New World Winery Equipment, LLC
Care and Feeding of a Waukesha Positive Displacement Wine Pump
General Use:
Prepare your pump for the job by sanitizing and rinsing it with the solution of your choice.
REMEMBER!!!: NO D.E.
"Our Pumps Suck." Not my words. Not sure who said it first. Your Waukesha wine Pump will, in most cases prime itself. This makes it a little easier to start most jobs from pumping out a fermentor to topping barrels. Clean your pump after use with a rinse. After harvest, plan to tear down the pump head (30-40 minutes) to look for trapped solids before it has a chance to rest for long. Also a good idea whenever the pump has been used to pump anything with high solids.
Maintenance and Upkeep
Give the grease fittings on the gear box two squirts of regular, non- food grade grease a year.
Plan to keep a s[are set of gaskets for your pump on hand. The o- rings on your Waukesha are $9.00- $15.00 in most cases and might wear out (as evidenced by a drip) as often as 2x/ yr. or every two years. The Waukesha wrench in the gray control box is for the nuts that secure the lobes to the shafts inside.
See the video on how to service the pump head here PUMP SERVICE VIDEO
Maintenance and Upkeep
Give the grease fittings on the gear box two squirts of regular, non- food grade grease a year.
Plan to keep a s[are set of gaskets for your pump on hand. The o- rings on your Waukesha are $9.00- $15.00 in most cases and might wear out (as evidenced by a drip) as often as 2x/ yr. or every two years. The Waukesha wrench in the gray control box is for the nuts that secure the lobes to the shafts inside.
See the video on how to service the pump head here PUMP SERVICE VIDEO
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