Kenmore 625.38817003, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ... call this toll free num ber 1 800 366 7278 See back cover for other Sears service numbers WWW KenmoreWater com SAVE THIS MANUAL Water Softeners with Deluxe Valve _i Warranty _i Start Up Setting Timer _i How It Works _i Care Of _i Specifications _i Repair Parts _ Ti_ I ystems Tested and Certified by NSF International against NSF ANSl Standard 44for softener performance Use the plastic bag and tie ...

Page 2: ...k to your Sears Salesman He will arrange for a prompt quality installation by Sears Authorized Installers SEARS INSTALLATION POLICY All 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 all local laws codes regulations and ordinances Customer shall also be protect...

Page 3: ...TENER Salt Adding to Storage Tank Salt Bridge Keeping The Water Softener Clean Protect The Water Softener From Freezing Checklist Not Getting Soft Water ABOUT YOUR WATER SOFTENER Dimensions Specifications PAGE NO 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 2 1 2 2 to 2 5 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 1 4 2 B C a SERVICE TECH INFORMATION Troubleshooting Rotary Valve Service Water Flow Through The Softener Valve 5 1 to 5 4 5 5 5 6...

Page 4: ...e 3 3 CAUTIONS PLEASE READ AND COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING GUIDES TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE SOFTENER OR OTHER PROPERTY PERSONAL INJURY OR POS SIBLE FATAL SHOCK THIS SOFTENER WORKS ON 24 VOLTS ONLY BE SURE TO USE ONLY THE TRANSFORMER INCLUDED AND PLUG IT INTO A NOMINAL 120V 60 CYCLE HOUSEHOLD OUTLET THAT IS GROUNDED AND PROPERLY PROTECTED BY AN OVERCURRENT DE VICE SUCH AS A CIRCUIT BREAKER OR FUSE IF ...

Page 5: ...ed 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 _ Be sure to restart the water heater See page 3 9 California Efficiency Requirement Your Kenmore Water Softener has a High Effi ciency feature with an ON or OFF setting This softener setting is shipped in the OFF position which u...

Page 6: ...buttons for timer set up One beep signals 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 DOWNbutton or the high est hardness setting using the UP button SET PRESENT TIME OF DAY ...

Page 7: ... a good time in most households because THE TIMER water is not being used see Automatic Bypass page 2 4 If a different 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 AM PM as you did when setting the present time of day Note Each press of the UP DOWN buttons changes the display 1 h...

Page 8: ...well cover FIG 3 and pour about 3 4 ounce or 1 to 2 tablespoons of com mon 5 25 unscented household bleach Clo rox Linco BoPeep White Sail Eagle etc in the softener brinewell Replace the brinewell cover D Press the RECHARGE button and holdfor 3 se conds to start a recharge This first recharge does several things It draws the bleach into and through the softener to sanitize it It fills the salt tan...

Page 9: ...ag of KC1 in your softener at a time the salt storage tank should contain no more than 60 pounds of KC1 at any one time 2 A softener using KC1 should not be placed in areas with temperature fluctuations and high hu midity KC1 will 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 p...

Page 10: ...mber corresponds with the salt level number At level 2 or below the indicator LED will flash If you wish to turn this feature off press the DOWN button past 0 and the word OFF flashes in the display Note You must set salt level each time salt is added to the water softener PROGRAM MEMORY If electrical power to the softener goes off the time display is blank but the face plate timer keeps the corre...

Page 11: ...e Re generation is started at 2 00 a m by the electronic timer see page 2 5 It takes place in 5 stages or cycles These are FILL BACKWASH BRINING FAST RINSE BRINE RINSE Water Flow Through the Softener in Service soft water hard water OUT IN salt storage tank salt not shown brine valve resin tank resin bed REGENERATION FILL Salt dissolved in water is called brine Brine is needed to dean the hardness...

