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Page 1: Watkins Manufacturing - Hot Tubs & Spas · PDF fileOwner’s Manual. This Owner’s ... Watkins Manufacturing Corporation reserves the right to change specifications or design without
Page 2: Watkins Manufacturing - Hot Tubs & Spas · PDF fileOwner’s Manual. This Owner’s ... Watkins Manufacturing Corporation reserves the right to change specifications or design without

Wat

kins

M

anuf

actu

ring

Corp

orat

ion

Ow

ner’s

Man

ual

This

Ow

ner’s

Man

ual w

ill a

cqua

int y

ou w

ith y

our n

ew sp

a’s o

pera

tion

and

gene

ral m

aint

enan

ce. W

e su

gges

t tha

t you

take

som

e tim

e to

car

eful

ly re

view

all

six

sect

ions

. Ple

ase

keep

this

man

ual a

vaila

ble

for r

efer

ence

.If

you

have

any

que

stio

ns a

bout

any

asp

ect o

f you

r spa

’s se

t-up,

ope

ratio

n or

mai

nten

ance

, con

tact

you

r aut

horiz

ed S

olan

a® d

eale

r. Th

ey a

re tr

aine

d pr

ofes

sion

als w

ho a

re fa

mili

ar w

ith th

e pr

oduc

t as w

ell a

s new

spa

owne

rshi

p co

ncer

ns. T

heir

expe

rtis

e w

ill

faci

litat

e th

e en

joym

ent o

f you

r new

Sol

ana

spa.

The

Seria

l Num

ber/

Iden

tific

atio

n la

bel i

s loc

ated

with

in th

e eq

uipm

ent c

ompa

rtm

ent o

f you

r Sol

ana s

pa. T

he se

rial n

umbe

r sho

uld

also

be

docu

men

ted

on th

e de

liver

y re

ceip

t fro

m y

our d

eale

r.IM

POR

TAN

T: W

atki

ns M

anuf

actu

ring

Cor

pora

tion

rese

rves

the

right

to c

hang

e sp

ecifi

catio

ns o

r des

ign

with

out n

otifi

catio

n an

d w

ithou

t inc

urrin

g an

y ob

ligat

ion.

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ch

ase

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rm

ati

on

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URC

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TE IN

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LLED

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In m

ost c

ities

and

cou

ntie

s, pe

rmits

will

be

requ

ired

for t

he in

stal

latio

n of

ele

ctric

al c

ircui

ts o

r the

co

nstr

uctio

n of

ext

erio

r sur

face

s (de

cks a

nd g

azeb

os).

In a

dditi

on, s

ome

com

mun

ities

hav

e ad

opte

d re

side

ntia

l bar

rier c

odes

whi

ch m

ay re

quire

fenc

ing

and/

or se

lf-cl

osin

g ga

tes o

n th

e pr

oper

ty to

pr

even

t uns

uper

vise

d ac

cess

to a

poo

l (or

spa)

by

child

ren

unde

r 5 y

ears

of a

ge. Y

our S

olan

a® sp

a is

equ

ippe

d w

ith a

lock

ing

cove

r. A

s a g

ener

al p

ract

ice,

you

r loc

al B

uild

ing

Dep

artm

ent w

ill in

form

yo

u of

any

app

licab

le b

arrie

r req

uire

men

ts a

t the

tim

e a

perm

it is

obt

aine

d fo

r the

inst

alla

tion

of a

n el

ectr

ical

circ

uit.

Your

Sol

ana d

eale

r can

pro

vide

info

rmat

ion

on w

hich

per

mits

may

be

requ

ired.

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ON

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rtan

t Saf

ety

Inst

ruct

ions

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rmat

ion

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ruct

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ater

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feTy

INfO

RM

ATI

ON

IMPO

RTA

NT

SAfe

Ty IN

STR

uc

TIO

NS

Rea

d a

nd

Fo

llo

w a

ll In

stRu

ctIo

ns

av

oid

ing

th

e r

isk

to

ch

ild

ren

da

ng

er:

•R

ISK

Of

cH

Ild

dR

OW

NIN

g.

Extr

eme

caut

ion

mus

t be

exer

cise

d to

pre

vent

una

utho

rized

acc

ess b

y ch

ildre

n. T

o av

oid

acci

dent

s, en

sure

that

chi

ldre

n ca

nnot

use

a sp

a un

less

they

are

supe

rvis

ed a

t all

times

.

Wa

rn

ing

:•Toreducetheriskofinjury,donotpermitchildrentousethisproductunlesstheyarecloselysupervisedatalltim

es.

•Toreducetheriskofinjury,low

erwatertemperaturesarerecommendedforyoungchildren.Childrenareespeciallysensitiveto

hot w

ater

.

do

:•Makesureyoualwayslockthechildresistantlocksafteru

singthespaforyourchildren’ssafety.EverySolana®

spa

is e

quip

ped

with

a lo

ckin

g co

ver.

•Testthewatertemperaturewithyourhandbeforeallowingyourchildtoenterthespatobesurethatit’scomfortable.Children

are

espe

cial

ly se

nsiti

ve to

hot

wat

er.

•Remindchildrenthatwetsu

rfacescanbeveryslippery.M

akesurethatthechildrenarecarefulw

henenterin

gorexitingthespa.

do

n’t

:•Allowchildrentoclim

bontothespacover.

•Allowchildrentohaveunsupervisedaccesstothespa.

111

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av

oid

ing

th

e r

isk

of e

lec

tro

cu

tio

nD

an

ger

: ris

k o

f el

ectr

oc

uti

on

•Connectonlytoagroundedsource.

•Donotburythepowercord.Aburiedpowercordmayresultindeathorseriouspersonalinjuryduetoelectrocutionifdirect

buria

l-typ

e ca

ble

is n

ot u

sed,

or i

f im

prop

er d

iggi

ng o

ccur

s.•Agroundterm

inal(pressurewireconnector)isp

rovidedonthecontrolboxinsidetheunittopermitconnectionofaminimum

N

o. 8

AW

G (8

.4 m

m2 )

solid

cop

per b

ondi

ng c

ondu

ctor

bet

wee

n th

is p

oint

and

any

met

al e

quip

men

t, m

etal

wat

er p

ipe,

met

al

encl

osur

es o

f ele

ctric

al e

quip

men

t, or

con

duit

with

in fi

ve fe

et (1

.5 m

) of t

he u

nit a

s nee

ded

to c

ompl

y w

ith lo

cal r

equi

rem

ents

.•Donotoperatetheaudiomaincontrolswhileinsidethespa(ifsp

aisequippedwithanaudiocomponent).

•Donotconnectanyauxiliarycomponents(forexample,cableadditionalsp

eakers,headphones,additionalaudiocom

ponents)to

the

audi

o sy

stem

unl

ess a

ppro

ved

by W

atki

ns M

anuf

actu

ring

Cor

pora

tion

. •Donotselfserviceaudiocom

ponentbyopeningorremovingcoverasthism

ayexposedangerousv

oltageorotherriskofinjury.

Refe

r all

serv

icin

g to

qua

lifie

d se

rvic

e pe

rson

nel.

•Donotattachanexternalantennaetoasp

aaudiosystem

unlessinstalledbyalicensedelectricianinaccordancewithArticle810

of th

e N

atio

nal E

lect

ric C

ode,

AN

SI/N

FPA

70.

Wa

rn

ing

:•Toreducetheriskofelectricalsh

ock,replaceadamagedcordimmediately.Failuretodosomayresultindeathorserious

pers

onal

inju

ry d

ue to

ele

ctro

cutio

n.•Yoursp

aisprovidedwithaGroundFaultC

ircuitInterrupterforu

serandequipmentprotection.Toensureproperoperationof

this

impo

rtan

t saf

ety

devi

ce, t

est a

ccor

ding

to th

e fo

llow

ing

inst

ruct

ions

per

ele

ctric

al c

onfig

urat

ion.

c

ord-

con

nect

ed 1

15 V

olt,

20 A

mp

Mod

els:

The

GFC

I is l

ocat

ed a

t the

end

of t

he p

ower

cor

d. B

efor

e ea

ch u

se, w

ith th

e un

it op

erat

ing,

pus

h th

e TE

ST b

utto

n. T

he u

nit s

houl

d st

op o

pera

ting.

Pus

h th

e RE

SET

butto

n. T

he sp

a sh

ould

now

retu

rn to

nor

mal

op

erat

ion.

If th

e in

terr

upte

r doe

s not

per

form

in th

is m

anne

r, th

ere

may

be

an e

lect

rical

mal

func

tion

and

with

it, t

he p

ossi

bilit

y of

an

ele

ctric

shoc

k. D

isco

nnec

t the

pow

er u

ntil

the

prob

lem

has

bee

n co

rrec

ted.

H

ard-

Wir

ed 1

15 V

olt,

30 A

mp

Mod

els:

The

GFC

I bre

aker

, loc

ated

insi

de th

e su

b-pa

nel,

supp

lies a

ll of

the

pow

er to

the

spa.

Be

fore

eac

h us

e, o

pen

the

sub-

pane

l and

pre

ss th

e TE

ST b

utto

n lo

cate

d on

the

sub-

pane

l GFC

I bre

aker

. The

bre

aker

shou

ld

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snap

into

the

“trip

ped”

pos

ition

and

the

spa

shou

ld st

op o

pera

ting.

Res

et th

e su

b-pa

nel G

FCI b

reak

er b

y co

mpl

etel

y fli

ppin

g th

e br

eake

r sw

itch

dow

n, in

to th

e of

f pos

ition

. The

n, fl

ip th

e br

eake

r sw

itch

up, i

nto

the

on p

ositi

on. P

ower

shou

ld b

e re

stor

ed a

nd th

e sp

a sh

ould

resu

me

oper

atio

n. If

the

brea

ker d

oes n

ot p

erfo

rm in

this

man

ner,

ther

e m

ay b

e an

ele

ctric

al m

alfu

nctio

n an

d w

ith it

, th

e po

ssib

ility

of a

n el

ectr

ic sh

ock.

Dis

conn

ect t

he p

ower

unt

il th

e pr

oble

m h

as b

een

corr

ecte

d.

Da

ng

er: r

isk o

f el

ectr

ic s

ho

ck

•Installatleast5feet(1.5m)fromallmetalsu

rfaces.A

spamaybeinstalledwithin5feetofametalsu

rfaceifeachmetalsu

rfaceis

perm

anen

tly c

onne

cted

by

a m

inim

um N

o. 8

AW

G (8

.42

mm

2 ) so

lid c

oppe

r con

duct

or a

ttach

ed to

the

wire

gro

und

conn

ecto

r on

the

term

inal

box

that

is p

rovi

ded

for t

his p

urpo

se if

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith N

atio

nal E

lect

rical

Cod

e A

NSI

/NM

FPA

70-1

993.

•Donotpermitanyelectricalappliances,suchasalight,telephone,radio,ortelevisionwithin5feet(1.5m)ofasp

a.Failureto

mai

ntai

n a

safe

dis

tanc

e m

ay re

sult

in d

eath

, or s

erio

us p

erso

nal i

njur

y du

e to

ele

ctro

cutio

n, if

the

appl

ianc

e sh

ould

fall

into

the

spa.

•Installyourspaissu

chawaythatdrainageisawayfrom

theelectricalcom

partmentandfrom

allelectricalcom

ponents.

do

:•Besu

reyourspaisconnectedtothepowersu

pplycorrectly-usealicensedcontractor.

•Disconnectthesp

afrom

thepowersu

pplybeforedrainingthespaorservicingtheelectricalcom

ponents.

•TesttheGroundFaultC

ircuitInterrupter(s)beforeeachuse.

do

n’t

:•Usethespawiththeequipm

entcom

partmentdoorrem

oved.

•Placeelectricalapplianceswithin5feet(1.5m)ofthesp

a.•Useanextensioncordtoconnectthespatoitsp

owersource.Thecordmaynotbeproperlygroundedandtheconnectionis

a sh

ock

haza

rd. A

n ex

tens

ion

cord

may

cau

se a

vol

tage

dro

p, w

hich

will

cau

se o

verh

eatin

g of

the

jet p

ump

mot

or a

nd m

otor

da

mag

e.•Attempttoopentheelectricalcontrolbox.Therearenouserserviceablepartsinside.

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ris

ks

to a

vo

idD

an

ger

: ris

k o

f in

jur

y•Toreducetheriskofinjurytopersons,D

ONOTremovesuctionfittings(filterstandpipes)locatedinthefiltercom

partment.

•Thesuctionfittingsinthespaaresizedtomatchthespecificwaterflow

createdbythepump.Shouldtheneedarisetoreplacethe

suct

ion

fittin

gs o

r the

pum

p, b

e su

re th

at th

e flo

w ra

tes a

re c

ompa

tible

.•Thereisadangerofslippingandfalling.Rem

emberthatw

etsu

rfacescanbeveryslippery.Takecarewhenenteringorexitingthespa.

