Sterling Plumbing 882.00253.00 specifications Options for Pump Setup, Idle Time Options

6-2 Options for Pump Setup

Several of the items in this screen are not setup options but are instead intended for use during operation. These items (hour meter and transferring stations to a standby pump) are described in Chapter 4, which cover operation procedures.

Name	Description	Options	Default
Idle Time Options
1 Idle time	Length of time the pump continues to run unloaded	0–999 sec.	45 sec.
	without demand from any station. After this time has
	elapsed, the pump shuts down to save power and to
	prevent wear on the pump.
	Adjust this setting to fit the needs of your facility
	in trading off the energy savings against the
	costs associated with waiting for a pump to start
	up when there is a demand for material.
Alarm Options
General Pump fault	The control has one input/pump that you can wire to	disabled,	disabled
	generate alarms for situations of your choosing. For	enabled
	example, you may have a sensor that turns on when
	material reaches the top of a filter-chamber waste
	bin. When this option is enabled, the controller issues
	an alarm if the sensor wired to the input for Pump
	Fault turns on.
	Enable this option if and only if your facility has
	installed a miscellaneous alarm on the input for
	Pump Fault for this pump.
Pump Filter Cleaning Options
Vacuum pulsed filter	When this option is enabled, the controller	disabled,	disabled
cleaning	periodically sends compressed air backward through	vacuum pulse
(Compressed air filter	the pump’s air filter to dislodge accumulated dust and	enabled
cleaning)	debris.	comp air
	Enable this option if and only if the pump has the	enabled
	equipment for compressed-air filter cleaning.
Conveys before	Number of conveying cycles to stations between filter	1–99	5
cleaning	cleanings.
	Adjust this setting based on experience. The more
	dust and debris in your material line, the smaller this
	number needs to be.
Cleaning pulses	Number of pulses of compressed air sent through the	1–99	5
	pump’s filter during cleaning.
	If filter-cleaning is not working as desired, the service
	department may ask you to change this setting.
Pulse On time	Number of seconds that the air compressor remains	0–9.9 sec.	3.0 sec.
(Compressed air	on for each pulse during filter cleaning.
cleaning only)	If filter-cleaning is not working as desired, the service
	department may ask you to change this setting.
Pulse Off time	Number of seconds between air pulses during filter	0–9.9 sec.	1.5 sec.
(Vacuum Pulse cleaning	cleaning.
only)	If filter-cleaning is not working as desired, the service
	department may ask you to change this setting.
Vacuum time	Amount of time clearing valve is closed and vacuum	0-9.9 sec.	3.0 sec.
	increases inside filter chamber.
Vacuum vent time	Amount of time clearing valve is open to allow air to	0-9.9 sec.	1.5 sec.
	reverse flow through filter.

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