Section 5. TROUBLE-SHOOTING A good maintenance ensures a good performance Should troubles happen, take the adequate measures immediately. ‘The following table shows the causes of troubles tend to happen ordinarily and the guide for counter-measure. TROUBLES CAUSES: ‘MEASURES No discharging or | 1. The pumpis not filled with | 1. Try priming again. insufficient. water or water is discharge insufficient. [2. Rotation to the 1. Check the direction. opposite direction. 8. Clogging of suction pipe | 3. Check inside of the suction pipe. | 4, Clogging of impeller 4, Cheek inside of impeller. J ———— 5. Air leakage into pump 5. Check suction pipe 6. Low revolutions 6. Check with a revolution | | meter. Motor over-load 1. Impeller isin contact with | 1. Check the installation pump easing. condition of pump and | looseness of bearings, Pump vibration 1. Disorder of shaft center 1. Check the shaft center _ | of pump and motor. oteTROUBLES ‘CAUSES MEASURES — Pump vibration 2, Foreign things clog somewhere in impeller 2 Check the inside impeller Rotating parts are in contact with stationary part. | 8. Check center and bend of the shatt, Leakage from mechanical seal ‘Abnormal heat of ‘mechanical seal 1. Damage of defacement of sealing surface surface |2. Foreign matters on the sealing 1. Remove the mechanical seal to check the sealing surface, |. Packing is damaged. "3. Check the packing. 4, Seales sticking to packings make clearance between sealing surface and shaft. ‘Dry running of pump 4, Remove the scale completely by disassembling mechanical seal, 1. Stop the pump operation immediately. Troubles of ball bearings 1. Damage of balls or rolling surface 1. Replace the bail bearing with new one 2. Excessive gap due to abnormal 2. ditto 8. Abnormal wear of retainer. 3. ditto