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    Awesome , thanks for all the great info

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    Best to store them someplace where there will be no ozone generated....so NOT in electrical room or where much electrical machinery is operating. The diaphragms are sensitive to ozone and will break down with exposure.
    Dr. Tim Perkins
    UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
    http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
    https://mapleresearch.org
    Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu

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    My main Shurflo (used as a transfer pump) is 6 years old and has pumped many thousands of gallons of sap. I usually take it apart at some point to check out the diaphragm, but it still looks good as new after all this time. You can't beat it for reliability. For cleaning I usually run permeate through at the end of the season, but that's about it.
    Gary / Zena Crossroads / 42˚ 00' 24" N / Hobby in Early '70s, Addiction since 2014

    225+ taps on 3/16 (90 of which are on two Lunchbox Vac/Releasers)
    12x34 timber framed sap house w/attached 10x34 shed roof for storage
    2 x 6 Smoky Lake hybrid pan on oil fired Corsair arch with steam hood/concentric exhaust/auto draw-off
    7.0 KW Sun Power PV System, Smokey Lake Filter Press/Steam Bottler, Modified NGMP RO - 2 4x40 posts 200 gph

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