•Peoplewithinfectiousdiseasesshouldnotusethespa.

• K

eep

any

loos

e ar

ticle

s of c

loth

ing,

long

hai

r or h

angi

ng je

wel

ry a

way

from

rota

ting

jets

or o

ther

mov

ing

com

pone

nts.

inc

rea

seD s

iDe

effe

cts

of

meD

ica

tio

n•Theuseofdrugs,alcoholorm

edicationbeforeord

uringspausemayleadtounconsciousnesswiththepossibilityofdrowning.

•Personsu

singmedicationssh

ouldconsultaphysicianbeforeusingasp

a;somemedicationmaycauseausertobecomedrow

sy,

whi

le o

ther

med

icat

ion

may

affe

ct h

eart

rate

, blo

od p

ress

ure

and

circ

ulat

ion.

•Personstakingmedicationswhichinducedrowsiness,suchastranquilizers,antihistim

inesoranticoagulentsshouldnotusethespa.

hea

lth p

ro

ble

ms

aff

ecte

D b

y sp

a u

se•Pregnantwom

ensh

ouldconsultaphysicianbeforeusingsp

a.•Personssufferin

gfrom

obesityorw

ithamedicalhistoryofheartdisease,low

orhighbloodpressure,circulatorysystem

problem

sor

dia

bete

s sho

uld

cons

ult a

phy

sici

an b

efor

e us

ing

spa.

un

cle

an w

ate

r•Keepthewatercleanandsanitizedwithcorrectchemicalcare.TherecommendedlevelsforyourSolana®

spa

are

:

-

Free

Ava

ilabl

e C

hlor

ine

(FA

C):

3

.0-5

.0 p

pm

-

Tota

l Alk

alin

ity:

40-1

25 p

pm

-

Wat

er p

H:

7

.4-7

.6

-

Cal

cium

Har

dnes

s: 50

-150

ppm

(R

efer

to W

ater

Qua

lity

and

Mai

nten

ance

sect

ion

for c

ompl

ete

inst

ruct

ions

.)

IMPO

RTA

NT:

Tur

n on

the

jet p

ump

for a

leas

t ten

min

utes

afte

r add

ing

AN

Y sp

a w

ater

che

mic

als i

nto

the

filte

r com

part

men

t.

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•Cleanthefiltercartridgemonthlytoremovedebrisandmineralbuildupwhichmayaffecttheperformanceofthehydromassage

jets

, lim

it th

e flo

w, o

r trip

the

high

lim

it th

erm

osta

t whi

ch w

ill tu

rn o

ff th

e en

tire

spa.

av

oid

ing

th

e r

isk

of h

yPer

ther

mia

Prol

onge

d im

mer

sion

in h

ot w

ater

can

resu

lt in

HYP

ERTH

ERM

IA, a

dan

gero

us c

ondi

tion

whi

ch o

ccur

s whe

n th

e in

tern

al te

mpe

ratu

re

of th

e bo

dy re

ache

s a le

vel a

bove

nor

mal

98.

6°F

(37°

C).

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sym

ptom

s of h

yper

ther

mia

incl

ude

unaw

aren

ess o

f im

pend

ing

haza

rd,

failu

re to

per

ceiv

e he

at, f

ailu

re to

reco

gniz

e th

e ne

ed to

exi

t the

spa,

phy

sica

l ina

bilit

y to

exi

t the

spa,

feta

l dam

age

in p

regn

ant w

omen

, an

d un

cons

ciou

snes

s res

ultin

g in

a d

ange

r of d

row

ning

.

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rn

ing

:Th

e us

e of

alc

ohol

, dru

gs, o

r med

icat

ion

can

grea

tly in

crea

se th

e ris

k of

fata

l hyp

erth

erm

ia in

hot

tubs

and

spas

.

to r

edu

ce

the

ris

k o

f in

jur

y:•Thewaterinthespashouldneverexceed104°F(40°C).Watertemperaturesbetween100°F(38°C)and104°F(40°C)are

cons

ider

ed sa

fe fo

r a h

ealth

y ad

ult.

Low

er w

ater

tem

pera

ture

s are

reco

mm

ende

d fo

r ext

ende

d us

e (e

xcee

ding

10

min

utes

) and

fo

r you

ng c

hild

ren.

Ext

ende

d us

e ca

n ca

use

hype

rthe

rmia

.•Pregnantorp

ossiblypregnantwom

ensh

ouldlimitspawatertemperaturesto100°F(38°C).Failuretodosomayresultin

perm

anen

t inj

ury

to y

our b

aby.

•Donotusesp

aimmediatelyfollowingstrenuousexercise.

av

oid

ing

th

e r

isk

of s

kin

Bu

rn

s:•Toreducetheriskofinjury,beforeenterin

gaspatheusersh

ouldmeasurethewatertemperaturewithanaccuratethermom

eter.

•Testthewaterwithyourhandbeforeenteringthespatobesureit’scomfortable.

safe

ty s

ign

Each

Sol

ana®

spa

is sh

ippe

d w

ith a

SA

FETY

SIG

N in

the

owne

r’s p

acka

ge. T

he si

gn, w

hich

is re

quire

d as

a c

ondi

tion

of P

rodu

ct

List

ing,

shou

ld b

e pe

rman

ently

inst

alle

d w

here

it is

vis

ible

to th

e us

ers o

f the

spa.

To

obta

in a

dditi

onal

SA

FETY

SIG

NS,

con

tact

you

r So

lana

Spa

Dea

ler a

nd re

ques

t Par

t #70

798.

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IMPO

RTA

NT

SPA

INfO

RM

ATI

ON

IMPO

RTA

NT:

In a

reas

whe

re th

e am

bien

t tem

pera

ture

falls

bel

ow 2

0°F,

and

you

do

not w

ant t

o w

inte

rize

your

spa,

it is

re

com

men

ded

that

you

con

vert

the

Sola

na to

a 1

15V

, 30

amp

conf

igur

atio

n. In

this

con

figur

atio

n, th

e he

ater

will

rem

ain

on w

hile

the

jet p

ump

is a

ctiv

ated

.Pr

oper

ven

tilat

ion

and

sani

tatio

n of

the

spa

is n

eces

sary

in o

rder

to c

ontr

ol th

e ba

cter

ia a

nd v

iruse

s pre

sent

in th

e w

ater

or i

ntro

duce

d du

ring

use

of th

e sp

a. R

ead

and

follo

w th

e W

ATE

R Q

UA

LITY

AN

D M

AIN

TEN

AN

CE

PRO

CED

URE

S th

orou

ghly

!Th

e fo

llow

ing

cont

ains

impo

rtan

t spa

info

rmat

ion,

and

we

stro

ngly

enc

oura

ge y

ou to

read

and

app

ly it

.

do

:•Useandlockthecoverw

henthespaisnotinuse,w

hetheritisemptyorfull.

•FollowtheSpaCareandMaintenancerecommendationsstatedinthismanual.

•Useonlyapprovedaccessoriesandrecommendedspachem

icalsandcleaners.

do

n’t

:•LeavetheSolana

® sp

a ex

pose

d to

the

sun

with

out w

ater

or t

he c

over

in p

lace

. Exp

osur

e to

dire

ct su

nlig

ht c

an c

ause

sola

r dis

tres

s of

the

shel

l mat

eria

l.•Rollorslidethespaonitsside.Thisw

illdam

agethesiding.

•Liftordragthecoverbyusingthetie-dow

nstraps;alwaysliftorcarrythecoverbyusingthehandles.

•Attempttoopentheelectricalcontrolbox.Therearenouserserviceablepartsinside.Openingofthecontrolboxbythespa

owne

r will

voi

d th

e w

arra

nty.

If y

ou h

ave

an o

pera

tiona

l pro

blem

, car

eful

ly g

o th

roug

h th

e st

eps o

utlin

ed in

the

Trou

bles

hoot

ing

sect

ion.

If y

ou a

re n

ot a

ble

to re

solv

e th

e pr

oble

m, c

onta

ct y

our a

utho

rized

Sol

ana

Spa

Dea

ler.

Man

y pr

oble

ms c

an e

asily

be

diag

nose

d ov

er th

e te

leph

one

by a

n A

utho

rized

Ser

vice

Tec

hnic

ian.

sav

e th

ese

inst

ru

cti

on

s

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II. I

NST

All

ATI

ON

INST

Ru

cTI

ON

SSI

Te P

ReP

AR

ATI

ON

You

pro

babl

y ha

ve a

spot

pic

ked

out f

or y

our n

ew sp

a, w

heth

er it

’s in

door

s or o

utdo

ors,

on a

pat

io o

r on

a de

ck. J

ust m

ake

sure

you

ch

eck

the

follo

win

g:•Alwaysp

utyourspaonastructurallysound,levelsurface.A

filledspacanweighagreatdeal.Makecertainthatthelocationyou

choo

se c

an su

ppor

t the

wei

ght o

f you

r fill

ed sp

a.•Itishighlyrecommendedthatacarpetrem

nant,carpetpadorrubberm

atbecuttothefootprintofthesp

a,andthatthespabe

plac

ed d

irect

ly o

n it.

Thi

s min

imiz

es n

oise

ass

ocia

ted

with

spa

oper

atio

n.•Don’tforgettolevelyourspabeforefillingit.(SeetheSpaLevelingsectionofthismanual)

•Locatethefrontaccessp

anel,w

hichhousesalloftheelectricalcom

ponents,inaplacewherewaterwilldrainawayfrom

it.

Allo

win

g w

ater

into

the

elec

trica

l equ

ipm

ent a

rea

can

dam

age

the

elec

troni

cs, o

r may

resu

lt in

trip

ping

you

r hou

se’s

circ

uit b

reak

er.

•LeaveyourselfeasyaccesstotheGroundFaultC

ircuitInterrupter(G

FCI)fortesting.TheGFC

Iislocatedattheendofthepow

er

cord

, or a

t the

sub-

pane

l of a

har

d-w

ired

(opt

iona

l) 30

am

p sp

a.•Neverletw

atergetintothesub-panel(optional30am

pmodels)orintotheelectricaloutletthatyourspaispluggedinto.Your

spa’

s sub

-pan

el is

rain

tight

whe

n in

stal

led

corr

ectly

with

the

door

clo

sed.

Con

sult

your

loca

l cod

e au

thor

ity to

det

erm

ine

if an

el

ectr

ical

out

let w

ith a

cov

er is

requ

ired

for y

our i

nsta

llatio

n. If

it is

, a su

itabl

e ou

tlet m

ay b

e pu

rcha

sed

from

you

r Aut

horiz

ed

Sola

na® D

eale

r. A

sk fo

r Par

t #71

591.

•Leaveaccesstothefrontaccessp

anelforp

eriodicspacareandmaintenance.

•Leaveaccesstothedrainlocatedontheleftsideofthesp

a.•

If yo

ur s

pa is

goi

ng to

be

inst

alle

d in

a lo

catio

n kn

own

to b

e fr

eque

nted

by

mic

e, ra

ts o

r oth

er n

octu

rnal

cr

eatu

res,

Wat

kins

Man

ufac

turi

ng C

orpo

ratio

n re

com

men

ds c

over

ing

the

acce

ss o

peni

ng to

the

spa’

s eq

uip-

men

t com

part

men

t with

a h

eavy

gau

ge s

cree

n m

ater

ial a

vaila

ble

at y

our l

ocal

har

dwar

e st

ore.

WA

RNIN

G: D

amag

e to

the

spa’

s eq

uipm

ent c

ompa

rtm

ent c

ompo

nent

s or

inte

rnal

plu

mbi

ng a

s a

resu

lt of

rode

nt in

fest

atio

n is

N

OT

cove

red

unde

r you

r war

rant

y!

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ASe

MeN

T IN

STA

llA

TIO

NBe

aw

are

of so

me

spec

ial r

equi

rem

ents

if y

ou p

lace

you

r spa

indo

ors.

Wat

er w

ill a

ccum

ulat

e ar

ound

the

spa,

so fl

oorin

g m

ater

ials

mus

t pr

ovid

e a

good

grip

whe

n w

et. P

rope

r dra

inag

e is

ess

entia

l to

prev

ent a

bui

ld-u

p of

wat

er a

roun

d th

e sp

a. W

hen

build

ing

a ne

w ro

om

for t

he sp

a it

is re

com

men

ded

that

a fl

oor d

rain

be

inst

alle

d. T

he h

umid

ity w

ill n

atur

ally

incr

ease

with

the

spa

inst

alle

d. W

ater

may

get

in

to w

oodw

ork

and

prod

uce

dryr

ot, m

ildew

, or o

ther

pro

blem

s. C

heck

for a

irbor

ne m

oist

ure’

s effe

cts o

n ex

pose

d w

ood,

pap

er, e

tc. i

n th

e ro

om. T

o m

inim

ize

thes

e ef

fect

s, it

is b

est t

o pr

ovid

e pl

enty

of v

entil

atio

n to

the

spa

area

. An

arch

itect

can

hel

p to

det

erm

ine

if m

ore

vent

ilatio

n m

ust b

e in

stal

led.

