonight - Now) Keep this manual with your water softener. If repairs are needed, the service technician must have the information on the following 8 pages. For telephone assistance, call toll free, 1-800-426-9345. ALWAYS MAKE THESE INITIAL CHECKS FIRST _l_The valve drain hose must be free of kinks and sharp bends
