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INSTALLATION
MANUAL
For softeners with
DELUXE valve
designed for plumbing up to 1 inch
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-
UltraSoft Water Softeners
taining your softener, and
when setting the timer, call
this toll-free number...
1-800-426-9345
• Safety Guides
(M - F, 7 am - 8 pm, CST)
• Unpacking
• Where To Install
For repair or replacement
parts, call this toll-free num-
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This manual gives you the steps needed to install your new Kenmore Water Softener. To better understand how the water softener is installed, and to know what you will need, please read this entire manual before beginning. After you have installed the water softener, the included owner's manual tells you how to start, program, operate and maintain it. The owners manual also has the product warranty, and a listing of repair parts available from Sears. O Your Kenmore Water Softener will remove hard
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_,_i_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_i TABLE OFCONTENTS BEFORE INSTALLING CHECKS & TESTS PAGE NO. 1-1 A. Safety Guides B. 1-2 Unpacking The Water Softener 1-3 C. Water System Tests PLAN YOUR INSTALLATION A. Where To Install The Water Softener 2-1 0 2-2, 2-3 B. Tools, Pipe and Fittings, Other Materials Needed F 2-4 C. Typical Soldered Copper (or CPVC) In and Out Pipes 2-5 D. Typical Threaded In and Out Pipes To Softener .............. STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL 3-1, 3-2 A. Assemble Inlet - Outlet Adaptors, o
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SECTION 1 BEFORE INSTALLING CHECKS & TESTS 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. • Your water softener will remove hardness minerals C and "clear water" iron* from water, up to the limits shown on the specificatio
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SECTION 1 BEFORE INSTALLING CHECKS & TESTS B. UNPACKING THE WATER SOFTENER Directions for unpacking the softener are on the top Use care when handling the softener. DO NOT turn of the shipping carton. This manual, and the own- upside-down. DO NOT drop, or set on sharp objects that could make a hole in the bottom. The water soft- er's manual, were in the small parts bag. You will need the small parts to install the softener. Keep ener is heavy and to avoid damage, or personal inju- ry, do not try
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SECTION 1 BEFORE INSTALLING CHECKS & TESTS C. WATER SYSTEM TESTS Has your water supply had a chemical analysis? lower flow will keep your softener from working as Please see page A on the inside of the front cover. well as it should. To make an easy check of your flow rate, do the following. You will need a one gallon container (can, jar, pail, etc.). CHECK YOUR WATER PRESSURE -- For your softener to work right, a water pressure of no lower []Fully open two cold water faucets close to the than 2
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SECTION 2 PLAN YOUR INSTALLATION A. WHERE TO INSTALL THE WATER SOFTENER Think of the following points as [], Do not install in a place where the softener could you choose a place to put your freeze. Damage caused by freezing voids the S softener. (see FIG. 2). warranty by Sears, Roebuck and Co. Place as close as possible to the Put the softener in a place water damage is least o pressure tank (well water) or likely to occur if it develops a leak. Sears or the water meter (city water). manufactur
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SECTION 2 , , , I PLAN YOUR INSTALLATION B. TOOLS, PIPE AND FITTINGS, OTHER MATERIALS NEEDED You must first decide how to run in and out pipes to ALWAYS install a bypass valve or valves. Either the softener. Look at your house main water pipe at use the Sears special valve (included with some the point you will connect the softener. Is the pipe models and available at your local Sears store), or soldered copper, glued plastic, or threaded galva- 3 shut-off valves (see pages 2- 4 and 3- 3). Bypas
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SECTION 2 PLAN YOUR INSTALLATION B. PIPE AND FI'I-rlNGS, PLAN DRAWING _DUR HOUSE MAIN WATER RPE * LEFT RIGHT * In what direction does the water flow? Be sure to plan IN and OUT pipingso water flow is to the softener valve inlet. Plan a crossover if flow is from left to right. CROSS-OVER 120V - 60Hz Electrical F_ Outlet VALVE OUTLET SIDE Draw the plans for your Inand OUT piping here. Be sure to follow the guides on page 2-2. Include all pipe, fittings and accesso- ries you will use. Make a list o
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SECTION 2 PLAN YOUR INSTALLATION C. TYPICAL SOLDERED COPPER (OR CPVC) IN AND OUT PIPES TO SOFTENER DELUXE VALVE MODELS * 1" NPT X 3/4" Sweat Reducer (2) Outlet VALVE SOFTENER Inlet *NOTE: For 1 in. plumbing _onne_tion, buy 2 sweat adaptors (1 in. female thread x 1 in. sweat) and plumb directly to the inlet- outlet adaptors or by- pass valve. Threads on the inlet-outlet adaptors and bypass valve are 1 in. pipe thread. CAUTION; DO ALL SOLDERING BEFORE CONNECT- ING SWEAT ADAPTOR TO INLET-OUTLET ADA
