Liquid Fertilizer System Storage Procedures (Fixed Rate Pump)

IMPORTANT: To prevent damage to piston pump:

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:

System is not recommended for use with suspension fertilizers.

ONE TO TWO WEEKS

ACCEPTABLE:

Draw fresh water into pump diluting and flushing out solution or drain.

PREFERRED:

Flush pump thoroughly with 5 to 10 gallons of fresh water by drawing though suction lines. Replace water with a solution of SPRAY MASTER ™ Winterizer Fluid at the correct ratio to protect the system down to lowest expected temperature 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 12, draw in a solution of SPRAY MASTER ™ Winterizer Fluid at the correct ratio to protect the system down to lowest expected temperature and plug inlet and outlet hoses.

SPRAY MASTER is a trademark of Deere & Company

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