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INSTALLATION
MANUAL
MODEL NOS.
UltraSoft 170
625.388170
UltraSoft 180
625.388180
UltraSoft 275
625.388270
UltraSoft 280
625.388280
Caution:
Read and Follow
All Safety Guides UltraSoft Water Softeners
Before You Start To
With DELUXE valve
Install Your Softener.
designed for plumbing up to 1 inch
If you have questions when
_i, Safety Guides
installing, operating or main-
taining your softener, and
_i, Unpacking
when setting the timer, call
this toll-free number...
_i, Where To Install
1-800-426-93
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[ INTRODUCTION This manual gives you the steps needed to install your new Kenmore Water Softener. To I better understand how the water softener is installed, and to know what you will need, please read this entire manual before beginning. N After you have installed the water softener, the included owner's manual tells you how to T 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 Soft
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[ii:i_:iii:ii:i_:iii:ii:i_:iii:ii:i_:iii:ii:i_:iii:ii:i_:iii:ii:i_:iii:ii:i_:ii TABLE OF CONTENTS BEFORE INSTALLING CHECKS & TESTS PAGE NO. 1-1 A. Safety Guides A 1-2 B. Unpacking The Water Softener 1-3 C. Water System Tests B E PLAN YOUR INSTALLATION 2-1 A. Where To Install The Water Softener 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- C 0 STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO I
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SECTION1 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 specification
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SECTION1 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 on the small parts cardboard packing piece. You will need the small parts to ener is heavy and to avoid damage, or personal inju- install the softener.
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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 _1_ Fully open two
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SECTION2 PLAN YOUR INSTALLATION A. WHERE TO INSTALL THE WATER SOFTENER Think of the following points as []. Do not installin 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). manufacturer
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SECTION2 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). Bypass nized or
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SECTION2 PLAN YOUR INSTALLATION B. PIPE AND FITTINGS, PLAN DRAWING YOUR HOUSE MAIN WATER PIPE * LEFT RIGHT * In what direction does the water flow? Be sure to plan IN and OUT piping so water flow is to the softener valve inlet, Plan a crossover if flow is from left to right. CROSS-OVER 120V - 60Hz I1_sII Electrical I1'"U Outlet sift W_a- Draw the plans for your In and OUT piping VALVE OUTLET SIDE here. Be sure to follow the guides on page 2-2. Include all pipe, fittings and accesso- ries you wil
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SECTION2 PLAN YOUR INSTALLATION C. TYPICAL SOLDERED COPPER (OR PVC) IN AND OUT PIPES TO SOFTENER DELUXE VALVE MODELS OUT IN * 1" NPT sweat adaptor OUT IN * 1" NPT sweat adaptor .z c,! 1 "NPT J | adaptor _, 2 of each included clip] _t-f _ la"d aNP_ch VALVE included INLET Bypass Valve (included with some models) *NOTE: For plumbing connection, buy 2 sweat adap- tors and plumb directly to the inlet-outlet adap- tors or bypass valve. Threads on the inlet-outlet adaptors 1" NPT. CAUTION: DO ALL SOLDE
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SECTION2 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 ucets So ft ":!_':_'::" :".... M (Raw W _e ater In) FITTINGS REQUIRED NOT L DENTIFIED Union (2) 90 o Elbow (2/ Pipe (as reg,) IN _ 1" NPT ,o,e _ adaptori_c°,'o_:? _o_V_o_o,_ *NOTE: For 1 in. plumbing connection, use a 1
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li!i! ::i :i ! ::i :i ! ::iSECTION 3 STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL A. ASSEMBLE INLET-OUTLET ADAPTORS, OR PLASTIC BYPASS VALVE Shutoff Close the shut-off valve on ffi S the house main water pipe, near the water meter or pres- -_"" -_ " Water sure tank, to turn off the wa- Meter Pump ter. C Shut off the gas or electric supply to the water heater. T Electrical Panel Open the highest and lowest water faucets in your house to let water drain from the pipes. Close faucets after water has drained. 0 V
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[i!i! ::i:i ! ::i:i ! :i SECTION 3 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 THREADED ADAPTORS Before installing the bypass valve, or threaded adaptor, be sure the turbine and support are firmly in place in the valve outlet port. turbine sensor support port S \ turbine included with softener Valve inlet included with softener INSTALLING HOLDING CLIPS BYPASS VALVE TURNED DOWNWARD
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[i!i! ::i:i ! ::i:i ! :i SECTION 3 STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL B. INSTALL 3-VALVE BYPASS IMPORTANT: _ 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 pi
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li!i! ::i:i ! ::i:i ! :i SECTION 3 STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL Ci LOCATE WATER SOFTENER, AND CONNECT PIPES I! 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 grip under the tank, without the plywood. The weight of J ridge to move the softener, when
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[i!i! ::i:i ! ::i:i ! ::iSECTION 3 STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL D. CONNECT VALVE AND SALT TANK DRAINS _1_ CONNECT THE VALVE DRAIN HOSE • Keep the hose lower than the drain fitting. (In some homes, to get to a drain you must raise the Take a length of 3 / 8" inside diameter drain tub- ing and attach one end to the drain fitting (FIG. hose and run it over-head. If you need an overhead drain, do not raise the hose more than 8' above the 12). Use a tube clamp to hold it in place. Put the other end
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[i!i! ::i:i ! ::i:i ! ::iSECTION 3 STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL Ol 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- e Take the rubber grommet, tube adaptor and tube clamp (FIG. 12) that are on the small parts flow tubing carries it to the drain. cardboard liner. • Over-fill water must run downward through @ Push the grommet into the hole in the salt tank the tu
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li!i! ::i:i ! ::i:i ! :i SECTION 3 STEP BY STEP GUIDES TO INSTALL E. PRESSURE TEST / CHECK FOR LEAKS HOUSE MAIN WATER [] CAUTION: SHUTOFF VALVES To avoid water or air pressure damage to soft- Shutoff _) ener inner parts, and to flush pipe chips or other residue from the water pipes, be sure to do the following steps exactly as instructed. _ _ Water Shutoff Look at the picture in FIG. 15 showing your kind of bypass valve(s). _1_ Fully open two cold, soft water faucets nearby the softener. Bypass
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[i!i! ::i:i ! ::i:i ! ::iSECTION 3 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 good contact is made between the pipe and the often used to ground all electrical outlets in the clamp s. home. Outlets are
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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 Outlet Power Cable from Face Plat_'13mer INSTALL COVERS Salt Hole 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 closed. For the Ultra- (Main)
