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Chapter 2- Maintenance Operations
Removing Moisture from the Pump
The most essential maintenance operation for the Spill Buddy is removal of all moisture from the
pump
at the end of each
day’s use
. Since the pump shutoff is a manual operation, some
amount of water is inevitably pulled into the pump during operation. Allowing
any
amount of
water to remain in the pump motor WILL damage the pump, even if only for a short period of
time.
Moisture must be displaced from the pump motor even if the unit has not been
used to pump water.
Displacing moisture can be accomplished by following these simple
procedures:
1. Place the Probe in a container of pure Lamp Oil, so that the pump intake is fully submersed in
product.
Make certain there is no water in the container.
2. Activate the pump, by using the toggle switch or large blue button, on the side of the Spill
Buddy. Run pump for at least two seconds. This will ensure that an adequate amount of
product flows through the pump motor, thereby displacing the moisture. Store the unit in a dry
but ventilated place.
NOTE: You will need to remove the pump from the Spill Buddy and
perform the Pump Flooding procedure on page 8 just before the Spill Buddy is next used.
3. If no Lamp Oil is available, remove the pump motor
from the probe (see page 16) and lubricate the pump
internals with a
non-flammable
commercially available
lubricant such as 3-In-One® oil .
To lubricate,
hold the
pump upside down (intake hole up) and
squirt lubricant
into intake hole. This will allow lubricant to flow into
working parts of the pump. Also, squirt lubricant into the
pr
oduct discharge nipple of the pump.
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. The lubricated pump can be stored in a sealed plastic
bag until just prior to the next use of the Spill Buddy. At
that point, make sure to perform the Pump Flooding
procedure on page 8 before reinstalling the pump into the Probe.
PLEASE NOTE: Leaving moisture in the pump, thereby damaging it,
voids the pump warranty.
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