Pro

per v

entil

atio

n an

d sa

nita

tion

are

nece

ssar

y in

ord

er to

con

trol

the

bact

eria

and

viru

ses p

rese

nt in

the

wat

er o

r int

rodu

ced

durin

g us

e of

the

spa.

Your

Sol

ana®

Spa

Dea

ler c

an h

elp

you

with

loca

l inf

orm

atio

n su

ch a

s zon

ing

regu

latio

ns a

nd b

uild

ing

code

s. c

Au

TIO

N: D

o no

t ins

tall

the

spa

on a

hea

ted

floor

surf

ace.

Thi

s will

dam

age

the

botto

m o

f the

spa.

WA

RN

INg

: Ple

ase

keep

the

area

aro

und

your

spa

wel

l ven

tilat

ed w

hen

it is

inst

alle

d in

door

s or

in

a co

nfin

ed a

rea.

Inad

equa

te v

entil

atio

n ar

ound

the

spa

coul

d ca

use

a bu

ild-u

p of

a h

ighe

r-th

an-

norm

al c

once

ntra

tion

of s

pa c

hem

ical

s an

d/or

bac

teri

al fr

agm

ents

. The

se d

ispe

rsed

spa

che

mic

als

and/

or

bact

eria

l fra

gmen

ts c

an b

e in

hale

d, a

nd m

ay re

sult

in b

reat

hing

diff

icul

ties

or lu

ng d

amag

e in

cer

tain

pe

ople

suf

feri

ng fr

om a

com

prom

ised

imm

une

syst

em o

r res

pira

tory

infe

ctio

n. If

you

or o

ther

bat

hers

are

af

fect

ed b

y th

is c

ondi

tion,

ple

ase

seek

med

ical

atte

ntio

n as

soo

n as

pos

sibl

e.In

add

ition

to th

e ab

ove,

pro

perl

y cl

ean

and

mai

ntai

n yo

ur s

pa a

s fo

llow

s:•Followallproceduresinthisowner’smanualandprintedinstructionsonallw

atercare(chemical)

prod

ucts

pac

kagi

ng.

•Testthewaterregularlytoensureproperlevelsofsanitizers,pH,andotherwatercarerequirem

ents.

•Drain,clean,andrefillyourspawithfreshwateronaregularschedule,andinaccordancewiththis

owne

r’s m

anua

l.•Cleanthefilter(s)atleastonceperm

onth.

•Checktomakesureyouhavepropercirculationthroughoutyourspawatersystem.

•Havespausersbathebeforeenteringthespawater.

WAR

NIN

GW

ARN

ING

Low

erin

g th

e to

p of

the

spa

to d

eck

leve

l, su

bsta

ntia

lly

incr

ease

s th

e po

tent

ial

of a

ccid

enta

l ent

ry.

Con

tact

you

r Sola

na

Dea

ler f

or m

ore

info

rmat

ion

and

cons

ult a

lice

nsed

bu

ildin

g co

ntra

ctor

to

desi

gn o

r eva

luat

e yo

ur c

usto

m d

ecki

ng

requ

irem

ents

.

8

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Dec

k In

sta

lla

tIo

nTo

be

cert

ain

your

dec

k ca

n su

ppor

t you

r spa

, you

mus

t kno

w th

e de

ck’s

max

imum

load

cap

acity

. Con

sult

a qu

alifi

ed b

uild

ing

cont

ract

or

or st

ruct

ural

eng

inee

r. To

find

the

wei

ght o

f you

r spa

, its

con

tent

s and

occ

upan

ts, r

efer

to th

e Sp

a Sp

ecifi

catio

ns. T

his w

eigh

t per

squa

re

foot

mus

t not

exc

eed

the

stru

ctur

e’s r

ated

cap

acity

, or s

erio

us st

ruct

ural

dam

age

coul

d re

sult.

Ou

TdO

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INST

All

ATI

ON

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o m

atte

r whe

re y

ou in

stal

l you

r new

spa,

it’s

impo

rtan

t tha

t you

hav

e a

solid

foun

datio

n to

supp

ort i

t. St

ruct

ural

dam

age

to th

e sp

a re

sulti

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om in

corr

ect i

nsta

llatio

n or

pla

cem

ent o

n an

inad

equa

te fo

unda

tion

is n

ot c

over

ed u

nder

the

spa’

s lim

ited

war

rant

y.

If yo

u in

stal

l the

spa

outd

oors

, we

reco

mm

end

a re

info

rced

con

cret

e pa

d at

leas

t fou

r inc

hes t

hick

. The

rein

forc

ing

rod

or m

esh

in th

e pa

d sh

ould

be

atta

ched

to a

bon

d w

ire.

If yo

u pl

ace

the

spa

on th

e gr

ound

, eve

n te

mpo

raril

y, p

lace

step

ping

ston

es u

nder

the

leve

ling

area

s (se

e Sp

a Le

velin

g In

stru

ctio

ns).

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ston

es sh

ould

be

at le

ast t

wo

inch

es th

ick

and

twel

ve in

ches

squa

re. E

ven

with

ston

es in

pla

ce, t

he sp

a w

ill in

evita

bly

settl

e an

d be

com

e unlevel.Plus,asp

asurroundedbydirtorgrasswillsoonbefilledwithdirtorgrassfrom

users’feet;therefore,itisim

portanttogetit

onto

a so

lid fo

unda

tion

as so

on a

s pos

sibl

e.

HO

W T

O M

OV

e TH

e SO

lAN

A S

PATh

e So

lana

spa

has b

een

desi

gned

to b

e ea

sy to

mov

e an

d in

stal

l. Fo

r eas

e of

han

dlin

g, th

e sp

a sh

ould

be

mov

ed a

s clo

se a

s pos

sibl

e to

th

e in

stal

latio

n si

te b

efor

e un

pack

agin

g. N

OTe

: Tak

e ca

re n

ot to

dam

age

the

spa

with

unp

acki

ng to

ols.

NO

Te: B

efor

e un

pack

ing

or m

ovin

g th

e sp

a, v

erify

that

you

hav

e a

clea

r pat

hway

to it

s des

tinat

ion

(mea

sure

if n

eces

sary

).c

Au

TIO

N: d

o no

t slid

e or

roll

the

spa

on it

s si

de. T

his

will

dam

age

the

sidi

ng.

ReM

OV

Al

AN

d R

ePlA

ceM

eNT

Of

THe

fRO

NT

Ac

ceS

S PA

Nel

(TX

SPA

)Yo

ur T

X sp

a us

es th

ree

pane

ls th

at a

re a

ttach

ed to

the

fram

e. T

hese

pan

els a

re re

ferr

ed to

as s

ide

pane

ls a

nd a

fron

t pan

el. T

he fr

ont

pane

l is l

ocat

ed b

elow

the

cont

rol p

anel

. Beh

ind

the

fron

t pan

el, y

ou’ll

find

all

the

elec

tric

al c

ompo

nent

s. Th

e fr

ont p

anel

is h

eld

onto

the

fram

e w

ith si

x Ph

illip

s scr

ews.

rem

ova

l o

f th

e fr

on

t a

cc

ess

pan

el

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•Rem

ovethesixscrewcaps- P

lace

a fl

at h

ead

scre

wdr

iver

bet

wee

n th

e pa

nel a

nd th

e sc

rew

cap

, the

n ca

refu

lly ro

tate

the

scre

wdr

iver

to re

mov

e th

e sc

rew

cap

.•Rem

ovethesixPhillipsscrews

- Sta

rtin

g w

ith th

e up

per r

ight

cor

ner o

f the

fron

t pan

el fo

llow

ed b

y th

e tw

o be

low

, the

n re

peat

on

the

left

side

.•Rem

ovethefrontaccesspanel-

The

top

of th

e fr

ont p

anel

is tu

cked

beh

ind

the

lip o

f the

spa

shel

l. Pu

sh d

own

on th

e up

per

right

cor

ner o

f the

fron

t pan

el (t

his w

ill c

reat

e a

bow

in th

e fr

ont p

anel

) slid

e ot

her h

and

behi

nd th

e fr

ont a

cces

s pan

el a

nd p

ull

fron

t pan

el a

way

from

the

spa.

r

epla

cem

ent

of

the

fro

nt

ac

ces

s pa

nel

•Replacethefrontaccesspanel-

Pos

ition

the

left

side

of t

he fr

ont p

anel

at a

45°

ang

le tu

ckin

g th

e up

per l

eft c

orne

r of t

he p

anel

un

der t

he sp

a sh

ell w

hile

alig

ning

the

end

of th

e pa

nel w

ith th

e sc

ribe

line.

Low

er p

anel

, the

n co

ntin

ue tu

ckin

g th

e to

p of

the

fron

t pan

el u

nder

the

shel

l mov

ing

from

left

to ri

ght u

ntil

the

entir

e to

p of

the

fron

t pan

el is

tuck

ed u

nder

the

shel

l.•ReplacethesixPhillipsscrews- A

lign

the

top

left

hole

of t

he fr

ont a

cces

s pan

el w

ith th

e ho

le b

ehin

d th

e pa

nel,

inse

rt a

Phi

llips

sc

rew

and

rota

te tw

ice.

Alig

n th

e rig

ht to

p ho

le a

nd in

sert

a P

hilli

ps sc

rew

and

rota

te tw

ice.

Inse

rt th

e ot

her f

our P

hilli

ps sc

rew

s in

to th

e re

mai

ning

hol

es, t

hen

tight

en a

ll si

x sc

rew

s.•Replacethesixscrewcaps- R

epla

ce th

e sc

rew

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s by

push

ing

the

caps

ont

o th

e sc

rew

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ng y

our t

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NT

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ur S

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es 4

scre

ws t

o ho

ld th

e fr

ont d

oor p

anel

ont

o th

e sp

a.•Rem

ovethefrontdoorp

anel-

To re

mov

e th

e fr

ont d

oor p

anel

, loo

sen

and

rem

ove

the

4 sc

rew

s hol

ding

the

door

pan

el o

nto

the

spa,

then

rem

ove

door

pan

el fr

om sp

a.•Replacethefrontdoorp

anel-

To re

plac

e th

e fr

ont d

oor p

anel

, pla

ce d

oor p

anel

aga

inst

fram

e of

spa,

line

up

hole

s and

atta

ch d

oor

pane

l to

spa

usin

g 4

scre

ws.

inst

all

ati

on

no

tes:

1. I

f you

are

an

owne

r of a

con

dom

iniu

m, t

own

hom

e/pa

tio h

ome

or a

re a

mem

ber o

f a h

omeo

wne

r’s a

ssoc

iatio

n, c

onta

ct y

our

repr

esen

tativ

es re

gard

ing

thei

r req

uire

men

ts. I

f you

hav

e an

y qu

estio

ns re

gard

ing

zoni

ng re

quire

men

ts o

r bui

ldin

g co

des,

cont

act

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ur lo

cal c

ity g

over

nmen

t offi

ce.

2. I

MPO

RTA

NT:

The

spa

is d

esig

ned

for i

nsta

llatio

n on

a re

lativ

ely

flat a

nd le

vel s

urfa

ce. I

nsta

lling

the

spa

on a

n un

leve

l sur

face

will

re

sult

in u

nlev

el w

ater

and

an

aest

hetic

ally

unb

alan

ced

spa,

and

may

affe

ct it

s per

form

ance

. The

spa

may

be

shim

med

acc

ordi

ng

tothefollowingSpaLevelingInstructions;how

ever,shimmingofthespamayplaceadditionalstressonthespa’ssupportsystem

.D

amag

e to

the

spa

caus

ed b

y th

e in

corr

ect i

nsta

llatio

n of

the

spa

is n

ot c

over

ed b

y th

e w

arra

nty.

3. P

lace

spa

in th

e de

sire

d lo

catio

n an

d de

term

ine

whi

ch o

ne o

f the

two

exits

will

be

used

for y

our p

ower

cor

d (S

ee il

lust

ratio

n). A

no

tch

on th

e bo

ttom

of o

ne o

f the

side

pan

els m

ust b

e se

lect

ed a

s the

exi

t loc

atio

n. R

emov

e th

e fr

ont a

cces

s pan

el to

exp

ose

the

equi

pmen

t, fr

ame,

plu

mbi

ng a

nd fo

am in

sula

tion.

Unw

ind

the

pow

er c

ord,

loca

ted

insi

de th

e eq

uipm

ent c

ompa

rtm

ent.

Wor

k th

e co

rd in

to th

e no

tch

of th

e fr

ame

belo

w th

e eq

uipm

ent c

ompa

rtm

ent.

