General Safety Information - Amtrol Value-Well Famuly 100 PSIG Installation & Operation Manual

1. geneRaL SafeTy InfoRMaTIon

THIS TanK, LIKe MoST TanKS undeR PReSSuRe, WILL oveR TIMe coRRode oR faIL and/oR May BuRST and/oR LeaK oR
fLood (and In RaRe caSeS eXPLode) WHIcH can cauSe SeRIouS oR faTaL PeRSonaL InJuRy and PRoPeRTy daMage.
To MInIMIZe RISK, a LIcenSed PRofeSSIonaL MuST InSTaLL and PeRIodIcaLLy InSPecT and SeRvIce THe unIT. a dRIP Pan, connecTed To an
adeQuaTe dRaIn MuST Be InSTaLLed If LeaKIng oR fLoodIng can cauSe PRoPeRTy daMage.
Read caRefuLLy THe PRoducT InSTaLLaTIon, oPeRaTIng and MaInTenance ManuaL.
foLLoW THe InSTRucTIonS and WaRnIngS In THe ManuaL May ReSuLT In SeRIouS oR faTaL InJuRy and/
oR PRoPeRTy daMage, and WILL voId THe PRoducT WaRRanTy.
PRofeSSIonaL. foLLoW aLL aPPLIcaBLe LocaL and STaTe codeS and ReguLaTIonS, In THe aBSence of SucH codeS,
foLLoW THe cuRRenT edITIonS of THe naTIonaL PLuMBIng code and naTIonaL eLecTRIc code, aS aPPLIcaBLe.
aS In aLL PLuMBIng PRoducTS and WaTeR SToRage veSSeLS, BacTeRIa can gRoW In youR WeLL TanK,
eSPecIaLLy duRIng TIMeS of non-uSe. conSuLT youR LocaL PLuMBIng offIcIaL RegaRdIng any STePS
you May WISH To TaKe To SafeLy dISInfecT youR HoMe'S PLuMBIng SySTeM.
foLLoW aLL of THe InSTRucTIonS and RecoMMendaTIonS conTaIned In THIS ManuaL, and THe
foLLoWIng addITIonaL SPecIfIc WaRnIngS. faILuRe To do So IS unSafe and can cauSe SeRIouS
eXPLoSIon, SeRIouS oR faTaL PeRSonaL InJuRy and PRoPeRTy daMage.
EXPLOSION OR RUPTURE HAZARD. THe WeLL TanK MuST Be oPeRaTed So THaT THe MaXIMuM SySTeM
PReSSuRe doeS noT eXceed 150 PSI oR LocaL code ReQuIReMenTS WHIcHeveR IS LeSS.
a ReLIef vaLve WITH a MaXIMuM ReLIef PReSSuRe of 125 PSI MuST Be InSTaLLed In THe SySTeM. THe
ReLIef vaLve MuST Be caPaBLe of dIScHaRgIng THe RaTed caPacITy of THe PuMP aT THe MaXIMuM
SySTeM PReSSuRe.
faILuRe To uTILIZe a PRoPeRLy SIZed WeLL TanK (BaSed on THe foLLoWIng SIZIng InSTRucTIonS) WILL
ReSuLT In eXceSSIve STRaIn on THe PuMP and May uLTIMaTeLy Lead To PRoducT faILuRe, LeaKIng oR
fLoodIng and PRoPeRTy daMage.
DANGER! EXPLOSION HAZARD. If you adJuST THe PRe-cHaRge PReSSuRe oR add PReSSuRe To a TanK
THaT IS coRRoded oR daMaged oR WITH dIMInISHed InTegRITy THe TanK can BuRST oR eXPLode,
PoSSIBLy cauSIng SeRIouS oR faTaL PeRSonaL InJuRy and/oR PRoPeRTy daMage.
• ONLY ADJUST THE PRE-CHARGE AS DESCRIBED IN THIS MANUAL WHEN THE TANK IS NEW OR WHEN THE
InTegRITy of THe TanK and LacK of InTeRnaL oR eXTeRnaL coRRoSIon IS confIRMed.
