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WATERAX
STRIKER-2/3 Owner's Manual
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04/2015
Priming the Pump
Before priming the pump, discharge hoses should be installed. Several options are
available to prime a pump when you are drafting water, depending on the priming
equipment you have.
Note:
The priming line must be connected to a port on the pump that allows the eye of the
impeller to completely fill with water. A shut off valve should also be placed between the
pump and the primer to shut off the priming line once the pump has been primed.
WATERAX Hand Primer:
If the unit is equipped with a hand primer, connect it to the
discharge port. Open the priming valve located below the discharge check valve and
pump until water is drawn into the pump and a solid stream of water flows from the
discharge port.
Manual Priming:
1. Open the priming cap and fill pump with water manually.
2. Firmly tighten priming cap.
3.
Pump can also be primed by “jerking” the suction hose
until water flows from the pump’s discharge
port.
Guzzler Priming:
1. Open the priming valve (located under the check valve
on portable units).
2. On vehicle mount units, ensure that the
discharge valves are closed.
3. Pump until water is drawn into the pump.
Electric Priming:
See instructions for your
electric primer.
Note that most electric primer motors are
intended to be used only for a short duration
of time (about 20 seconds).
If pump fails to prime, see the
troubleshooting section.
Note:
Close
the priming valve after priming.
Failure to close the priming valve could cause
the pump to lose prime or water to be pumped through the priming system.
Suction/
Intake Port
Discharge Port
Manual Prime:
Attach
hand primer to discharge
port and pump until water
flows into pump-end.
Vehicle-mount
options
(not shown)
:
Use
electric primer or guzzler
primer, if equipped.