Pull

the

cord

follo

win

g th

e co

ntou

r of t

he sp

a in

the

dire

ctio

n of

the

exit

notc

h. O

nce

you

reac

h th

e si

de p

anel

, rem

ove

the

botto

m sc

rew

in th

e si

de

pane

l, th

en tu

ck th

e co

rd b

ehin

d th

e si

de p

anel

unt

il yo

u re

ach

the

exit

notc

h w

here

th

e co

rd sh

ould

be

seat

ed. d

o no

t plu

g th

e sp

a in

unt

il th

e sp

a is

fille

d w

ith w

ater

! Re

plac

e si

de p

anel

scre

w o

nce

cord

is in

stal

led.

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leV

elIN

g IN

STR

uc

TIO

NS

App

rove

d Sh

im M

ater

ial 1

/4”

to 1

/2”

(0.5

cm to

1.5

cm) t

hick

, cut

into

2”

x 4”

(5 cm

x 1

0 cm

re

ctan

gles

):•CedarShingles

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atedPlywood

•Redw

ood

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atedLum

ber

sug

ges

teD l

evel

ing p

ro

ceD

ur

e:1.

Usi

ng a

six

-foot

car

pent

er’s

leve

l (or

a sh

ort l

evel

and

a st

raig

ht p

iece

of w

ood

abou

t ei

ght f

eet l

ong)

, che

ck th

e sp

a to

iden

tify

the

low

est a

nd h

ighe

st c

orne

rs.

2. W

ith o

ne e

nd o

f the

car

pent

er’s

leve

l res

ting

on th

e hi

ghes

t cor

ner o

f the

spa,

and

the

oppo

site

end

rest

ing

on th

e lo

wes

t cor

ner,

gent

ly ra

ise

the

low

er e

nd o

f the

leve

l with

sh

ims p

lace

d on

the

corn

er o

f the

spa

shel

l, un

til a

leve

l rea

ding

is a

chie

ved.

3. C

aref

ully

lift

and

pivo

t the

car

pent

er’s

leve

l (so

as n

ot to

kno

ck o

ver y

our s

tack

of s

him

s)

to th

e re

mai

ning

cor

ner.

The

TX sp

a m

ay b

e sh

imm

ed u

nder

any

of t

he d

impl

e lo

catio

ns

show

n in

the

botto

m v

iew

of t

he sp

a. T

he S

X sp

as m

ay b

e sh

imm

ed u

nder

any

of t

he

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ndertheendofthelevelateachcornerandalong

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the

roun

ded

side

, unt

il a

leve

l rea

ding

is a

chie

ved.

The

se a

re n

ow y

our p

rese

lect

ed sh

ims.

4. C

aref

ully

rem

ove

the

carp

ente

r’s le

vel a

nd th

e se

ts o

f shi

ms.

With

one

or m

ore

pers

ons l

iftin

g th

e lo

wes

t sid

e of

the

spa,

pla

ce

a 4”

x 4

” (1

0-cm

x 1

0 cm

) blo

ck u

nder

the

spa

base

, in

the

cent

er o

f the

side

lifte

d.5.

Set

the

pres

elec

ted

shim

sets

und

er th

e w

oode

n ba

se su

ppor

t at e

ach

shim

min

g po

int,

as sh

own.

Lift

the

spa,

rem

ove

the

supp

ort b

lock

, and

set

the

spa

on th

e sh

ims.

Repe

at th

is p

roce

dure

for t

he o

ppos

ite si

de o

f the

sp

a, if

nec

essa

ry.

6. U

se th

e ca

rpen

ter’s

leve

l to

rech

eck

the

leve

l of t

he sp

a.7.

Ide

ntify

the

loca

tions

of a

ny re

mai

ning

shim

min

g po

ints

usi

ng th

e ill

ustr

atio

n be

low,

and

car

eful

ly sl

ide

help

er sh

ims u

nder

the

spa

bene

ath

each

loca

tion.

The

se h

elpe

r shi

ms s

houl

d cr

eate

a sn

ug fi

t bet

wee

n th

e fo

unda

tion

and

base

supp

ort s

yste

m. I

f it i

s nec

essa

ry to

lift

the

spa

to

plac

e th

e he

lper

shim

s, us

e ca

re n

ot to

kic

k ou

t the

orig

inal

cor

ner s

him

s.

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106.

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)

3 1/2" (8.9 cm)

29" (74.0 cm)

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173.

4 cm

)

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71.1

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)

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134.

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)

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rm

ati

on

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Can

adia

n sp

as, C

SA re

quire

men

ts fo

r Can

adia

n sp

as d

o no

t allo

w th

e sp

a to

be

cord

con

nect

ed.

You

r Sol

ana®

spa

has b

een

care

fully

des

igne

d to

giv

e yo

u m

axim

um sa

fety

aga

inst

ele

ctric

al sh

ock.

Con

nect

ing

the

spa

to a

n im

prop

erly

wire

d ci

rcui

t will

neg

ate

man

y of

the

spa’

s saf

ety

feat

ures

. Ple

ase

read

and

follo

w th

e el

ectr

ical

inst

alla

tion

requ

irem

ents

an

d in

stru

ctio

ns fo

r you

r spe

cific

spa

mod

el c

ompl

etel

y!Th

ere

are

two

elec

tric

al c

onfig

urat

ions

ass

ocia

ted

with

Sol

ana

spas

. Eac

h sp

a co

mes

sta

ndar

d as

a 1

15 v

olt,

15-a

mp

or 2

0 am

p (S

X),

cord

-con

nect

ed e

lect

rica

l con

figur

atio

n, w

hich

is d

esig

nate

d as

an

“eith

er/o

r” h

ydro

mas

sage

sys

tem

. Thi

s m

eans

that

the

heat

er

will

not

act

ivat

e si

mul

tane

ousl

y w

ith th

e hi

gh s

peed

mod

e of

the

jet p

ump.

If y

ou u

se y

our s

pa fo

r ext

rem

ely

long

per

iods

of t

ime

with

the

high

spe

ed je

t pum

p op

erat

ing,

you

may

exp

erie

nce

a sl

ight

dro

p in

wat

er te

mpe

ratu

re. T

his

happ

ens

beca

use

the

heat

er

will

not

hea

t whi

le th

e pu

mp

is ru

nnin

g on

hig

h. T

o al

low

the

heat

er to

ope

rate

at t

he s

ame

time

as th

e hi

gh s

peed

jet p

ump,

the

spa

may

be

conv

erte

d (b

y an

aut

hori

zed

tech

nici

an) t

o a

115

volt,

30

amp

hard

-wir

ed c

onfig

urat

ion.

The

30

amp

conf

igur

atio

n pr

ovid

es e

noug

h el

ectr

ical

cur

rent

to a

llow

the

heat

er a

nd th

e hi

gh s

peed

jet p

ump

to o

pera

te s

imul

tane

ousl

y. C

onve

rsio

n re

quir

es

elec

tric

al m

odifi

catio

n w

ithin

the

cont

rol b

ox (c

onta

ct a

n au

thor

ized

Sol

ana

Serv

ice

Tech

nici

an) a

nd th

e in

stal

latio

n of

an

elec

tric

al

subp

anel

(ava

ilabl

e fr

om y

our S

olan

a de

aler

). A

lice

nsed

ele

ctri

cian

mus

t ins

tall

the

subp

anel

.

elec

tric

al

req

uir

emen

tsTh

e sp

a m

ust b

e co

nnec

ted

to a

115

vol

t, 15

or 2

0 am

p (3

0 am

p fo

r con

vert

ed m

odel

s) g

roun

ded

circ

uit.

The

equi

pmen

t pac

k re

quire

s a

MINIM

UMof104voltsunderload.A

dedicatedcircuitisrequired;theterm

“dedicated”meanstheelectricalcircuitisn

otbeingused

for a

ny o

ther

hig

h-lo

ad e

lect

rical

item

s (pa

tio li

ghts

, app

lianc

es, g

arag

e ci

rcui

ts, e

tc.).

If th

e sp

a is

con

nect

ed to

a n

on-d

edic

ated

circ

uit,

over

load

ing

will

resu

lt in

“nu

isan

ce tr

ippi

ng”

of th

e in

tern

al fu

ses o

r of t

he b

reak

er sw

itch

at th

e ho

use

elec

tric

al b

reak

er p

anel

. Thecircuitm

ustbeproperlywired;thatis,itm

usthavethefollowing:

•St

anda

rd (c

ord-

conn

ecte

d) 1

15, v

olt 1

5 am

p –

A m

inim

um 1

5 am

p ci

rcui

t bre

aker

(a G

FCI b

reak

er is

reco

mm

ende

d) in

the

hous

e br

eake

r pan

el, #

14-A

WG

or l

arge

r wire

(inc

ludi

ng th

e gr

ound

wire

) and

the

corr

ect p

olar

ity th

roug

hout

the

circ

uit.

•St

anda

rd (c

ord-

conn

ecte

d) 1

15, v

olt 2

0 am

p (S

X Sp

a) -

A m

inim

um 2

0 am

p G

FCI c

ircu

it br

eake

r in

the

hous

e pa

nel,

#12-

AW

G o

r lar

ger w

ire

(incl

udin

g th

e gr

ound

wir

e) a

nd th

e co

rrec

t pol

arity

thro

ugho

ut th

e ci

rcui

t.

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onve

rted

(har

d-w

ired

) 115

vol

t, 30

am

p –

A m

inim

um 3

0 am

p ci

rcui

t bre

aker

in th

e ho

use

brea

ker p

anel

, #10

-AW

G o

r lar

ger

wire

(inc

ludi

ng th

e gr

ound

wire

), a

sub-

pane

l with

an

appr

opria

te G

FCI b

reak

er, a

nd th

e co

rrec

t pol

arity

thro

ugho

ut th

e ci

rcui

t.A

pre

ssur

e w

ire c

onne

ctor

is p

rovi

ded

on th

e ex

terio

r sur

face

of t

he sp

a’s e

lect

rical

con

trol

box

, loc

ated

insi

de th

e eq

uipm

ent

com

part

men

t. Th

is is

to p

erm

it th

e co

nnec

tion

of a

bon

ding

gro

und

wire

bet

wee

n th

is p

oint

and

any

met

al e

quip

men

t, en

clos

ures

, pip

e or

con

duit

with

in fi

ve fe

et o

f the

spa

(if n

eede

d to

com

ply

with

loca

l bui

ldin

g co

de re

quire

men

ts).

The

bond

ing

wire

mus

t be

at le

ast a

#8

AW

G so

lid c

oppe

r wire

.N

eVeR

cO

NN

ecT

THe

SPA

TO

AN

eXT

eNSI

ON

cO

Rd

!

sPa

inst

all

ati

on

inst

ru

cti

on

sEa

ch S

olan

a® sp

a co

mes

equ

ippe

d w

ith a

ppro

xim

atel

y 15

feet

of u

sabl

e po

wer

cor

d (th

is is

the

max

imum

leng

th a

llow

ed b

y re

gula

tory

st

anda

rds a

nd th

e N

atio

nal E

lect

ric C

ode)

. The

pow

er c

ord

is st

ored

for s

hipp

ing

insi

de th

e eq

uipm

ent c

ompa

rtm

ent.

To re

mov

e th

e po

wer

cor

d, se

e In

sta

lla

tIo

n n

ote

s, no

te #

3, o

n pa

ge 1

0.

If yo

u ch

oose

to c

onve

rt y

our s

pa to

115

vol

t, 30

am

p op

erat

ion

(con

tact

an

auth

oriz

ed S

olan

a Sp

a Se

rvic

e Te

chni

cian

to p

erfo

rm

the

conv

ersi

on),

a lic

ense

d el

ectr

icia

n m

ust i

nsta

ll th

e su

b-pa

nel (

avai

labl

e fr

om y

our S

olan

a de

aler

). Re

fer t

o th

e 30

am

p w

iring

in

stru

ctio

ns a

t the

end

of t

his s

ectio

n fo

r ele

ctric

al c

onne

ctio

ns a

nd sp

ecifi

catio

ns.

sta

nd

ar

d, c

or

d-c

on

nec

ted

115

vo

lt, 1

5 o

r 2

0 a

mP

co

nfi

gu

ra

tio

nFo

r you

r saf

ety,

if y

ou a

re h

avin

g an

ele

ctric

ian

inst

all a

n el

ectr

ic o

utle

t for

the

spa,

it sh

ould

be

no c

lose

r tha

n fiv

e (5

) fee

t (1.

5 m

) and

no

furt

her t

han

ten

(10)

feet

(3 m

) fro

m th

e sp

a. [R

efer

ence

Nat

iona

l Ele

ctric

al C

ode

680

- 6a(

1) a

nd 6

80 -

41a.

]O

ne G

FCI i

s use

d in

the

cord

-con

nect

ed 1

5 or

20

amp

conf

igur

atio

n. T

he G

FCI m

odul

e is

loca

ted

at th

e en

d of

the

pow

er c

ord.

