Kenmore ULTRASOFT 280 - Manual (Page 11)

SECTION 2 HOW YOUR WATER SOFTENER WORKS
A. pacepla TE TIMER FEATURES
^ OPTIONAL SETTINGS - SALT EFFICIENCY,
CLEAN FEATURE, CLEAN FEATURE MINUTES,
MAXIMUM DAYS BETWEEN REGENERA­
TIONS and 12 / 24 HOUR CLOCK:
1. To set any of the following options, press and hold
SELECT for 3 seconds until 000 shows in the display.
Then press once until the SALT EFFICIENCY dis­
play shows. Use the UP or DOWN buttons to
change the ON / OFF displays.
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□ SALT EFFICIENCY: When this feature is ON,
the unit will operate at salt efficiencies of 4000 grains
of hardness per pound of salt or higher, which will
reduce the softeners salt usage. (May recharge more
often using smaller salt dosage and less water).
When installing this unit in the State of California,
this setting MUST be ON.
2. Press SELECT again to show the CLEAN display.
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l_JCFEAN: This feature is beneficial on water sup­
plies containing iron and/or high amounts of sedi­
ments (sand, silt, dirt, etc.). When set to ON, a back­
wash and fast rinse cycle will occur first, proceeding
the normal regeneration sequence (see page 2-4).
This provides extra cleaning of the resin bed before
it is regenerated with the salt brine. To conserve wa­
ter, if your water supply does not contain iron or
sediments, be sure this feature is set to OFF. For
UltraSoft 280 the default is ON, for UltraSoft 275 the
default is OFF.
3. Press SELECT again until the CLEAN TIME dis­
play shows.
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default minutes example: time set to 3 minutes
l_\C FEAN feature minutes: If you are using this fea­
ture, the length of the extra backwash cycle auto­
matically sets to 7 minutes. Flowever, you can ad­
just this time from 1 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 again to show the following RE­
CHARGE display.
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RECHARGE RECHARGE
default display example: setto 4 days maxi­
mum between regenerations
^Maximum days betiveen regenerations: The face­
plate timer automatically controls regeneration fre­
quency (see page 2-5). This provides the greatest
operating efficiency, and under most conditions this
feature will be left in its default mode. However,
you can modify this feature if you want to force a
regeneration every set number of days. For exam­
ple, if your water supply contains iron and you
want the softener to regenerate at least once every
few days to keep the resin bed clean, set the display
as typically shown above. Setting is available from
1 to 15 days by using the UP and DOWN buttons.
5. Press SELECT to show the 12 HOUR display.
QI2 or 24 hour clock: All time
displays are shown in standard
clock time (1 to 12 PM; and 1 to
12 AM) at the 12 hr default set­
ting. If military time displays are
desired, set to 24 hr by pressing
the UP button.
6. Press SELECT to return to the present time dis­
play.
^ WATER FLOW THROUGH THE SOFTENER
If soft water is in use, the water
flow
bars continually scroll
across the display. The bars
scroll slowly when water flow is
slow, and move faster as water
flow increases. The flow bars do
not show when all faucets and
water using appliances are off.
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Flow bars scroll when
soft water is in use.
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