Water Softeners and Air Filtration Systems - no auto recharge on Kenmore softener

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kidbat
06-25-09, 12:16 PM
I have a Kenmore water softener which was installed in 2001. I've noticed for the last several months that the salt level has not changed, but I was hoping it's been recharging at night (I haven't noticed the "recharge tonight" alert flashing either). I forced a manual recharge yesterday. I was around when the system was backwashing, or discharging, and noticed it was very discolored water. Later I noticed my house water was also very brown until water it ran for about a minute.

Does anyone have any idea as to why the auto recharge is not working? I can't quantify how long the auto recharge has not been working (I would guess a month or two).

I thought that the dirty backwash or rinse may have been because the system hadn't recharged in a long time, and the resin tank was incredibly full of minerals etc? Does this make sense? I'm not sure why my supply was dirty unless a thorough rinsing didnt' occur. Any thoughts?

I haven't done any maintenance except for cleaning the venturi last winter. Thanks in advance for any help.

biermech
06-26-09, 09:26 AM
Sounds to me you are on a well with iron? The meter assemble may not be working so the unit does not know when to regen. Do you have a manual for it? If not, check out this site for it. KENMORE | Model #625388280 | WATER SOFTENER | SearsPartsDirect.com (http://www.searspartsdirect.com/partsdirect/retrieveModelActionHome!retrieve.action;jsessionid=Izc2o640B4C-PIYI7MhdlQ**.shcapp3305?modelNumber=625.388280&pop=flush).