To

test

th

e G

FCI,

sim

ply

pres

s the

TES

T bu

tton.

The

GFC

I sho

uld

trip

to th

e “o

ff” p

ositi

on, d

isco

nnec

ting

pow

er to

the

spa.

To

rese

t the

GFC

I, pr

ess t

he R

ESET

but

ton.

The

GFC

I sho

uld

rese

t, an

d po

wer

shou

ld b

e re

stor

ed to

the

spa.

If th

e G

FCI d

oes n

ot fu

nctio

n in

this

way

, un

plug

the

cord

and

con

tact

an

auth

oriz

ed S

olan

a Sp

a Se

rvic

e Te

chni

cian

.N

OTe

: Con

sult

your

loca

l cod

e au

thor

ity to

det

erm

ine

if an

ele

ctric

al o

utle

t with

a c

over

is re

quire

d fo

r you

r ins

talla

tion.

If it

is, a

su

itabl

e ou

tlet c

over

may

be

purc

hase

d fr

om y

our A

utho

rized

Sol

ana

Dea

ler.

Ask

for P

art #

7159

1.

14141414

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co

nv

erte

d 1

15 v

olt

, 30

am

P c

on

fig

ur

ati

on

c

on

ver

sio

n in

str

uc

tio

ns

NO

Te: A

n A

utho

rized

Sol

ana®

Spa

Tec

hnic

ian

mus

t per

form

the

conv

ersi

on.

1. D

isco

nnec

t pow

er to

the

spa

and

acce

ss th

e co

ntro

l box

.2.

Loc

ate

the

prog

ram

jum

pers

(JP1

- JP

8) a

t the

top

right

of t

he c

ontr

ol b

ox.

3. U

sing

a p

air o

f nee

dle

nose

plie

rs, c

aref

ully

rem

ove

the

park

ed (s

pare

) jum

per.

4. A

ttach

par

ked

jum

per t

o JP

1 as

illu

stra

ted

belo

w.

A li

cens

ed e

lect

ricia

n m

ust i

nsta

ll th

e su

b-pa

nel (

avai

labl

e fr

om y

our S

olan

a Sp

a D

eale

r) to

supp

ly

pow

er to

the

spa.

The

sub-

pane

l mus

t be

plac

ed in

sigh

t of t

he sp

a, a

t a m

inim

um d

ista

nce

of 5

feet

(1.5

m) a

way

.

15151515

NO

TE:

- Ju

mpe

rs a

re lo

cate

d in

top

right

cor

ner o

f Con

trol B

ox

labe

led

P4 “C

onfig

Jum

pers

- To

Cha

nge

from

fahr

enhe

it to

ce

lsius

rem

ove

jum

per o

n JP

2.

2 Po

sitio

n Po

wer

Jum

per

mus

t rem

ain

on th

e Te

rmin

al

Bloc

k to

ope

rate

115

VAC

Sp

a M

odel

s

Term

inal

Blo

ck

Pow

er J

umpe

r

Pow

er J

umpe

r Pos

ition

See

Wiri

ng

Illus

tratio

n

115

VAC

Wiri

ng

(30A

Con

verte

d)

Whe

n C

onve

rting

to 3

0 A

Inst

all J

umpe

r on

JP1

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30 a

mp

sub-p

an

el w

irin

g in

str

uc

tio

ns

NO

TE: T

he su

b-pa

nel m

ust b

e pl

aced

with

in 1

00 fe

et o

f the

mai

n el

ectr

ical

serv

ice

pane

l, an

d be

twee

n 5

and

50 fe

et (1

.5 a

nd 1

5 m

eter

s)

away

from

the

spa.

Ref

er to

the

wiri

ng d

iagr

am b

elow

. 1.

Con

nect

the

#10

AW

G, W

HIT

E [N

EUTR

AL]

wire

from

the

mai

n el

ectr

ical

serv

ice

pane

l to

the

sub-

pane

l NEU

TRA

L ba

r.2.

Con

nect

the

#10

AW

G, G

REEN

[GRO

UN

D] w

ire fr

om th

e m

ain

elec

tric

al se

rvic

e pa

nel t

o th

e su

b-pa

nel G

ROU

ND

bar

.3.

Con

nect

the

#10

AW

G, B

LAC

K [L

1] w

ire fr

om th

e m

ain

elec

tric

al se

rvic

e pa

nel t

o th

e su

b-pa

nel [

term

inal

L1]

.4.

Che

ck th

e co

nnec

tions

inte

rnal

to th

e su

b-pa

nel a

nd b

e su

re th

at a

pig

tail

wire

exi

sts b

etw

een

the

neut

ral b

ar a

nd th

e 30

am

p br

eake

r. N

EVER

rem

ove

the

pigt

ail w

ires!

16161616

115V

AC, 3

0 Am

p Si

ngle

Pol

e C

ircui

t Bre

aker

(N

on G

FCI)

Mai

n Se

rvice

El

ectri

cal P

anel

Sub-

Pane

l w

ith G

FCI

Brea

kers

Mor

e th

an 5

feet

th

e Su

b-Pa

nel m

ust b

e w

ithin

sig

ht o

f the

spa

D

o N

ot E

xcee

d 50

Fee

tC

ontro

l Box

N, N

eutra

l, #1

0AW

G W

hite

L1, H

ot, #

10AW

G B

lack

Gro

und,

#10

AWG

Gre

en

Less

Tha

n 10

0 FT

.

#10

AW

G W

hite

, Neu

tral

#10

AW

G G

reen

, Gro

und

#10

AW

G B

lack

, L1

WIR

ING

ILLU

STR

ATIO

N

PER

MAN

ENTL

Y C

ON

NEC

TED

FO

R

115

VAC

, 24A

, 60H

Z, C

ON

VER

TED

MO

DEL

S

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5. I

nsid

e th

e co

ntro

l pan

el, l

ocat

e th

e te

rmin

al b

lock

(TB-

1).

6. R

emov

e ex

istin

g po

wer

cor

d.7.

Con

nect

the

#10

AW

G, B

LAC

K w

ire fr

om th

e su

b-pa

nel 3

0 am

p G

FCI b

reak

er [t

erm

inal

L1]

to T

B-1

term

inal

L1.

8. C

onne

ct th

e #1

0 A

WG

, WH

ITE

wire

from

the

sub-

pane

l 30

amp

GFC

I bre

aker

[ter

min

al N

, loa

d ne

utra

l] to

TB-

1 te

rmin

al N

.9.

Con

nect

the

#10

AW

G, G

REEN

wire

from

the

sub-

pane

l GRO

UN

D b

ar to

TB-

1 te

rmin

al G

ROU

ND

.Th

e G

FCI b

reak

er in

side

the

sub-

pane

l sup

plie

s all

of th

e po

wer

to th

e sp

a. B

efor

e ea

ch u

se, o

pen

the

sub-

pane

l and

pre

ss th

e TE

ST

butto

n lo

cate

d on

the

sub-

pane

l GFC

I bre

aker

. The

bre

aker

shou

ld sn

ap in

to th

e “t

rippe

d” p

ositi

on a

nd th

e sp

a sh

ould

stop

ope

ratin

g.

Rese

t the

sub-

pane

l GFC

I bre

aker

by

com

plet

ely

pres

sing

the

brea

ker s

witc

h do

wn,

into

the

OFF

pos

ition

. The

n, fl

ip th

e br

eake

r sw

itch

up, i

nto

the

ON

pos

ition

. Pow

er sh

ould

be

rest

ored

and

the

spa

shou

ld re

sum

e op

erat

ion.

If

the

GFC

I bre

aker

fails

to o

pera

te in

this

man

ner,

it is

an

indi

catio

n of

an

elec

tric

al m

alfu

nctio

n an

d th

e po

ssib

ility

of a

n el

ectr

ic sh

ock.

D

isco

nnec

t the

pow

er u

ntil

the

faul

t has

bee

n id

entif

ied

and

corr

ecte

d.IM

POR

TAN

T: S

houl

d yo

u ev

er fi

nd th

e ne

ed to

mov

e or

relo

cate

you

r Sol

ana®

spa

, it i

s ess

entia

l tha

t you

und

erst

and

and

appl

y th

ese

inst

alla

tion

requ

irem

ents

. You

r Sol

ana

spa

has b

een

care

fully

eng

inee

red

to p

rovi

de m

axim

um sa

fety

aga

inst

ele

ctric

shoc

k.

Rem

embe

r, co

nnec

ting

the

spa

to a

n im

prop

erly

wire

d ci

rcui

t will

neg

ate

man

y of

its s

afet

y fe

atur

es.

co

nv

erte

d 2

30 v

olt

, 50

am

P c

on

fig

ur

ati

on

c

on

ver

sio

n in

str

uc

tio

ns

NO

Te: A

n A

utho

rized

Sol

ana®

Spa

Tec

hnic

ian

mus

t per

form

the

conv

ersi

on.

1. D

isco

nnec

t pow

er to

the

spa

and

acce

ss th

e co

ntro

l box

.2.

Loc

ate

the

prog

ram

jum

pers

(JP1

- JP

8) a

t the

top

right

of t

he c

ontr

ol b

ox.

3. U

sing

a p

air o

f nee

dle

nose

plie

rs, c

aref

ully

rem

ove

the

park

ed (s

pare

) jum

per.

4. A

ttach

par

ked

jum

per t

o JP

1 as

on

next

pag

e.

A li

cens

ed e

lect

ricia

n m

ust i

nsta

ll th

e su

b-pa

nel (

avai

labl

e fr

om y

our S

olan

a Sp

a D

eale

r) to

supp

ly

pow

er to

the

spa.

The

sub-

pane

l mus

t be

plac

ed in

sigh

t of t

he sp

a, a

t a m

inim

um d

ista

nce

of 5

feet

(1.5

m) a

way

.

17

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18

NO

TE:

- Ju

mpe

rs a

re lo

cate

d in

top

right

co

rner

of C

ontro

l Box

labe

led

P4

“Con

fig J

umpe

rs”

- To

Cha

nge

from

fahr

enhe

it to

ce

lsius

rem

ove

jum

per o

n JP

2.

- Ver

ify R

ed In

tern

al P

ower

Jum

per i

s co

nnec

ted

at P

40 (B

) to

P24

(B).

2 Po

sitio

n Po

wer

Jum

per

mus

t be

rem

oved

on

the

Term

inal

Blo

ck to

ope

rate

23

0 VA

C S

pa M

odel

s

Pow

er J

umpe

r Pos

ition

See

Wiri

ng

Illus

tratio

n

230

VAC

Wiri

ng

(50A

Con

verte

d)

Whe

n C

onve

rting

to 5

0 A

Inst

all J

umpe

r on

JP1

Mai

n Se

rvice

El

ectri

cal P

anel

230V

AC, 5

0 Am

p 2-

Pole

Circ

uit

CIir

cuit

Brea

ker

(Non

GFC

I)

WIR

ING

ILLU

STR

ATIO

N

OPT

ION

AL 5

0A/2

30V

SUBP

ANEL

CO

NVE

RSI

ON

CO

NN

ECTI

ON

23

0 VA

C, 4

0A, 6

0HZ,

CO

NVE

RTE

D M

OD

ELS

Less

Tha

n 10

0 FT

.

#8

AWG

Whi

te, N

eutra

l

#10

AW

G G

reen

, Gro

und

#8

AWG

Bla

ck, L

1

#8

AWG

Red

, L1

Sub-

Pane

l w

ith G

FCI

Brea

kers

Mor

e th

an 5

feet

th

e Su

b-Pa

nel m

ust b

e w

ithin

sig

ht o

f the

spa

D

o N

ot E

xcee

d 50

Fee

tC

ontro

l Box

N, N

eutra

l, #8

AW

G W

hite

L1, H

ot, #

8 AW

G B

lack

Gro

und,

#10

AW

G G

reen

L2, H

ot, #

8 AW

G R

ed

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50 a

mp

(opt

ion

al)

su

b-p

an

el w

irin

g in

str

uc

tio

ns

NO

TE: T

he su

b-pa

nel m

ust b

e pl

aced

with

in 1

00 fe

et o

f the

mai

n el

ectr

ical

serv

ice

pane

l, an

d be

twee

n 5

and

50 fe

et (1

.5 a

nd 1

5 m

eter

s)

away

from

the

spa.

Ref

er to

the

wiri

ng d

iagr

am a

bove

. 1.

Con

nect

the

#8 A

WG

, WH

ITE

[NEU

TRA

L] w

ire fr

om th

e m

ain

elec

tric

al se

rvic

e pa

nel t

o th

e su

b-pa

nel N

EUTR

AL

bar.

2. C

onne

ct th

e #1

0 A

WG

, GRE

EN [G

ROU

ND

] wire

from

the

mai

n el

ectr

ical

serv

ice

pane

l to

the

sub-

pane

l GRO

UN

D b

ar.

