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Startup
Pressure Relief Procedure.
WARNING
To
reduce the risk of serious injury, including fluid
the eyes or on the skin, moving parts or electric
injection, injury from splashing fluid or solvent in
shock, follow this procedure when shutting off the
sprayer; checking or servicing the spray system;
installing, cleaning or changing spray tips; and
whenever you stop spraying.
1.
Lock the gun trigger safety.
2. Turn the ON/OFF switch to OFF.
3. Unplug the power supply cord.
4.
Unlock the gun trigger safety. Hold a metal part of
the gun to relieve pressure.
the gun firmly to a grounded metal pail. Trigger
5.
Lock the gun trigger safety.
6.
Open the pressure drain valve, having a container
drain valve open until you are ready to spray
ready to catch the drainage. Leave the pressure
again.
li you suspect that the spray
tip
or hose is completely
clogged, or that pressure has not been ful/y relieved
the the tip guard retaining nut or hose coupling to re-
affer following the steps above, VERY SLOWLY loosen
lieve pressure gradually, then loosen completely.
Startup
Procedure.
help ensure the sprayer is ready
to operate and that
Use this procedure each time you start the sprayer
to
you start
it
safely.
NOTE: If this is a first-time startup, flush the sprayer.
See page
14.
NOTE: Refer to Fig.
1
and the other figures refer-
enced in the text as you start the sprayer.
1. Open the pressure drain valve (42).
2.
Don't Install the spray tip until the pump
is
primedl
3.
Put
the suction hose (32) into the paint. If you
are pumping from a pail, push the drain hose (33)
down below the top of the pail to avoid splashing
paint when the drain valve is opened.
4.
Turn the pressure knob (64) to the minimum
5. Unlock the gun trigger safety.
See Fig.
2,
page
setting.
9.
To
reduce the risk of damage to the displacement
pump packings, never run the pump without fluid
in it for more than 30 seconds.
6.
T o
prime the pump, turn the sprayer switch (52)
starts. When fluid comes from the pressure drain
on. Slowly increase the pressure until the sprayer
valve, close the valve.
WARNING
To reduce the risk of static sparking and splashing
when priming or flushing the system, hold a metal
part of the gun firmly to the side of a grounded
metal pail before triggering the gun.
7.
To
prime the hose, lower the pressure to reduce
splashing. Hold a metal part of the gun firmly
against and aimed into a grounded metal pail.
See the WARNING, above. Hold the trigger open
and slowly increase the pressure until the pump
starts. Keep the gun triggered until all air is forced
out of the system and the fluid flows freely from
the gun. Release the trigger and lock the gun trig-
ger safety.
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