Fast BW500, Operation And Maintenance Manual

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Tire Pressure
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GENERAL MAINTENANCE
GENERAL MAINTENANCE
Repair or replace damaged or broken
parts immediately.
Check all safety and operating decals. If
any decals are illegible or missing, replace
any decals immediately. DO NOT operate
sprayer with missing or damaged decals.
Refer to the “Safety Decal” section of this
manual for all safety decal locations. Refer
to your parts manual for all operating
decals.
Fasteners
After the first hour of use, check all the
fasteners and tighten any found to be
loose. Thereafter, check all fasteners
periodically and tighten as required.
Tire Pressure
Check the tire pressure daily.
The recommended tire pressure is:
12.4-24 6 ply tires ......................... 24 psi
11.2-38 4 ply tires ......................... 18 psi
13.6-38 12 ply tires ....................... 42 psi
Filters
Remove and clean the water filters daily.
Clean the filters on the optional foam
marking system at intervals as specified in
the foam system owner’s manual.
IMPORTANT: Always wear gloves and
eye protection while servicing the sprayer.
To manually clean the self cleaning filter:
1. Make sure the product pump is turned
OFF.
2. Close the emergency shut off valve
under the product tank.
3. Make sure the agitation valve and self
cleaning filter bypass agitation valve are
both closed.
4. Place a clean empty container under
the filter base to catch any water and
chemicals.
5. Very carefully disconnect the bypass
line from the bottom of the filter and allow
the water and chemicals to flow into the
container.
6. Remove the canister from the filter head
by rotating counter clockwise.
7. Rinse the canister and screen in clean
water.
8. Before reinstalling the canister to the
filter head, lubricate the canister O-ring
with clean engine oil. Reinstall the canister
and hand tighten only.
9. Connect the bypass hose to the bottom
of the filter, open the bypass and agitation
valves. Open the emergency shut off valve
at the bottom of the product tank.
10. Start the sprayer pump with water in
the tank and check for leaks.
11. This procedure also applies to sprayer
equipped with the standard filter.