Product Overview

The smallest pressurised unit in the range: a 5 litre yellow tank on shoulder straps, a blue hand pump on top, a funnel filler with a relief valve beside it, and a wand carrying twin green nozzles. It does everything the 8 litre unit does, with less water and less weight.

Its size defines its job. Five litres is not enough to stand and flush for minutes; it is enough to start flushing the moment something gets in an eye, wherever the worker happens to be standing.

What 5 Litres Is For

• Carried all shift – the lightest option here; a worker will actually keep it on rather than leave it in a locker.

• Patrol and inspection rounds – carried while walking, so the first seconds of flushing happen on the spot.

• Single-worker exposure – one person, one task, no fixed facility within reach.

• Second unit in a response bag – pairs with a larger station as the always-with-you backup.

• Stated limit – about half a minute of flushing at typical eyewash flow from 5 L; it is a bridge to a fixed station, not a substitute.

Pump, Valve and Filler

• Hand pump – blue plunger; pressurise the tank before use so the stream does not fade.

• Relief valve – red valve beside the filler; release pressure before opening the tank, always.

• Funnel filler – wide blue funnel, fills without a hose.

• Wand and hose – twin green nozzles on a short lance, hose clipped at the tank side.

Construction

• 5 L yellow HDPE tank – moulded body with capacity and brand marking.

• Backpack straps – shoulder harness, buckles on both sides.

• Pump assembly – handle, cylinder and seal in the tank neck.

• Twin nozzle wand – green heads on a lance.

• Relief valve – red, beside the filler.

Technical Specifications

Filling, Pressurising and Care

1. Release the relief valve before opening the filler — never open a pressurised tank.

2. Fill through the funnel with clean tepid water and close it firmly.

3. Pump until charged and test the wand: an even cone from both nozzles.

4. Wear on both shoulders, wand clipped at the side, hose free of kinks.

5. Weekly: release pressure, change the water, pump and test, wipe the nozzles.

6. Monthly (as the label reminds): test the unit's reliability and log the result.

Maintenance

• Weekly water change and function test; a five-litre unit is easy to forget, so put it on the fixed-station round.

• Monthly: pump seal, wand hose, relief valve, strap buckles.

• Quarterly: sanitise and rinse the tank; check the filler cap seal.

• Annually: replace pump seals and hose if stiffened; re-test run time.

Standards and Compliance

A portable first-aid eye wash, not a fixed station: 5 L cannot deliver the fifteen-minute flush ANSI Z358.1 describes. It starts flushing at the point of exposure and bridges the walk to a plumbed unit, and a fixed station must still be within about ten seconds of the hazard. Water must be changed weekly and kept tepid where the standard requires it; the unit must be kept filled, charged and worn or carried, not stored in a cupboard.

Applications

Patrol and inspection work, spot tasks with chemical or dust exposure, field and forestry work, service calls, small maintenance jobs, and as a second unit carried alongside a larger station.

Ordering

Order by model RYEW-5B-01. Please state quantity and whether spare wands, pump seals or straps are needed. The 8 L backpack unit, the 12 L shoulder units in yellow, orange and white, and the 35 L carry tank are also available.