3. C

onne

ct th

e #8

AW

G, B

LAC

K [L

1] w

ire fr

om th

e m

ain

elec

tric

al se

rvic

e pa

nel t

o th

e su

b-pa

nel [

term

inal

L1]

.4.

Con

nect

the

#8 A

WG

, RED

[L2]

wire

from

the

mai

n el

ectr

ical

serv

ice

pane

l to

the

sub-

pane

l [te

rmin

al L

2].

5. C

heck

the

conn

ectio

ns in

tern

al to

the

sub-

pane

l and

be

sure

that

a p

igta

il w

ire e

xist

s bet

wee

n th

e ne

utra

l bar

and

the

50 a

mp

brea

ker.

NEV

ER re

mov

e th

e pi

gtai

l wire

s!6.

Ins

ide

the

cont

rol p

anel

, loc

ate

the

term

inal

blo

ck (T

B-1)

.7.

Rem

ove

exis

ting

pow

er c

ord.

8. C

onne

ct th

e #8

AW

G, B

LAC

K w

ire fr

om th

e su

b-pa

nel 5

0 am

p G

FCI b

reak

er [t

erm

inal

L1]

to T

B-1

term

inal

L1.

9. C

onne

ct th

e #8

AW

G, R

ED w

ire fr

om th

e su

b-pa

nel 5

0 am

p G

FCI b

reak

er [t

erm

inal

L2]

to T

B-1

term

inal

L2.

10. C

onne

ct th

e #8

AW

G, W

HIT

E w

ire fr

om th

e su

b-pa

nel 5

0 am

p G

FCI b

reak

er [t

erm

inal

N, l

oad

neut

ral]

to T

B-1

term

inal

N.

11. C

onne

ct th

e #1

0 A

WG

, GRE

EN w

ire fr

om th

e su

b-pa

nel G

ROU

ND

bar

to T

B-1

term

inal

GRO

UN

D.

The

GFC

I bre

aker

insi

de th

e su

b-pa

nel s

uppl

ies a

ll of

the

pow

er to

the

spa.

Bef

ore

each

use

, ope

n th

e su

b-pa

nel a

nd p

ress

the

TEST

bu

tton

loca

ted

on th

e su

b-pa

nel G

FCI b

reak

er. T

he b

reak

er sh

ould

snap

into

the

“trip

ped”

pos

ition

and

the

spa

shou

ld st

op o

pera

ting.

Re

set t

he su

b-pa

nel G

FCI b

reak

er b

y co

mpl

etel

y pr

essi

ng th

e br

eake

r sw

itch

dow

n, in

to th

e O

FF p

ositi

on. T

hen,

flip

the

brea

ker

switc

h up

, int

o th

e O

N p

ositi

on. P

ower

shou

ld b

e re

stor

ed a

nd th

e sp

a sh

ould

resu

me

oper

atio

n.

If th

e G

FCI b

reak

er fa

ils to

ope

rate

in th

is m

anne

r, it

is a

n in

dica

tion

of a

n el

ectr

ical

mal

func

tion

and

the

poss

ibili

ty o

f an

elec

tric

sh

ock.

Dis

conn

ect t

he p

ower

unt

il th

e fa

ult h

as b

een

iden

tifie

d an

d co

rrec

ted.

IMPO

RTA

NT:

Sho

uld

you

ever

find

the

need

to m

ove

or re

loca

te y

our S

olan

a® s

pa, i

t is e

ssen

tial t

hat y

ou u

nder

stan

d an

d ap

ply

thes

e in

stal

latio

n re

quire

men

ts. Y

our S

olan

a sp

a ha

s bee

n ca

refu

lly e

ngin

eere

d to

pro

vide

max

imum

safe

ty a

gain

st e

lect

ric sh

ock.

Re

mem

ber,

conn

ectin

g th

e sp

a to

an

impr

oper

ly w

ired

circ

uit w

ill n

egat

e m

any

of it

s saf

ety

feat

ures

.

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III.

OPe

RA

TIN

g IN

STR

uc

TIO

NS

STA

RT-

uP

AN

d R

efIl

l PR

Oc

edu

ReS

Your

Sol

ana®

spa

has b

een

thor

ough

ly te

sted

dur

ing

the

man

ufac

turin

g pr

oces

s to

ensu

re re

liabi

lity

and

long

-term

cus

tom

er

satis

fact

ion.

A sm

all a

mou

nt o

f wat

er m

ay h

ave

rem

aine

d in

the

plum

bing

afte

r tes

ting

and,

as a

resu

lt, m

ay h

ave

spot

ted

the

spa

shel

l or

the

spa

sidi

ng p

rior t

o de

liver

y. B

efor

e fil

ling

the

spa,

wip

e th

e sp

a sh

ell c

lean

with

a so

ft ra

g.Th

e fo

llow

ing

inst

ruct

ions

mus

t be

read

and

follo

wed

exa

ctly

to e

nsur

e a

succ

essf

ul st

art-u

p or

refil

l.

ca

uti

on

s•Donotfillthespawith

hotwater,astrippingofthehigh-lim

itthermostatm

ayresult.

•Donotconnectpow

ertoanem

ptyspa.Pow

ertothespaautomaticallyactivatescriticalcom

ponentswith

inthespa,such

as c

ontr

ols,

the

Hea

ter a

nd o

ther

sys

tem

s. If

pow

er is

sup

plie

d to

thes

e co

mpo

nent

s pr

ior t

o th

e sp

a be

ing

fille

d, th

e co

mpo

nent

s w

ill b

e da

mag

ed, a

nd th

is m

ay re

sult

in a

non

-war

rant

y co

mpo

nent

failu

re.

•Donotuseyourspaafterfillinguntilallofthestepslistedbelow

arecom

pleted.

•Donotaddchlorineiftreatin

gyourspawith

polyhexam

ethylenebiguanide(B

iguanide,PHMB,eg.BaquaSpa®

) san

itize

r.1.

Clo

se th

e dr

ain,

atta

ch th

e dr

ain

cap

and

fill t

he sp

a w

ith w

ater

thro

ugh

the

filte

r com

part

men

t. Th

e w

ater

leve

l of t

he T

X So

lana

spa

shou

ld b

e m

aint

aine

d at

seve

n (7

) inc

hes (

18 c

m) b

elow

the

bar t

op (t

op o

f the

spa)

, or e

ven

with

the

top

of th

e fil

ter.

The

wat

er le

vel

of th

e SX

spa

shou

ld b

e m

aint

aine

d at

six

(6) i

nche

s (15

cm

) bel

ow th

e ba

r top

.

Rec

OM

MeN

ded

: Use

the

Cle

an S

cree

n™ p

re-fi

lter t

o re

mov

e un

wan

ted

cont

amin

ants

from

the

tap

wat

er.

IM

POR

TAN

T: W

atki

ns M

anuf

actu

ring

Cor

pora

tion

does

not

reco

mm

end

that

the

spa

be fi

lled

with

“so

ftene

d” w

ater

, as t

his m

ay

dam

age

the

spa’

s equ

ipm

ent.

2. A

fTeR

the

spa

has b

een

fille

d w

ith w

ater

and

the

equi

pmen

t com

part

men

t doo

r is s

ecur

ed, p

ower

mus

t be

appl

ied

to th

e sp

a.

•Cordconnected115Volt,20ampModel–ConnecttheplugtothededicatedoutletandpushtheResetbuttonontheGFC

I.•Converted115Volt,30ampModels–Openthedooroftheelectricalsu

b-panelandresettheGFC

Ibreaker.Closeandsecurethe

sub-

pane

l doo

r.

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3. T

he je

t pum

p, h

eatin

g sy

stem

and

all

inte

rnal

plu

mbi

ng w

ill a

chie

ve a

par

tial p

rime

as th

e sp

a is

fille

d. T

o ch

eck

the

oper

atio

n of

th

e je

t sys

tem

and

rem

ove

any

rem

aini

ng a

ir fr

om th

e he

atin

g sy

stem

, pus

h th

e JE

TS b

utto

n tw

ice

to m

ake

the

jet p

ump

run

on

high

spee

d fo

r one

min

ute.

Onc

e th

e je

t sys

tem

is fu

lly o

pera

tiona

l (as

indi

cate

d by

stro

ng, n

on-s

urgi

ng je

ts),

prim

ing

of th

e sp

a is

co

mpl

ete.

IM

POR

TAN

T: T

he a

ir co

ntro

l whi

ch is

loca

ted

on th

e to

p of

the

spa

shel

l and

labe

led

“Com

fort

Con

trol

®”

shou

ld b

e se

t to

the

MA

X po

sitio

n w

hen

chec

king

jet o

pera

tion.

Alw

ays t

urn

the

air c

ontr

ol to

the

MIN

pos

ition

any

time

the

spa

is n

ot b

eing

use

d. T

his

will

hel

p to

mak

e th

e sp

a op

erat

e m

ore

quie

tly a

nd h

eat m

ore

effic

ient

ly w

hen

the

cove

r is i

n pl

ace.

4. A

djus

t Tot

al A

lkal

inity

(TA

) to

80 p

pm, C

alci

um H

ardn

ess (

CH

) to

100

ppm

, the

n sp

a w

ater

pH

to b

etw

een

7.4

and

7.6.

The

se

proc

edur

es a

re li

sted

in th

e “W

ater

Qua

lity

and

Mai

nten

ance

” se

ctio

n.

IM

POR

TAN

T: A

dd sp

a w

ater

che

mic

als d

irect

ly in

to th

e fil

ter c

ompa

rtm

ent a

fter a

ctiv

atin

g C

lean

cyc

le (p

ress

SET

, the

n JE

TS

butto

n.)

OPe

RA

TIO

N N

OTe

: Adj

ustin

g th

e To

tal A

lkal

inity

as t

he fi

rst s

tep

is im

port

ant,

as o

ut-o

f bal

ance

TA

will

affe

ct y

our a

bilit

y to

ad

just

the

pH c

orre

ctly

and

will

pre

vent

the

sani

tizer

from

ope

ratin

g ef

fect

ivel

y.

5. S

uper

chlo

rinat

e th

e sp

a w

ater

by

addi

ng 1

-1/2

teas

poon

of c

hlor

ine

(sod

ium

dic

hlor

) per

250

(950

lite

rs) g

allo

ns o

f spa

wat

er. T

he

Cle

an c

ycle

nee

ds to

be

activ

ated

bef

ore

addi

ng c

hlor

ine.

6. S

et th

e te

mpe

ratu

re c

ontr

ol to

the

desi

red

tem

pera

ture

bet

wee

n 10

0°F

and

104°

F (3

8°C

and

40°

C),

then

pla

ce th

e vi

nyl c

over

on

the

spa

and

allo

w th

e w

ater

tem

pera

ture

to st

abili

ze (a

ppro

xim

atel

y 24

hou

rs).

Mak

e su

re y

ou se

cure

the

cove

r in

plac

e us

ing

the

cove

r lo

cks.

Perio

dica

lly c

heck

the

spa

wat

er te

mpe

ratu

re. W

hen

the

wat

er te

mpe

ratu

re c

limbs

abo

ve 9

0°F(

32°C

), pr

ocee

d to

the

next

step

.7.

Pus

h th

e SE

T bu

tton

then

the

JETS

but

ton

to a

ctiv

ate

the

Cle

an c

ycle

and

circ

ulat

e th

e sp

a w

ater

. Afte

r the

Cle

an c

ycle

is c

ompl

ete,

te

st th

e sp

a w

ater

for F

ree

Ava

ilabl

e C

hlor

ine

(FA

C) r

esid

ual.

If th

e re

sidu

al is

bet

wee

n 3

and

5 pp

m o

n th

e te

st st

rips (

foun

d in

the

test

kit)

go

on to

the

next

step

. If t

he re

sidu

al is

less

than

3 p

pm, s

uper

chlo

rinat

e th

e sp

a w

ater

by

addi

ng 3

/4 te

aspo

on o

f chl

orin

e (s

odiu

m d

ichl

or).

Push

the

SET

butto

n, th

en th

e JE

TS b

utto

n to

act

ivat

e C

lean

cyc

le fo

r 10

min

utes

.8.

Rec

heck

the

Tota

l Alk

alin

ity (T

A) a

t 80

ppm

, Cal

cium

Har

dnes

s (C

H) a

t 100

ppm

, the

n sp

a w

ater

pH

at b

etw

een

7.4

and

7.6.

O

pera

tiona

l Not

e: M

ake

sure

you

adj

ust y

our T

otal

Alk

alin

ity fi

rst,

as a

n ou

t-of-b

alan

ce c

ondi

tion

will

affe

ct y

our a

bilit

y to

adj

ust

the

pH c

orre

ctly

, and

will

pre

vent

the

sani

tizer

from

ope

ratin

g ef

fect

ivel

y. T

he s

pa is

read

y fo

r use

whe

n th

e ch

lori

ne le

vel

rem

ains

bet

wee

n 3

ppm

and

5 p

pm.