Page 12: ...ush from the resin tank to the drain Brining and brine rinse together vary in the length of time they take relative to the fill cycle length Water Flow Through the Softener in Brining and Brine Rinse hard water hard water bypass OUT t IN nozzle I I l venturi l_ brine valve drain brine _ 1 BACKWASH During backwash water flows UP through the resin tank FIG 8 at a fast rate to flush iron minerals dir...

Page 13: ...sends electric pulses to the computer The com puter changes the pulses to a measure in gallons of water COMPUTER The computer is part of the faceplate timer circuit board It is programmed to know the softener s capacity how many grains of hardness minerals it will take out of the water before a regeneration is needed When starting the soften er page 1 4 you set it for the grains per gallon gp g ha...

Page 14: ...salt will not dissolve melt in the wa ter to make brine Without brine the resin bed does not regenerate and you will have hard water If the storage tank is full of salt it is hard to tell if you have a salt bridge Salt is loose on top but the bridge is under it The following is the best way to check for a salt bridge Salt should be loose all the way to the bottom of the tank Hold a broom handle or...

Page 15: ...g 1 EP Nozzle _itkUell _ _ Screen tered directly over the small holes in the nozzle venturi housing Flow Plug HVDC Nozzle Venturi Housing Install with numbered side up concave side down Be sure the largest flow plug is located inthe nozzle venturi housing IRON FROM RESIN BED Your water softener takes hardness minerals cal cium and magnesium out of the water Also it can control some clear water iro...

Page 16: ...Carefully remove the large holding clips at the softener inlet and outlet see Key No 66 on page 6 3 Separate the softener from the copper tubes or from the bypass valve _1_ Remove the brinewell cover and disconnect the brine valve tubing at the nozzle and venturi as sembly see page 3 2 Lift the brine valve out of the brinewell Tip the brine valve upside down to drain water Drain All Water From Sof...

Page 17: ...alve s in bypass position Dirty plugged or damaged nozzle venturi Valve drain hose plugged or restricted Water hard sometimes Hardness number setting too low Incorrect SR code selected Using hot water when softener is regenerating Increase in the grains of hardness inyour water supply Brine tank flooded Restricted drain line Plugged or dirty nozzle venturi Valve rotor disc seals Look at FIG 14 on ...

Page 18: ...se bypass valve open inlet outlet valves Outlet Valve FOR BYPASS open bypass valve close inlet outlet valves _ _ _ Bypass Valve Inlet Valve ULTRASOFT 175 ULTRASOFT 180 TIMER SR CODE SR25 TIMER SR CODE SR26 WATER SUPPLY TO WATER SOFTENER UltraSoft 175 Minimum water system flow gpm 3 Minimum Max water pressure psi 20 125 Minimum Max water temperature F 40 120 Maximum water hardness gpg 95 Maximum cl...

Page 19: ...ge material resin high capacity high capacity Amount of resin cu ft 78 84 Rated Softening Capacity Grains Pounds Salt Dose 11 800 2 3 12 800 2 5 25 300 7 4 27 300 8 0 30 200 12 5 32 500 13 4 Efficiency Rating Grains Pound of Salt Minimum Salt Dose 5120 2 3 5100 2 5 Rated Service Flow Rate gpm 7 5 7 5 Pressure Drop at Rated Service Flow Rate psi 14 15 Max Drain Flow Rate gpm to Drain During Regener...

Page 20: ...GNOSTICS Plumbing bypass valve s must fully in ser _e vice position outlet pipes must connect to The inlet and the softener inlet and outlet respectively m zz Is the transformer plugged into a live grounded wall outlet and the power cable fas tened securely to the controller _The valve drain hose must be free of kinks and sharp bends and not elevated over 8 ft above the floor Remove the top cover ...

