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====== Sterilizer Operations ======
**‘//Left//’ and ‘//Right//’ are used as if you are sitting in drivers seat.**
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  -**Starting & Driving**
    -Turn on battery disconnect switch
      *//Turn on battery disconnect switch//
    -Turn on ‘Control Power’
      *//Switch will illuminate green. If it does not, make sure E-stop is not pushed in.//
    -Start Engine using ‘Engine Start’
      -The switch is like a normal key. Off-On-(Crank).
      -If it does not start, do this: turn off, wait 1 sec, turn on, wait 1 sec, then start.
      -If at any time the E-Stop is used, it will trigger an alarm on engine controller, and you will hear it beeping. The ‘Engine Start’ switch must be cycled Off-On-Off to reset the alarm.
    -Press the Green ‘Low Speed mode’ button.
      *It is near center of operator panel, with a yellow button above it and red one below it.
      *It will illuminate green once pressed, and only after engine is running.
      *You cannot drive or steer before doing this.

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===== Nurse Tank Operations =====
//Click pictures for a full size image//
  - Open both valves.
    * {{:public:gnc:valves2.jpeg?direct&200|}}
  - Connect fill hose and power cord.
    * {{:public:gnc:hose_connection.jpeg?direct&200|}}
  - Identify the connection bleeder thumbscrew (Red Circle), and fill valve (Green Circle):
    * {{:public:gnc:inkedconnection_valves.jpg?direct&200|}}
    * The fill valve is shown in the open position.
    * Check and shut the connection bleeder if open.
  - Identify the tank bleeder thumbscrew:
    * {{:public:gnc:inkedtankbleeder.jpg?direct&200|}}
    * This is opened during tank filling. Propane vapor will blow out, with occasional liquid mist. When it turns to steady liquid mist, the tank is **full**.
  - Switch on the pump.
  - Open tank bleeder.
  - Open Fill valve.
  - The fill shouldn't take more than one minute.
  - Shut fill valve.
  - shut tank bleeder.
  - Turn off pump.
  - Open the connection bleeder thumbscrew and bleed off pressure before disconnecting fill hose from sterilizer tank.

  * The valves in step 1 above do not need to be shut, unless Nurse tank is traveling on the road.
  * Don't overfill the tank. If you want practice seeing what vapor from the bleeder valve looks like, open the tank bleeder before filling the tank. You'll know when it turns to liquid.