9.Thesp

atemperatureispre-program

medtoreach102°F(39°C),andwillnormallydosowithin18to24hours;thereafter,thewater

will

rem

ain

with

in 3

°F (1

.5°C

) of t

he se

t tem

pera

ture

.

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OPe

RA

TIO

N N

OTe

S:1.

The

Sol

ana®

spa

is e

quip

ped

with

a 1

0-m

inut

e Tr

anqu

il M

ode

timer

del

ay o

n th

e he

atin

g/m

aint

enan

ce m

ode.

Whe

neve

r the

hig

h sp

eed

mod

e of

the

jet p

ump

has b

een

turn

ed o

ff, it

will

take

10

min

utes

bef

ore

the

low

spee

d of

the

jet p

ump

and

heat

er b

ecom

e ac

tivat

ed, u

nles

s the

JETS

but

ton

is p

ushe

d ag

ain.

Alw

ays p

ush

the

JETS

but

ton

to tu

rn o

ff th

e je

t pum

p w

hen

exiti

ng th

e sp

a. In

the

stan

dard

115

vol

t, 20

am

p el

ectri

cal c

onfig

urat

ion,

the

heat

ing

syst

em d

oes n

ot o

pera

te si

mul

tane

ously

with

the

high

spee

d pu

mp.

On

the

othe

r han

d, in

the

optio

nal 1

15-v

olt,

30 a

mp

syst

em, t

he h

eatin

g sy

stem

doe

s ope

rate

sim

ulta

neou

sly w

ith th

e hi

gh sp

eed

pum

p.2.

The

spa

cont

rolle

r has

an

auto

mat

ic tw

o-ho

ur “

time-

out”

feat

ure

shou

ld th

e hi

gh-s

peed

jet m

ode

be le

ft on

inad

vert

ently

. Aft

er tw

o ho

urs

of c

ontin

uous

ope

ratio

n, th

e co

ntro

ller w

ill a

utom

atic

ally

retu

rn to

the

mai

nten

ance

/hea

ting

mod

e.3.

The

spa

cont

rolle

r als

o ha

s a si

x-ho

ur “

time

out”

feat

ure

shou

ld th

e lig

ht b

e le

ft on

inad

vert

ently

. Aftersixhoursofcontin

uous

oper

atio

n, th

e co

ntro

ller w

ill a

utom

atic

ally

turn

the

light

off

.

HeA

TIN

g A

Nd

Hyd

RO

MA

SSA

ge

SyST

eMS

The

Sola

na sp

a us

es a

two-

spee

d je

t pum

p to

ope

rate

its h

ydro

mas

sage

jets

and

to c

ircul

ate

the

spa

wat

er th

roug

h th

e he

atin

g sy

stem

. Th

e lo

w-s

peed

mod

e of

the

pum

p, w

hich

is a

ctiv

ated

aut

omat

ical

ly b

y th

e co

ntro

l the

rmos

tat,

will

cau

se th

e sp

a w

ater

to b

e dr

awn

slow

ly in

thro

ugh

the

filte

r and

into

the

pum

p. T

he p

ump,

in tu

rn, w

ill p

ush

the

wat

er b

ack

into

the

spa

thro

ugh

the

heat

er a

nd je

ts.

Whe

n th

e JE

TS b

utto

n is

pus

hed

one

time,

the

spa

user

can

act

ivat

e th

e lo

w-s

peed

filtr

atio

n cy

cle

of th

e je

t pum

p. (T

he h

eate

r may

or

may

not

be

on, d

epen

ding

on

whe

ther

the

cont

rol t

herm

osta

t has

indi

cate

d a

dem

and

for h

eat.)

Whe

n th

e JE

TS b

utto

n is

pus

hed

a se

cond

tim

e, th

e hi

gh sp

eed

oper

atio

n cy

cle

of th

e je

t pum

p w

ill b

e ac

tivat

ed. (

This

will

aut

omat

ical

ly d

eact

ivat

e th

e he

ater

if it

is

oper

atin

g in

a st

anda

rd 2

0 am

p sy

stem

.)In

the

optio

nal 1

15 v

olt,

30 a

mp

elec

tric

al sy

stem

, if a

dro

p in

the

wat

er te

mpe

ratu

re h

as o

ccur

red,

the

spa

heat

er w

ill o

pera

te

sim

ulta

neou

sly

whe

n th

e je

t pum

p is

ope

ratin

g on

hig

h-sp

eed.

On

the

othe

r han

d, in

a st

anda

rd 1

15 v

olt,

15 o

r 20

amp

elec

tric

al

syst

em, t

he sp

a he

ater

will

not

ope

rate

sim

ulta

neou

sly

whe

n th

e je

t pum

p is

ope

ratin

g on

hig

h-sp

eed,

eve

n if

a dr

op in

the

wat

er

tem

pera

ture

has

occ

urre

d. In

eith

er e

lect

rical

con

figur

atio

n, w

hen

the

high

-spe

ed m

ode

of th

e je

t pum

p is

turn

ed o

ff, th

e sp

a w

ill e

nter

a

ten-

min

ute

“tra

nqui

l mod

e.”

Dur

ing

this

tim

e th

e he

atin

g sy

stem

(and

sim

ulta

neou

s ope

ratio

n of

the

jet p

ump

at lo

w-s

peed

) will

not

op

erat

e (u

nles

s the

JETS

but

ton

is p

ushe

d), e

ven

if th

e w

ater

tem

pera

ture

has

dro

pped

bel

ow th

e co

ntro

l set

ting.

Onc

e th

e 10

-min

ute

perio

d ha

s exp

ired,

the

spa

cont

rolle

r will

switc

h to

the

mai

nten

ance

mod

e an

d th

e he

atin

g sy

stem

will

be

auto

mat

ical

ly a

ctiv

ated

.Th

e So

lana

spa

is e

quip

ped

with

a st

ate-

of-th

e-ar

t hea

ting

syst

em. T

he sy

stem

use

s an

excl

usiv

e N

o-Fa

ult®

stai

nles

s ste

el, h

igh

wat

t de

nsity

hea

ter.

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Und

er n

orm

al c

ondi

tions

, the

hea

ter a

nd lo

w-s

peed

cyc

le w

ill ru

n 2-

4 tim

es p

er d

ay fo

r app

roxi

mat

ely

20 m

inut

es p

er c

ycle

. If t

he

ambi

ent t

empe

ratu

re fa

lls b

elow

20°

F (-7

° C),

the

heat

er m

ay n

ot b

e ab

le to

rais

e th

e sp

a w

ater

to th

e de

sire

d te

mpe

ratu

re, a

nd th

e he

ater

and

low

-spe

ed c

ycle

will

run

cont

inuo

usly

, res

ultin

g in

subs

tant

ially

hig

her o

pera

ting

cost

s.

filt

er c

ycle

Whe

n th

e sp

a is

firs

t pow

ered

up

the

auto

mat

ic fi

lter c

ycle

will

wai

t 10

min

utes

bef

ore

star

ting.

You

r spa

will

au

tom

atic

ally

turn

the

filte

r cyc

le o

n fo

r 60

min

utes

on

low

spee

d. T

he se

cond

filte

r cyc

le w

ill a

ctiv

ate

for 3

0 m

inut

es, 1

2 ho

urs l

ater

. The

filte

r cyc

le ic

on, F

1 or

F2,

will

be

disp

laye

d in

the

cont

rol p

anel

.N

ote:

The

opt

iona

l Fre

shW

ater

® II

I ozo

ne sy

stem

onl

y w

orks

dur

ing

the

filte

r cyc

les.

The

filtr

atio

n is

susp

ende

d w

hen

the

ambi

ent t

empe

ratu

re re

mai

ns h

igh

for m

ore

than

3 h

ours

. In

this

scen

ario

, th

e he

ater

will

not

cyc

le o

n be

caus

e th

e sp

a w

ater

tem

pera

ture

doe

s not

coo

l. If

the

heat

er d

oes n

ot c

ycle

on,

the

low

-spe

ed je

t pum

p w

ill n

ot a

utom

atic

ally

eng

age.

Thi

s is v

ery

criti

cal w

hen

usin

g th

e Fr

eshW

ater

Ag+

® si

lver

ion

purif

ier,

whi

ch re

lies o

n ci

rcul

atio

n to

di

sper

se si

lver

ions

thro

ugho

ut th

e sp

a. W

hen

enga

ged,

the

circ

ulat

ion

switc

h w

ill a

ctiv

ate

the

low

-spe

ed je

t pum

p fo

r a 1

.0 h

our f

ilter

cy

cle.

If, d

urin

g th

e fil

ter c

ycle

, a u

ser e

nter

s the

spa

and

turn

s on

the

high

-spe

ed je

t pum

p, th

e fil

ter c

ycle

will

pau

se. W

hen

the

high

-sp

eed

pum

p is

shut

off,

the

filte

r cyc

le w

ill re

sum

e.

The

filte

r cyc

le b

egin

s whe

n th

e tim

er is

act

ivat

ed. T

here

afte

r, th

e fil

ter c

ycle

will

repe

at fo

r the

sam

e tim

e ev

ery

12 h

ours

. The

onl

y ex

cept

ion

occu

rs in

the

even

t of a

pow

er fa

ilure

. If p

ower

is d

isco

nnec

ted

from

the

spa

whi

le th

e ci

rcul

atio

n tim

er is

act

ivat

ed, t

he

circ

ulat

ion

cycl

e w

ill re

set a

nd e

ngag

e w

hen

pow

er is

reap

plie

d. T

here

fore

, if y

ou h

ave

activ

ated

the

timer

at 8

am

, the

low

spee

d je

t pu

mp

will

be

activ

ated

from

8 a

m to

9:3

0. T

he c

ycle

will

repe

at a

gain

afte

r 12

hour

s. H

owev

er, i

f a p

ower

failu

re o

ccur

s at 1

0 am

, and

po

wer

is re

appl

ied

at 1

0:30

am

, the

cyc

le w

ill re

set a

nd th

e lo

w sp

eed

jet p

ump

will

act

ivat

e fr

om 1

0:30

am

to 1

2:00

pm

.to

ac

tiva

te t

he

filt

er t

imer

:To

mod

ify th

e le

ngth

of e

ither

filte

r cyc

le:

A. P

ress

and

hol

d th

e SE

T bu

tton

for a

ppro

xim

atel

y th

ree

seco

nds.

B. P

ress

the

LIG

HT

butto

n to

sele

ct fi

lter c

ycle

1 o

r 2 (F

1 or

F2

will

be

disp

laye

d).

C. U

sing

the

Tem

p U

p (▲

) or t

he T

emp

Dow

n (▼

) but

ton,

adj

ust t

he v

alue

as d

esire

d, fr

om 0

to 6

hou

rs.

D. P

rogr

amm

ing

will

then

be

save

d, 1

0 se

cond

s afte

r las

t but

ton

is p

ress

ed. T

he d

ispl

ay w

ill th

en re

vert

bac

k to

tem

pera

ture

dis

play

.Th

e fil

ter c

ycle

will

act

ivat

e th

e je

t pum

p on

low

-spe

ed fo

r the

ent

ire c

ycle

. Whe

n ac

tivat

ed, t

he fi

lter c

ycle

Icon

on

the

disp

lay

is tu

rned

on

. If t

he te

mpe

ratu

re e

xcee

ds th

e se

t poi

nt b

y th

ree

degr

ees F

for m

ore

than

thre

e ho

urs,

the

syst

em w

ill c

ance

l the

FIL

TER

cycl

e an

d

SET

READ

Y

F1 F2

READ

Y

READ

YRE

ADY

READ

Y

READ

YRE

ADY

READ

Y

F1

SET

READ

Y

F1 F2

SET

F1 F2

SET

READ

Y

F1 F2

READ

Y

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the

filte

r Ico

n w

ill b

link

for t

he re

mai

ning

filte

r cyc

le ti

me.

Sho

uld

the

tem

pera

ture

coo

l dow

n to

1.5

deg

rees

F

belo

w th

e se

t poi

nt b

efor

e th

e en

d of

the

cycl

e, th

e cy

cle

will

resu

me

for t

he re

st o

f the

tim

e. S

houl

d yo

u us

e th

e sp

a du

ring

the

filte

r cyc

le b

y pl

acin

g th

e je

t pum

p on

hig

h-sp

eed,

the

Filte

r Ico

n w

ill b

link.

Onc

e th

e je

t pum

p ha

s be

en sh

ut o

ff, a

ten

min

ute

tran

quil

mod

e be

gins

(FIL

TER

Icon

will

be

blin

king

dur

ing

tran

quil

mod

e) b

efor

e th

e fil

ter c

ycle

will

resu

me.

