AIRLESSCO LP 400, Service & Operation Manual

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1. Be sure the gun safety latch is engaged and there
is no spray tip in the gun. Refer to page 14 on how
to lock the safety latch and the gun's safety features.
FIGURE 4
2 . Pour enough clean, compatible solvent into a large,
empty metal pail to fi ll the pump and hoses.
3. Place the suction tube into the pail.
4. Turn the Prime/Pressure Relief (PR) Valve to the
"OPEN" , priming position. Refer to Figure 1.
5. Point the gun into the metal pail and hold a metal
part of the gun fi rmly against the pail. Refer to Figure 5.
FIGURE 5
MAINTAIN FIRM
METAL TO METAL
CONTACT BETWEEN
GUN AND CONTAINER
6. Disengage the gun safety latch and squeeze the
gun trigger. Turn the ON-OFF Toggle Switch to the
"ON" position (Figure 3) and turn Pressure Control
Knob (Figure 2) clockwise to increase pressure just
enough to start the pump.
7. Turn the Prime/PR Valve to the PRESSURE
"CLOSED" position. This will allow solvent to be
fl ushed through the pump, hoses and gun. Allow the
unit to operate until clean solvent comes from the gun.
8. Release the trigger and engage the gun safety
latch.
9. Whenever you shut off the sprayer, follow the
"PRESSURE RELIEF PROCEDURE".
REMOVE SPRAY TIP.
ENGAGE GUN SAFETY
LATCH.
HOW TO FLUSH
(continued)
To reduce the risk of static sparking
which can cause fi re or explosion,
always hold a metal part of the gun fi rmly
against the metal pail when fl ushing. This
also reduces splashing.