Page 21: ...E 1 Unplug transformer from outlet 2 Correct defect 3 Plug in transformer 4 Wait for 6 minutes The error code will return if the defect was not corrected MANUAL INITIATED ELECTRONICS DIAGNOSTICS To the SELECT button enter diagnostics press until 000 shows in the display I I 1I_ JU U A The first 3 digits indicate water meter operation as follows 000 steady Soft water not in use and no flow through ...

Page 22: ...e on incorrect programming Do the follow ing as needed Return the present time display Press the SE LECT button TIMER PWA REPLACEMENT Be sure the valve is in service position when replacing the timer PWA observe valve cycle indicator If after installing and programming the re placement timer PWA the valve is not in ser vice position do the following to assure correct cycle orientation or timing be...

Page 23: ... for a few minutes to flush out any brine that may remain in the resin tank from the brining cycle test To return softener to service press RE the CHARGE a If water does not enter the tank look for an ob structed nozzle venturi fill flow plug brine tubing or brine valve riser pipe CYCLE FLOW RATES GALLONS PER MIN FILL flow to salt storage tank 0 3 1 1 liters BRINING _ 15 57 liters BRINE RINSE I fl...

Page 24: ...L o rings and seals with FDA ap proved silicone grease To install the rotor seal first place the seal into the valve groove rounded side down see cross section Apply a light coating of silicone grease to the seal s crossing ribs Then care fully center the wear strip on the seal and push it downward onto the seal Install the nozzle and venturi seal and drain seal Assemble wave washer bearing the wa...

Page 25: ...ion switch venturi FILL CYCLE valve cam rotor disc fill flow plug from Valve Inlet hard water fill water soft To Valve Outlet soft water resin bed bottom distributor _ _1 resin bed top distributor resin tank 4 _ _ 7 X position i switch __ To begin a regeneration the electronic timer energizes the circuit to the valve motor The valve motor rotates the rotor and disc and the valve cam until the posi...

Page 26: ... and to the drain Hard water is available at the valve outlet When the brine valve closes to end brine draw water flow continues in the same directions to slowly RINSE brine from the resin bed and to the drain bypass water to valve out let f BACKWASH CYCLE drain Timer switch action again allows the motor to turn the rotor disc to place the valve in BACKWASH stopping water flow to the nozzle Water ...

Page 27: ...s the resin tank through the top distributor and exits through the bottom distributor to the drain The electronic timer again energizes the motor to return the valve to service As the valve rotates the position switch lever drops to open the circuit The valve remains positioned in service until the electronic timer initiates the next regeneration 5 8 Problems Questions Call 1 800 426 9345 Kenmore ...

Page 28: ...over Lock req d for ship only Rim Insert req d for shipping only Cover main Salt Hole Cover order following de cal Instruction Decal Transformer 24V 10VA Timer Repl PWA Faceplate order following decal Faceplate Decal UltraSoft 175 Faceplate Decal UltraSoft 180 Rim Brinewell Cover Wing Nut 1 4 O Ring Brinewell Decal Brinewell Salt Storage Tank Plastic Screw 1 4 x 5 8 Tube Clamp Tube Adaptor Grommet...

Page 29: ... 7131365 14 7094979 15 7092294 16 7176161 17 7095470 18 7113016 19 7171349 20 7248706 inctudedin pa_s DESCRIPTION Ceramic Weight Float Stop Float includes Key No 32 Float Seal Float Rod Stem Guide Cap O Ring 15 16 x 1 3 16 Seal Retainer Bottom Seal Clip Brine Valve Body Clip Screen Insert Retaining Ring O Ring 5 16 x 9 16 Brine Tube Tubing Assy includes Key Nos 42 43 44 Cone Screen Grounding Clamp...

Page 30: ..._ _i REPAIR PARTS FOR WATER SOFTENER C VALVE ASSEMBLY 39 _ 38 32 41 28 3 4 5 6 11 10 12 13 14 15 20 21 24 19 30 25 27 29 wear strip seal _ _ cross section view 17 i i 18 6 3 Problems Questions Call 1 800 426 9345 Kenmore Water Line ...

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