How do I drain the water out of my brine tank?

Hear this out loudPauseUse a Wet-Dry Vacuum: If you don’t like the idea of scooping out all of that water by hand, a wet-dry vacuum, also known as a shop-vac, can easily and conveniently suck out the water inside your water softener brine tank. Wet-dry shop vacs are specially designed to suck up water as well as dry items.

Where is the float on a Kenmore water softener?

This could be happening if your safety float is sticking. Step 1: Remove the lid of your water softener. Step 2: Remove the lid off of your salt level indicator tube; your safety float is located inside of this cylinder. Step 3: Pull out your safety float mechanism that is inside of the cylinder.

Why is my Kenmore water softener getting salty?

Another reason why you may be getting salty water is that your float levels may be too high. If this happens, then too much water will be filling up your brine tank. Check your float levels and see if they are set too high. If they are, adjust them to a lower level.

Is there water in my Kenmore Intellisoft 420 water softener?

I have a kenmore intellisoft 420 water softener and there is water in the salt storage tank after it has completely echarged. Is this normal? I thought all of that water was removed and transferred to the resin tank during brining.

Why is there standing water in my water softener where the salt is?

There is standing water in my Kenmore water softener, model # ultrasoft425. There is not a salt bridge and it still regenerates, I ran it through the cycles manually ok but there is at least 1 foot of water in the bottom of the tank Share it!

Why is my Kenmore Salt Tank half full?

Solution: The most common reason for the salt tank being half full of water is that the nozzle and venturi are dirty or blocked. This is a process that Kenmore provides instructions on how to do on your own at

Another reason why you may be getting salty water is that your float levels may be too high. If this happens, then too much water will be filling up your brine tank. Check your float levels and see if they are set too high. If they are, adjust them to a lower level.

This could be happening if your safety float is sticking. Step 1: Remove the lid of your water softener. Step 2: Remove the lid off of your salt level indicator tube; your safety float is located inside of this cylinder. Step 3: Pull out your safety float mechanism that is inside of the cylinder.

There is standing water in my Kenmore water softener, model # ultrasoft425. There is not a salt bridge and it still regenerates, I ran it through the cycles manually ok but there is at least 1 foot of water in the bottom of the tank Share it!