• ONLY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS SHOULD CHECK, ADJUST OR RE-CHARGE THE PRE-CHARGE OF TANKS.
DANGER! EXPLOSION HAZARD. WHen THe WeLL TanK HaS Been In SeRvIce and a cHange To a HIgHeR
PRe-cHaRge PReSSuRe IS neceSSaRy due To a ReQuIRed cHange In THe PReSSuRe SWITcH SeTTIng,
faILuRe To foLLoW InSTRucTIonS BeLoW can cauSe a RuPTuRe oR eXPLoSIon, PoSSIBLy cauSIng SeRIouS oR faTaL
PeRSonaL InJuRy, and/oR PRoPeRTy daMage. do noT adJuST oR add PReSSuRe If THeRe HaS Been a LoSS of aIR. do noT
adJuST THe PRe-cHaRge PReSSuRe If THeRe IS vISIBLe eXTeRIoR coRRoSIon. do noT adJuST THe PRe-cHaRge PReSSuRe
If THeRe HaS Been a ReducTIon of THe PuMP cycLe TIMe oR THe PRe-cHaRge PReSSuRe coMPaRed To ITS InITIaL SeTTIng.
THIS IS BecauSe ReducTIon In PuMP cycLe TIMe can ReSuLT fRoM LoSS of TanK aIR PReSSuRe WHIcH In TuRn can Mean
THeRe May Be InTeRnaL coRRoSIon and any Re-PReSSuRIZaTIon oR addITIonaL PReSSuRe couLd ReSuLT In RuPTuRe oR
eXPLoSIon.
CHLORINE & AGGRESSIvE WATER: THe WaTeR QuaLITy can SIgnIfIcanTLy InfLuence THe LIfe of THIS
PRoducT. you SHouLd TeST foR coRRoSIve eLeMenTS, acIdITy, ToTaL SoLIdS and oTHeR ReLevanT
conTaMInanTS, IncLudIng cHLoRIne and TReaT youR WaTeR aPPRoPRIaTeLy To InSuRe SaTISfacToRy PeRfoRMance
and PRevenT PReMaTuRe faILuRe. foR youR SafeTy, THe InfoRMaTIon In THIS ManuaL MuST Be foLLoWed To MInIMIZe
THe RISK of eLecTRIc SHocK, PRoPeRTy daMage oR PeRSonaL InJuRy. PRoPeRLy gRound To confoRM WITH aLL
goveRnIng codeS and oRdInanceS.
InSTaLL oR SToRe WHeRe TanK WILL noT Be eXPoSed To TeMPeRaTuReS BeLoW fReeZIng oR aBove
100ºf. WaTeR fReeZIng In THe SySTeM WILL BReaK IT. do noT aTTeMPT To TReaT WaTeR oveR 100°f.
uSe onLy Lead-fRee SoLdeR and fLuX foR aLL SWeaT-SoLdeR connecTIonS, aS ReQuIRed By STaTe
and fedeRaL codeS.
NOTE: InSPecT foR SHIPPIng daMage and noTIfy fReIgHT caRRIeR oR SToRe WHeRe PuRcHaSed IMMedIaTeLy If daMage
IS PReSenT. To avoId RISK of PeRSonaL InJuRy and PRoPeRTy daMage, If THe PRoducT aPPeaRS To Be MaLfuncTIonIng
oR SHoWS SIgnS of coRRoSIon, caLL a QuaLIfIed PRofeSSIonaL IMMedIaTeLy. cuRRenT coPIeS of THe PRoducT ManuaL
can Be vIeWed aT WWW.aMTRoL.coM. uSe PRoPeR SafeTy eQuIPMenT WHen InSTaLLIng.
faILuRe To foLLoW THe aBove WaRnIngS May ReSuLT In SeRIouS oR faTaL PeRSonaL InJuRy oR deaTH and/
oR PeRSonaL PRoPeRTy daMage, and WILL voId THe WaRRanTy.
THIS PRoducT MuST Be InSTaLLed By a QuaLIfIed
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