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SECTION 2 PLAN YOUR INSTALLATION D. TYPICAL THREADED IN AND OUT PIPES TO SOFTENER If you are planning a threaded plumbing installation, with a 3-valve bypass, use the drawing in Fig. 4 as a guide. Use union fittings, as needed, to connect the plumbing. DELUXE VALVE MODELS Outside (Raw Water In) FITTINGS REQUIRED NOT IDENTIFIED Union (2) 90° Elbow (2) Pipe (as reg.) OUT IN NOTE: It may be easier to slip the pressure fit ground clamps onto the plumbing prior to making all connections permanent. Se
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SECTION3 STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL A. ASSEMBLE INLET-OUTLET ADAPTORS, OR PLASTIC BYPASS VALVE []INSTALL SEARS BYPASS VALVE AND / OR THE INLET OUTLET COPPER TUBES (FIG. S Close the shut-off valve on 4, 5 AND 6). All needed parts are in the parts [ bag. the house main water pipe, near the water meter or pres- Note: sure tank, to turn off the wa- If you will not install the bypass valve because you ter. C will have a 3- valve bypass, skip step b, but do steps a and c. []Shut off the gas or ele
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SECTION3 STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL A. ASSEMBLE INLET-OUTLET ADAPTORS, OR PLASTIC BYPASS VALVE DELUXE VALVE MODELS INSTALLING BYPASS VALVE, and/or INLET and OUTLET COPPER TUBES Before ins'telling the bypass valve, or copper tube, be sure the turbine and support are firmly in place in the valve outlet port. turbine sensor support port \ \ turbine ii Valve inlet INSTALLING HOLDING CLIPS BYPASS VALVE TURNED DOWNWARD black cross section of bypass 'calve or clip\ valve inlet or outlet \\\ / coppe
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SECTION3 STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL B. INSTALL 3-VALVE BYPASS IMPORTANT: _l INSTALLING 3 VALVE BYPASS AND PIPES When looking at the front of the softener, the inlet (FIG. 9) is on the right side. If water in your house main wa- O Cut the house main water pipe where you will ter pipe runs from left to right, be sure to use a connect the softener. Loosely put together pipe, "cross-over" as shown on page 2-3. fittings, and the 3 valves. Place valve(s) within When all pipe, fittings and valves m
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SECTION3 STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL C. LOCATE WATER SOFTENER, AND CONNECT PIPES []MOVE THE SOFTENER INTO PLACE MOVE SOFTENER INTO PLACE Move the softener into place, onto a level and smooth surface. If needed, put a piece of 3/4" plywood, at least 17" x 20", under the tank. Then put spacers under the plywood to level the soft- ener. Do not put shims or spacers directly under the tank, without the plywood. The weight of the softener, when full of salt and water, may cause the tank to puncture
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SECTION3 STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL D. CONNECT VALVE AND SALT TANK DRAINS ffi CONNECT THE VALVE DRAIN HOSE • Keep the hose lower than the drain fitting. (In Take a length of 3 / 8" inside diameter drain tub- some homes, to get to a drain you must raise the ing and attach one end to the drain fitting (FIG. hose and run it over-head. If you need an overhead 12). Use a tube clamp to hold it in place. Put the drain, do not raise the hose more than 8' above the other end of the tubing over a floo
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SECTION3 STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL D. CONNECT VALVE AND SALT TANK DRAINS []CONNECT SALT TANK OVERFLOW TU- Important: BING The salt tank overflow is for safety only, If the salt tank should overfill with water, the over- 0 Take the rubber grommet, tube adaptor and flow tubing carries it to the drain. tube clamp (FIG. 12) that are in the parts bag. @Push the grommet into the hole in the salt tank Over-fill water must run downward through wall so half is inside and half is outside. the tubing,
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SECTION3 STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL E. PRESSURE TEST / CHECK FOR LEAKS HOUSE MAIN WATER [] CAUTION: SHUTOFF VALVES Shutoff To avoid water or air pressure damage to soft- ener inner parts, and to flush pipe chips or other residue from the water pipes, be sure to Pressure do the following steps exactly as instructed. o,or Look at the picture in FIG. 15 showing your kind of bypass valve(s). Pump []Fully open two cold, soft water faucets nearby the softener. Bypass valve(s) should always remain
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SECTION3 STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL F. GROUNDING / CONNECT TO ELECTRICAL POWER []INSTALL GROUNDING WIRE BETWEEN To restore the ground, take the ground clamp kit that is on the cardboard liner. Install across the inlet THE SOFTENER IN AND OUT PIPES and outlet copper tubes as shown in FIG. 16. Be sure The house cold water pipe (iron or copper) is often used to ground all electrical outlets in the good contact is made between the pipe and the clamps. home. Outlets are grounded to protect you fr
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SECTION3 STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL F. GROUNDING / CONNECT TO ELECTRICAL POWER []PLUG IN THE TRANSFORMER CONNECTING TRANSFORMER Plug the transformer into the electrical outlet. Transformer 120V-6OHz Electrical OuUet Power Cable from Face Plate-_mer After installing your water softener, replace the cov- ers. For the UltraSoft 100, first position the main cover on the softener. Then, set the salt hole cover into the main cover, and lower dosed. For the Ultra- Soft 200, angle the covers so the
