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IMPORTANT:
To prevent damage to piston pump:
Keep air out of pump. Entrance of air into the pump will cause rapid and severe corrosion to the interior pump components, even for short periods of storage.
Keep pump from freezing.
Remove drive chain when not in use.
OVERNIGHT/CLEAR LIQUIDS:
1.
Steady or rising temperatures, leave pump and hoses filled with solution.
2.
Cooling weather (solution is likely to salt out), fill pump with water and leave filled. DO NOT admit air.
SUSPENSION FERTILIZER:
Fertilizer must be flushed from the pump for any storage period.
ONE TO TWO WEEKS
ACCEPTABLE:
Draw fresh water into pump diluting and flushing out solution. DO NOT DRAIN. Keep pump sealed to exclude air.
PREFERRED:
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Flush pump thoroughly with 5 to 10 gallons of fresh water by drawing though suction lines. Replace water with a solution of 50% anti-freeze/50% water and plug inlet and outlet hoses.
WINTER STORAGE:
1.
Turn pump by hand using contact drive tire to flush pump and distribution hoses thoroughly with 19 L to 38 L (5 gal to 10 gal) of fresh warm water and circulate until all corrosive salts are dissolved in pump.
IMPORTANT:
Remove delivery hoses from distribution manifold before adding winterizer to system. Delivery hose fittings are not compatible with winterizers containing Propylene Glycol or Ethylene Glycol and damage will result.
Use compressed air to force water from delivery hoses and nozzles. Failure to remove water from hoses may cause damage if freezing occurs.
2.
Remove delivery hoses from distribution manifold.
3.
Apply enough compressed air to delivery hoses to completely drain water from each hose and nozzle.
4.
With pump set on 10, draw in a mixture of 50% anti-freeze/50% water and plug inlet and outlet hoses.
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