AquaPRO 60013 Manual Del Usuario página 6

INSTALLATION FOR SURFACE WATER
The pump should be installed as close to the water as possible, with the fewest possible fittings (especially elbows)
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in the suction pipe. The suction pipe should be at least as large as the suction port on the pump.
Assemble a foot valve and suction pipe. Make sure that the foot valve works freely. Use Teflon tape on threaded
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pipe joints. Protect the foot valve assembly from fish, trash, etc, by installing a screen around it.
 Lower the pipe into the water until the strainer is 5 ft. above the bottom. It should also be at least 10 ft. below the
water level in order to prevent the pump from sucking air.
 Install a priming tee, priming plug, and suction pipe to the pump. Support the pipe so that there are no dips or sags
in the pipe, so it does not strain the pump body, and so that it slopes slightly upward from the well to the pump (high
spots can cause air pockets which can air lock the pump). Seal the suction pipe joints with teflon tape. Joints must
be air-tight and water-tight. If the suction pipe can suck air, the pump cannot pull water from the well.
You have just completed the plumbing for your new shallow well jet pump. Please go to discharge pipe and tank
connections section.
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