Page 1: ...is toll free num ber 1 800 366 7278 See back cover for other Sears service numbers www KenmoreWater com UltraSoft Water Softeners with High Performance Valve _i Warranty _i Start Up Setting Timer _i How It Works _i Care Of _i Specifications _i Repair Parts ISystems Tested and Certified by NSF International I against NSF ANSl Standard 44 for softener performance I SAVE THIS MANUAL Use the plastic b...
Page 2: ...u want your water softener professionally installed talk to your Sears Salesman He will arrange for a prompt quality installation by Sears Authorized Installers SEARS INSTALLATION POLICY SEARS INSTALLATION WARRANTY 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 ...
Page 3: ...Water Service and Regeneration CARE OF YOUR WATER SOFTENER 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 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...
Page 4: ... 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 TRANSFORMER IS REPLACED USE ONLY THE ...
Page 5: ...rmer plugged 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 v Be sure to restart the water heater See page 3 9 plastic Bypass Valve s California Efficiency Requirement Your Kenmore Water Softener has a High Effi ciency feature with an ON or OFF setting This softener setting is sh...
Page 6: ...ain if other than HF36 shows see page 5 3 to reset SOUND BEEPER A beeper sounds while pressing 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 If the words PRESE...
Page 7: ...begins re generation see pages 2 4 and q lqN_ I LIU RECHARGE TIME THE TIMER 2 5 at 2 00 AM ending no later than 4 00 AM This is a good time in most households because water is not being used see Automatic Bypass page 2 6 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...
Page 8: ...bout 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 _1_ Open the bypass valve and press the RE CHARGE button and holdfor 3 seconds 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 ta...
Page 9: ...e softener inoperable 3 Check the brine tank and brinewell black tube in salt storage tank monthly If hardening is present pour small amounts of warm water on hardened areas until they loosen 4 If you do use potassium chloride see page 1 4 to set the timer for its use Note The salt monitor system page 2 1 is cali brated to the density of nugget or pellet water soft ener salt The monitor will not w...
Page 10: ... will last for about 2 hours After the 2 hours you will have soft water again Note If the CLEAN feature is set to ON a cleaning back wash CLEAN and Bkwsh or Rinse flashes in the dis play along with the minutes of the clean cycle re RECHARGE TONIGHT maining precedes the recharge RECHARGE TONIGHT Press and release do not hold the RECHARGE button RE CHARGE TONIGHT flashes in the display and the softe...
Page 11: ...ture the length of the extra backwash cycle automat ically sets to 7 minutes However you can adjust this time from I to 15 minutes in length To change this cycle time use the UP button to increase the time or the DOWN button to shorten the time If no change is desired continue below 4 Press SELECT 1 to show the 12 HOUR display Continue with next step if no change is desired I I_1I C ii li TIME 12 ...
Page 12: ... Serv Fill Brine Bkwsh Rinse is displayed while the softener is re charging See Note on page 2 1 if the CLEAN fea ture is ON RECHARGE flashes in the display and beginning with Brine the minutes of recharge re maining before return to service appears in place of the present time When the valve is moving from one cycle to another both position indicators are flashing valve position _i recharge time ...
Page 13: ...rifying Filter ultra cleansing screen top distributor B SOFT WATER SERVICE and REGENERATION SERVICE When the softener is giving you soft water it is called Service During service hard water comes from the house main water pipe into the softener Inside the softener resin tank is a bed made up of thousands of tiny plastic resin beads FIG 5 As hard water passes through the bed each bead at tracts and...
Page 14: ...gh the Softener in Brining and Brine Rinse hard water hard water bypass OUT t I IN Water Flow Through the Softener in Fill soft water hard water OUT IN salt storage tank brine valve fill water BRINING During brining the brine is moved from the salt storage area into the resin tank Inside the resin tank brine cleans hardness minerals from the resin beads and they are discharged out the drain How mu...
Page 15: ... and _ a COMPUTER WATER METER The water meter is in the soft ener valve outlet As water flows through the meter it 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 face plate timer circuit board It is programmed to know the softener s capacity how many grains of hard ness minerals it will take out of the wa...
Page 16: ...tank It is usually caused by high hu midity or the wrong kind of salt When the salt bridges an empty space forms between the water and salt Then 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 un...
Page 17: ...enturi _ Screen Gasket _ 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 with the largest hole is located in the 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 c...
Page 18: ...ding clips at the softener inlet and outlet see Key No 69 on page 6 5 Separate the softener from the copper tubes or from the bypass valve _ _ 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 SOFTENER FROM FREEZING Drain All Water From Softener S...
Page 19: ... nozzle venturi Valve drain hose plugged or restricted Water hard sometimes Hardness number setting too low Using hot water when softener is regenerating Increase in the grains of hardness in your water supply Add salt or break the salt bridge page 3 1 Press ON OFF HOLD RECHARGE NOW button and hold for 3 seconds to start a regeneration see page 2 1 Check for loss of power due to any of these and c...
Page 20: ...LL OUT for service PUSH IN for bypass 3 VALVE BYPASS FOR SERVICE close bypass valve open inlet outlet valves FOR BYPASS open bypass valve close inlet outlet valves Outlet Valve Bypass Valve Inlet Valve TIMER HF CODE HF36 WATER SUPPLY TO WATER SOFTENER Minimum water system flow gpm 3 Minimum Max water pressure psi 20 t 25 Minimum Max water temperature F 40 t 20 Maximum water hardness gpg 110 Maximu...
