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15
S
ECTION
3.4
S
TARTUP
P
ROCEDURE
T
HE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE SHOULD BE PERFORMED PRIOR TO FIRST USE AND
WHENEVER ANYTHING THAT COULD AFFECT THE SAMPLER OPERATION IS
CHANGED
.
F
OR EXAMPLE
,
ANYTHING THAT WOULD INTRODUCE AIR TO THE
PROCESS UPSTREAM OF THE SAMPLE POINT CAN CAUSE THE SAMPLER TO
BECOME AIR LOCKED
.
1)
C
HECK AND ENSURE ALL FITTINGS AND CONNECTIONS ARE TIGHT
.
C
LOSE ALL
VALVES AND SET THE SAMPLE DIVERT VALVE TO THE SAMPLE CONTAINER
.
2)
S
ET THE
8
POSITION SWITCH TO THE
“
0
”
POSITION
.
3)
O
PEN THE SAMPLE POINT VALVE
.
4)
P
URGE
S
YSTEM
:
T
O PURGE SYSTEM
,
PLACE A CONTAINER UNDERNEATH THE
PUMP BLEED VALVE AND SLOWLY OPEN
½
TO
1
TURN
.
A
LLOW FLUID TO FLOW
OUT INTO THE CONTAINER UNTIL A CONSTANT AIR FREE STREAM IS OBSERVED
.
P
ROCEED TO TIGHTEN THE BLEED VALVE
.
5)
C
AREFULLY REMOVE THE CAP ON THE TEST SAMPLE OUTLET LINE AND PLACE A
JUG UNDERNEATH
.
S
LOWLY MOVE THE DIVERT VALVE TO THE TEST OUTLET
POSITION
.
6)
O
PEN THE AIR SUPPLY TO THE SAMPLER AND VERIFY THE SET PRESSURE OF
30
PSI
.
S
WITCH SAFETY SHUTOFF SWITCH TO THE ON POSITION
.
7)
S
ET THE
8
POSITION SWITCH TO POSITION
7.
I
F THE FLOW SIGNAL DEVICE IS
INDICATING FLOW
,
THE PUMP WILL BEGIN TO STROKE
.
I
F NOT
,
PRESS THE TEST
BUTTON FOR
2
SECONDS AND RELEASE FOR A MINIMUM OF
2
SECONDS TO
MANUALLY STROKE THE SAMPLE PUMP
.
C
ONTINUE TO SAMPLE UNTIL
CONTINUOUS AIR FREE SAMPLES ARE OBSERVED FROM THE TEST SAMPLE
OUTLET
.
8)
V
ERIFY
1
M
L
PER SAMPLE
.
F
OR HELP ON THIS STEP SEE
“S
AMPLE
V
OLUME
”
CALIBRATION IN SECTION
3.3.1.
O
NCE COMPLETE
,
RETURN THE
8
POSITION
SWITCH TO THE
0
POSITION AND REPLACE THE CAP ON THE TEST SAMPLE
OUTLET LINE
.
9)
I
NSTALL EMPTY SAMPLE CONTAINER AND CONNECT QUICK CONNECT IF NOT
ALREADY INSTALLED
.
10)
M
OVE DIVERT VALVE TO THE SAMPLE CONTAINER POSITION
.
11)
S
ET
8
POSITION SWITCH TO THE DESIRED SET POINT
.
M
ONITOR SAMPLER TO
VERIFY PUMP OPERATION WHILE RUNNING
.
