
Instructions for the installation, use and maintenance of Tecnicomar watermaker
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7.5
General maintenance plan
7.5.1
Prefiltering circuit
Components
Required maintenance
Maintenance Period
Prefilters
Clean or replace filter cartridges
and clean the sump
(1)
When the low pressure (Lbar) falls
below 0.5 bar
7.5.2
Pressurizing circuit
High pressure pump
Change oil (only for CAT
pump)
(1)
First change: after 3 months or 50 hours
of operation; then every year or after
every 500 hours of operation.
Membrane
Replace the membrane
(2)
module
When the UNSAFE warning message
does not go off and the produced water
is not fresh.
Membrane
Cleaning procedure
(2)
When the fresh water production is less
than 30% of the production with new
membranes.
7.5.3
Controls and produced water circuits
Salinity sensor and temperature
Clean the conductivity electrodes 24 months
Salinity meter
Calibrate using a conductivity
meter with a scale in
microSiemens/cm
After replacing or cleaning the salinity
sensor
7.6
Maintenance kit
The maintenance kit allow to have on board a sufficient stock of filter cartridges and other parts that may be required
for the ordinary system maintenance.
A complete Maintenance Kit contains:
No.8 prefilter cartridges 30 micron
No.8 prefilter cartridges 5 micron
No.2 active carbon cartridges
No.1 FL/403 membrane storage solution
No.1 FL/411/A Type A membrane cleaning solution
No.1 FL/412/B Type B membrane cleaning solution
No.1 1500 mm high-pressure hose
No.2 containers of pump oil (in case of high pressure CAT pump)
No.2 O-rings for prefilters
To order a complete Maintenance Kit, please specify the series and the model of your watermaker (ex. series SAILOR
C mod. 1500).
(1)
Use only TECNICOMAR original oil and filter cartridges
(2)
C
ontact a TECNICOMAR Authorized Center
FL/411A CONTAINS SODIUM HYDROXIDE and FL/412B CONTAINS CITRIC ACID :
DO NOT BREATHE DUST, AVOID CONTACT WITH SKIN & EYES. CAUSES
IRRITATION TO EYES AND MUCOUS MEMBRANES. HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED.
IN CASE OF CONTACT FLUSH EYES OR SKIN WITH WATER AND CONTACT A
DOCTOR.