User`s manual

Chapter 6 Preventive Maintenance
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4. Clean the filter on the vacuum generator (part #VGH10F-1/4-1/4.) This filter (part #VGFE10) is white
when clean, and is easily visible through the clear plastic cover over the vacuum generator.
VACUUM GENERATOR MAINTENANCE IS DISCUSSED IN GREATER DETAIL AND A CALL
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OUT ILLUSTRATION IS
PROVIDED IN THE
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AINTENANCE
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SECTION LATER IN THIS CHAPTER
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DIRTY FILTER CLEAN FILTER
A. Disconnect the flexible plastic air tube from the swivel elbow where it attaches to the
plunger assembly, by pulling the air tube straight out.
B. Loosen the vacuum generator's gray thumb screw which holds the filter chamber in
place. Remove the filter and clean it with water, or better yet, replace the filter element
with a new one
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Replace/reinstall filter and tighten the gray thumb screw finger tight only.
Monthly Maintenance
AFTER
160
HOURS
,
OR MORE OFTEN AS NEEDED
1. Check all exposed flat ribbon cables for worn insulation. Replace as necessary.
2. Check all solenoid plunger tips and their dowel pins for wear. Replace as necessary.
3. Run the full HANDLER DIAGNOSTICS sequence detailed in Chapter 5 of this manual to detect any
malfunction in all switches, sensors, solenoids, motors, displays, and I/O ports.
4. Inspect the two-chamber filter on the WILKERSON Model #NC00440 air regulator (or equivalent):
AIR REGULATOR MAINTENANCE IS DISCUSSED IN GREATER DETAIL AND A CALL
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OUT ILLUSTRATION IS PROVIDED IN
THE
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EGULATOR
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AINTENANCE
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UIDELINES
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SECTION LATER IN THIS CHAPTER
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A. Remove the charcoal filter air cleaning chamber and inspect. If the black filter
element is full of particles which have been extracted from the air supply, replace this
filter.
B. Remove the air drying chamber and pour out any liquid which has been extracted
from the air supply.