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Please thoroughly read the following safety
information and operating instructions prior to using
the rain barrel pump for the first time. If you give the
pump to any other person, give them these operating
instructions as well.
Please keep these instructions in a safe place.
This equipment is not designed to be used by people
(including children) with limited physical, sensory or
mental capacities or those with no experience and/or
knowledge unless they are supervised by a person
who is responsible for their safety or they have
received instructions from such a person in how to
use the equipment safely. Children must always be
supervised in order to ensure that they do not play
with the equipment.
1. Safety information
Caution!
When the pump is to be used near swimming
pools or garden ponds and in their area of
protection, it must be equipped with a ground-
fault circuit interruptor with a nominal trip
current of max. 30 mA (according to VDE 0100,
part 702 and 738).
The pump must not be operated while people are
in the swimming pool or in the garden pond!
Please contact your electrician!
Before starting to run your new submersible
pump, please have the following items checked
by an expert:
- Ground connection
- Zero conductor
-
Fault current breaker switch must
correspond the the safety regulations of the
power plants and they must work faultessly.
The electrical connections must be protected
from moisture.
If there is danger of looding, the electrical
connections must be taken to higher ground.
Circulation of aggressiv fluids, as well as the
circulation of abrasive materials must be avoided
at all costs.
The submersible motor-driven pump must be
protected from frost.
The pump must be protected from running dry.
2. Layout and items supplied (Figs. 1
and 2)
1 Carry handle
2 Mains cable
3 Float switch
4 Intake cage
5 Float switch mounting
6 Aluminium tube, short
7 Aluminium tube, long
8 Aluminium tube with attachment hook
9 Swiveling connection with stopcock
3. Proper use
The rain barrel pump is designed to pump water out
of rain barrels or rain collectors. When suitable
pressure hoses are connected, the rain barrel pump
also can be used to empty reservoirs or paddling
pools.
The pump must never be used to pump other liquids,
especially engine fuels, cleaning agents and other
chemically-based products!
Please note that the water temperature must not
exceed 35°C!
Please note that our equipment has not been
designed for use in commercial, trade or industrial
applications. Our warranty will be voided if the
machine is used in commercial, trade or industrial
businesses or for equivalent purposes.
4. Assembly (Figs. 3 to 6)
1. Screw the aluminium tube (Item 6) to the pump
connection (Fig. 3).
2. Screw the aluminium tubes (Items 6, 7 and 8)
together (Figs. 4 and 5).
3. Screw the aluminium tube (Item 8) to the
connection (Item 9) (Fig. 6).
5. Fitting the pump to the barrel
Use the attachment hook to fit the pump to the rain
barrel (Fig. 6, Item B).
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