Preparing to Start the Pump – Shallow Well | 12 |
Never run pump dry. Running pump with- out water may cause pump to overheat, damaging seal and possibly causing burns to persons handling pump. Fill pump with water before starting.
Never run pump against closed discharge. To do so can boil water inside pump, causing hazardous pressure in unit, risk of explosion and possibly scalding persons handling pump.
1.Open the control valve as far as possible (see Figure 18). Then remove the priming plug from the pump and fill the pump, fill all piping between the pump and the well, and make sure that all piping in the well is full. If you have also installed a priming tee in the suction piping, remove the plug from the tee and fill the suction piping.
Open control valve as far as possible and fill pump and piping through priming port
or priming tee.
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Figure 18: Open Control Valve
2.Replace all fill plugs. Leave the control valve open (in a shallow well installation, the control valve always stays open).
3.Power on! Start the pump. The pump should pump water in two or three minutes.
4.If you don’t have water after 2 or 3 minutes, stop the pump and remove the fill plugs. Refill the pump and piping. You may have to repeat this two or three times in order to get all the trapped air out of the pip- ing. The control valve remains open throughout this procedure.
5.After the pump has built up pressure in the system and shut off, check the pressure switch operation by opening a faucet or two and running enough water out to bleed off pressure until the pump starts. The pump should start when pressure drops to 30 PSI and stop when pressure reaches 50 PSI. Run the pump through one or two complete cycles to verify correct operation. This will also help clean the system of dirt and scale dislodged during installation.
Congratulations on a successful installation.
If you were unsuccessful, please refer to the Troubleshooting section (Page 13) or call our customer service technical staff.
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