Page 21: ...ONS Type of ion exchange material resin high capacity Amount of resin cu ft 1 19 Rated Softening Capacity Grains Pounds Salt Dose 12 500 2 5 33 300 9 4 42 100 16 2 Efficiency Rating Grains Pound of Salt Minimum Salt Dose 5010 2 5 Rated Service Flow Rate gpm 9 0 Pressure Drop at Rated Service Flow Rate psi 9 Max Drain Flow Rate gpm to Drain During Regeneration Cycle 2 3 This system conforms to NSF ...
Page 22: ...EC TRONIC DIAGNOSTICS page 5 2 _1 Plumbing bypass valve s must be fully in ser vice position _1_ The inlet and outlet pipes must connect to the softener inlet and outlet respectively Is the transformer plugged into a llve J 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 f...
Page 23: ... _ rninutes of brining time when valve reaches I I VA V OTAT NO _J _ FROM1 RECHARaE _ l_ LIUU _ POSITION TO P L_ I _ I _ water meter ANOTHER FROM turbine count FILLTO BRINING IN positionswitchindicator THIS EXAMPLE dosed You will see one of the following displays All of the displays show what position the valve is in if the turbine is operating and the position switch open or closed status valve p...
Page 24: ...electrical power applied Press V to display the number of regenerations initiated by this faceplate since the HF code number entered Press the RECHARGE button to advance the valve to each position and observe the switch and position indicators to verify component op eration or to possibly isolate a defect This code identifies the softener nominal capacity size If the wrong number shows the softene...
Page 25: ...INE RINSE l 15 57 liters BACKWASH flow to drain 2 0 7 6 liters FAST RINSE 2 0 7 6 liters _ After observing fill press the RECHARGE but ton to move the softener into brining A slow flow of water to the drain will begin Verify brine draw from the brine tank by shining a flashlight into the brinewell and observing a noticeable drop in the liquid level Note Be sure a salt bridge is not preventing wate...
Page 26: ...ps or wear Note If replacement is needed be sure to use the current replacement part See page 6 3 for repair parts ASSEMBLY Be sure all parts are in place and in the proper posi tion Lubricate ALL 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 t...
Page 27: ...ipes FILL CYCLE position switch valve cam venturi rotor disc fill flow plug from Valve Inlet hard water fill water soft top distributor To Valve Outlet soft water resin bed resin bed resin tank position switch bottom distributor ___1 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 position ...
Page 28: ...es out the top distributor 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 flow plug drain Timer switch action again allows the motor to turn the rotor disc to place the valve in BACKWASH stop...
Page 29: ...ers 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 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 Wate...
Page 30: ... C T N JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ JJJJ JJJJJJJJJJ dJd_dJdJdJdJ JJ JJJJJJJJJ JJ JJJJJJJJ JJ JJJJJJJJJ _dJ dJdJdJdJ JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ Kenmore MODEL NOs 625 388460 I_ 625 388480 I_ 3 2 14 15 16 17 18 19 24 6 1 Problems Questions Call 1 800 426 9345 Kenmore Water Line ...
Page 31: ...cal Clamp Retainer 2 req Clamp Section 2 req Vapor Barrier Timer RepI PWA Transformer 24V 1OVA Faceptate order following decal Faceptate Decal UltraSoft 425 Faceptate Decal UltraSoft 480 Rim includes Key No 11 16 O Ring 11 16 x 1 1 32 Light Asm Ultra Cleansing Screen UltraSoft 480 only BrinewelI Cover with decal Wing Nut 1 4 O Ring 1 4 x 1 2 BrinewelI Decal Salt Level DESCRIPTION Salt Storage Tank...
Page 32: ... i ii i i SECTION 6 REPAIR PARTS FOR WATER SOFTENER Kenmore MODEL NOs 625 388460 I_ 625 388480 I_ INLET OUTLET GROUNDING CLAMPS 17 16 15 14 13 12 10 11 20 6 3 Problems Questions Call 1 800 426 9345 Kenmore Water Line ...
Page 33: ...7131365 14 7094979 15 7092294 16 7176161 17 7095470 18 7113016 19 7171349 20 7248706 DESCRIPTION Ceramic Weight Float Stop Float includes Key No 4 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 14 15 16 Cone Screen Grounding Clamp Kit included in p...
Page 34: ...i i i SECTION 6 REPAIR PARTS FOR WATER SOFTENER C VALVE ASSEMBLY 33 seal xN cross section view 28 11 10 9 12 13 14 t 15 16 17 30 29 31 25 26 32 27 8 21 23 24 6 5 Problems Questions Call 1 800 426 9345 Kenmore Water Line ...
Page 35: ...g Retainer Nozzle Venturi BYPASS INSTALLATION VALVE KEY PART DESCRIPTION NO NUMBER 7214317 Bypass Valve Includes fol lowing parts Stem O ring 1 109 I D x 1 387 O D 4 Bypass Body C ring 49 7172882 50 7173016 51 7214155 52 7175238 KEY PART NO NUMBER 31 7195482 32 7171145 33 7170319 34 7081104 35 1202600 36 7095030 37 1148800 38 7114533 7204362 39 7084607 40 7146043 41 7167659 42 7170262 43 7199729 4...
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