6.
After the pump has built up pressure in the system and
shut off, check the pressure switch operation by opening
a faucet or two and running enough water out to bleed
off pressure until the pump starts. The pump should start
when pressure drops to 30 psi and stop when pressure
reaches 50 psi. Run the pump through one or two com-
plete cycles to verify correct operation. This will also help
clean the system of dirt and scale dislodged during
installation.
If you were unsuccessful, please refer to the
Troubleshooting section (Page 10) or call our
customer service technical staff.
Preparing to Start the Pump –
Shallow Well
Never run pump dry
. Running pump without
water may cause pump to overheat, damaging seal and pos-
sibly causing burns to persons handling pump. Fill pump with
water before starting.
Never run pump against closed discharge.
To do so can boil water inside pump, causing hazardous
pressure in unit, risk of explosion and possibly scalding per-
sons handling pump.
1.
Open the control valve as far as possible (See Figure
16). Then remove the priming plug from the pump and fill
the pump, fill all piping between the pump and the well,
and make sure that all piping in the well is full. If you
have also installed a priming tee in the suction piping,
remove the plug from the tee and fill the suction piping.
2.
Replace all fill plugs. Leave the control valve open (in a
shallow well installation, the control valve always stays
open).
3.
Power on! Start the pump. The pump should pump water
in two or three minutes.
4.
If you don’t have water after 2 or 3 minutes, stop the
pump and remove the fill plugs. Refill the pump and pip-
ing. You may have to repeat this two or three times in
order to get all the trapped air out of the piping. The con-
trol valve remains open throughout this procedure.
5.
After the pump has built up pressure in the system and
shut off, check the pressure switch operation by
opening a faucet or two and running enough water out to
bleed off pressure until the pump starts. The pump
should start when pressure drops to 30 psi and stop
when pressure reaches 50 psi. Run the pump through
one or two complete cycles to verify correct operation.
This will also help clean the system of dirt and scale dis-
lodged during installation.
If you were unsuccessful, please refer to the
Troubleshooting section (Page 10) or call our
customer service technical staff.
10
Open control
valve as far as
possible and
fill pump and
piping through
priming port
or priming tee.
Figure 16 – Open Control Valve