The

blin

king

filte

r Ico

n in

dica

tes t

hat t

he fi

lter c

ycle

tim

er is

still

cou

ntin

g, b

ut th

e cy

cle

has

been

tem

pora

rily

inte

rrup

ted.

NO

TE: T

he in

terr

upte

d tim

e of

a fi

lter c

ycle

is n

ot e

xten

ded

afte

r the

filte

r cyc

le re

sum

es. P

ower

inte

rrup

tions

of t

he sp

a w

ill re

set t

he

filte

r cyc

le to

the

defa

ult c

ycle

tim

e an

d be

gin

10 m

inut

es a

fter s

pa re

gain

s pow

er.

cle

an

cyc

le Th

e C

lean

Cyc

le h

as b

een

prov

ided

as a

con

veni

ent t

imer

for w

ater

mai

nten

ance

. Whe

n th

e C

lean

Cyc

le is

in

itiat

ed, t

he je

t pum

p w

ill a

ctiv

ate

in h

igh

spee

d. T

he je

t pum

p sy

mbo

l will

flas

h on

and

off

until

the

clea

ning

cy

cle

is c

ompl

ete.

The

tota

l cle

anin

g cy

cle

time

is te

n m

inut

es. I

f the

cle

an c

ycle

doe

s not

eng

age,

mak

e su

re th

e SP

A L

OC

K is

dea

ctiv

ated

. To

activ

ate

the

Cle

an C

ycle

, Pre

ss th

e SE

T bu

tton

follo

wed

by

the

JETS

but

ton.

slee

P m

od

e Th

e Sl

eep

Mod

e op

erat

ion

is a

feat

ure

that

min

imiz

es p

ump

oper

atio

n du

ring

quie

t eve

ning

hou

rs. F

or e

xam

ple,

if

Filte

r Cyc

le 1

is se

t to

activ

ate

at 8

:00

a.m

., by

def

ault

Filte

r Cyc

le 2

will

be

set t

o ac

tivat

e at

8:0

0 p.

m. (

12 h

ours

la

ter)

. Dur

ing

8:00

p.m

. to

8:00

a.m

., if

the

spa

shou

ld c

all f

or h

eat,

the

pum

p an

d he

ater

will

act

ivat

e to

hea

t the

spa

unde

r nor

mal

tem

pera

ture

dem

and.

How

ever

, whe

n in

Sle

ep M

ode,

shou

ld th

e sp

a ca

ll fo

r hea

t, th

e pu

mp

and

heat

er w

ill b

e su

spen

ded

afte

r Filt

er C

ycle

2 u

ntil

the

activ

atio

n of

Filt

er C

ycle

1, a

t 8:0

0 a.

m. t

o m

inim

ize

pum

p ac

tivat

ion

durin

g qu

iet e

veni

ng h

ours

.Im

port

ant:

Pow

er-u

p of

the

spa

star

ts th

e F1

def

ault

sequ

ence

. In

orde

r for

the

Slee

p M

ode

to w

ork

in th

e ev

enin

g ho

urs,

the

spa

mus

t be

pow

ered

up

in th

e ea

rly m

orni

ng h

ours

. The

Sle

ep M

ode

will

alw

ays b

e ac

tive

the

6-12

hou

rs b

etw

een

the

end

of (F

2) a

nd th

e be

gini

ng o

f (F1

) dep

endi

ng o

n ho

w th

e fil

ter c

ycle

pro

gram

is se

t.N

ote:

if te

mpe

ratu

re d

rops

bel

ow 8

0 de

gree

s, he

ater

will

aut

omat

ical

ly a

ctiv

ate

to p

reve

nt sp

a fr

om fr

eezi

ng.

To a

ctiv

ate

Slee

p M

ode

feat

ure,

pre

ss a

nd h

old

Tem

p U

p (▲

) & T

emp

Dow

n (▼

) but

tons

toge

ther

for 3

seco

nds.

This

will

act

ivat

e th

e fe

atur

e an

d ov

errid

e th

e no

rmal

tem

pera

ture

dem

and.

Whe

n th

ese

butto

ns h

ave

been

eng

aged

, a M

oon

& S

tars

icon

(Sle

ep Ic

on) w

ill

appe

ar in

the

disp

lay

of th

e co

ntro

l pan

el, i

ndic

atin

g th

is fe

atur

e ha

s bee

n ac

tivat

ed. T

o de

activ

ate

this

feat

ure,

sim

ply

pres

s and

hol

d

SET

READ

Y

F1 F2

READ

Y

READ

YRE

ADY

READ

Y

READ

YRE

ADY

READ

Y

F1

SET

READ

Y

F1 F2

SET

F1 F2

SET

READ

Y

F1 F2

READ

Y

SET

READ

Y

F1 F2

READ

Y

READ

YRE

ADY

READ

Y

READ

YRE

ADY

READ

Y

F1

SET

READ

Y

F1 F2

SET

F1 F2

SET

READ

Y

F1 F2

READ

Y

SET

READ

Y

F1 F2

READ

Y

READ

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Tem

p U

p (▲

) & T

emp

Dow

n (▼

) but

tons

toge

ther

for 3

seco

nds a

gain

.

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feA

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STh

e lo

ckin

g fe

atur

es, T

EMPE

RATU

RE L

OC

K a

nd S

PA L

OC

K, a

re e

nabl

ed fr

om th

e co

ntro

l pan

el b

y a

spec

ific

com

bina

tion

of

butto

ns. O

nce

enab

led,

a lo

ck w

ill re

mai

n ac

tive

until

the

spec

ific

butto

n co

mbi

natio

n is

app

lied

to d

isab

le th

e lo

ck. E

ven

if po

wer

is

disc

onne

cted

from

the

spa

and

soon

ther

eafte

r rea

pplie

d (s

uch

as a

pow

er o

utag

e), t

he lo

ck w

ill re

mai

n in

pla

ce.

sPa

lo

ck

The

Spa

Lock

feat

ure

deac

tivat

es a

ll of

the

func

tions

of t

he c

ontr

ol p

anel

, it i

s gen

eral

ly u

sed

to p

reve

nt u

nwan

ted

use

of th

e sp

a.

To a

ctiv

ate

the

Spa

Lock

, pre

ss S

ET b

utto

n. W

hen

the

SET

icon

flas

hes p

ress

the

Tem

p D

own

(▼) b

utto

n. D

o no

t pr

ess a

ny o

ther

but

ton

on th

e co

ntro

l pan

el u

ntil

the

SET

icon

stop

s fla

shin

g. S

LOC

is th

en d

ispl

ayed

. To

dea

ctiv

ate

the

Spa

Lock

, pre

ss S

ET b

utto

n. W

hen

the

SET

icon

flas

hes p

ress

the

Tem

p D

own

(▼) b

utto

n. D

o no

t pr

ess a

ny o

ther

but

ton

on th

e co

ntro

l pan

el u

ntil

the

SET

icon

stop

s fla

shin

g. S

LOC

is n

o lo

nger

dis

play

ed.

tem

Per

atu

re

loc

kTh

e Te

mpe

ratu

re L

ock

feat

ure

deac

tivat

es th

e te

mpe

ratu

re c

ontr

ol fu

nctio

n fr

om th

e co

ntro

l pan

el. A

ll ot

her

func

tions

on

the

cont

rol p

anel

will

ope

rate

nor

mal

ly. T

empe

ratu

re L

ock

is m

ost o

ften

used

by

thos

e w

ho d

o no

t w

ant o

ther

s to

chan

ge th

e se

t tem

pera

ture

of t

he sp

a w

ater

.To

act

ivat

e th

e Te

mpe

ratu

re L

ock,

Pre

ss S

ET b

utto

n. W

hen

the

SET

icon

flas

hes p

ress

the

Tem

p U

p (▲

) but

ton.

Do

not p

ress

any

oth

er b

utto

n on

the

cont

rol p

anel

unt

il th

e SE

T ic

on st

ops f

lash

ing.

TLO

C is

then

dis

play

ed. T

o de

activ

ate

the

Spa

Lock

, pr

ess S

ET b

utto

n. W

hen

the

SET

icon

flas

hes p

ress

the

Tem

p U

p (▲

) but

ton.

Do

not p

ress

any

oth

er b

utto

n on

the

cont

rol p

anel

unt

il th

e SE

T ic

on st

ops f

lash

ing.

TLO

C is

no

long

er d

ispl

ayed

.

mo

to-m

ass

ag

e® je

t Th

e M

oto-

Mas

sage

jet a

utom

atic

ally

trav

els u

p an

d do

wn

in a

swee

ping

mot

ion,

sim

ulat

ing

the

natu

ral s

trok

ing

effe

cts o

f a m

anua

l m

assa

ge. T

he in

tens

ity a

nd sp

eed

of th

e M

oto-

Mas

sage

jet m

ay b

e ad

just

ed b

y tu

rnin

g its

Com

fort

Con

trol

® le

ver.

The

Mot

o-M

assa

ge

jet h

as b

een

fact

ory

adju

sted

to p

rovi

de m

axim

um h

ydro

mas

sage

, and

to a

chie

ve fu

ll ve

rtic

al tr

avel

with

its C

omfo

rt C

ontr

ol le

ver i

n th

e fu

ll ai

r vol

ume

posi

tion.

Sho

uld

the

Mot

o-M

assa

ge® je

t not

ach

ieve

full

vert

ical

trav

el a

nd th

e pr

oble

m is

not

a c

lose

d ai

r con

trol

va

lve,

a p

ump

set o

n lo

w-s

peed

, or a

clo

gged

filte

r car

trid

ge, t

hen

your

Sol

ana®

Spa

Ser

vice

Cen

ter s

houl

d be

con

tact

ed.

SET

READ

Y

F1 F2

READ

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READ

YRE

ADY

READ

Y

READ

YRE

ADY

READ

Y

F1

SET

READ

Y

F1 F2

SET

F1 F2

SET

READ

Y

F1 F2

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Y

SET

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Y

F1 F2

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Y

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SeR

VIc

e N

OTe

: A sl

ow o

r non

-mov

ing

Mot

o-M

assa

ge je

t may

indi

cate

that

the

filte

r car

trid

ge p

ores

are

obs

truc

ted

with

dirt

, bod

y oi

ls, o

r cal

cific

atio

n. F

ollo

w th

e fil

ter c

artr

idge

cle

anin

g pr

oced

ures

in th

e Sp

a C

are

and

Mai

nten

ance

sect

ion

of th

is m

anua

l.A

cc

eSSO

Ry

NO

Te: F

or a

diff

eren

t-fee

ling

mas

sage

, ask

you

r dea

ler a

bout

the

Hyd

roPu

lse®

opt

ion,

an

alte

rnat

ive

face

plat

e fo

r you

r M

oto-

Mas

sage

jet.

hyd

ro

ma

ssa

ge

jets

A. O

n th

e TX

spa,

the

hydr

omas

sage

jet f

eatu

res a

dua

l-por

t rot

ary

nozz

le w

hile

on

the

SX b

oth

dire

ctio

nal a

nd d

ual-p

ort r

otar

y no

zzle

s are

use

d. T

he in

tens

ity o

f thi

s jet

is d

eter

min

ed b

y th

e vo

lum

e of

air

whi

ch is

intr

oduc

ed in

to th

e je

t cha

mbe

rs, w

here

it

mix

es w

ith th

e w

ater

stre

am. T

he C

omfo

rt C

ontr

ol® le

ver i

s use

d to

cha

nge

the

inte

nsity

of t

his j

et. T

he je

t is a

lso

indi

vidu

ally

adjustable;simplyturnthefaceplateclockw

isetodecreasethejetpressureorcounterclockw

isetoincreasethejetpressure.

A

cc

eSSO

Ry

NO

Te: A

sk y

our S

olan

a Sp

a D

eale

r abo

ut R

otar

y or

Dire

ctio

nal H

ydro

mas

sage

Jet K

its, w

hich

can

be

inst

alle

d ea

sily

in

you

r spa

in p

lace

of t

he d

irect

iona

l or r

otar

y no

zzle

to v

ary

the

effe

ct o

f the

jet.

The

nozz

les c

an b

e re

mov

ed b

y gr

aspi

ng th

e no

zzle

and

gen

tly p

ullin

g aw

ay fr

om th

e je

t fac

epla

te. T

o in

stal

l a n

ew n

ozzl

e, a

lign

the

four

pro

ngs o

n th

e re

ar o

f the

noz

zle

with

the

four

hol

es in

the

inte

rior o

f the

jet f

acep

late

and

pre

ss th

e no

zzle

into

pla

ce. T

he n

ozzl

e w

ill sn

ap in

to p

lace

.

Prec

isio

n® je

tsPr

ecis

ion®

Jets

are

des

igne

d to

per

form

a so

ft, so

othi

ng m

assa

ge o

n yo

ur b

ack

and

shou

lder

s. A

djus

t the

ir pr

essu

re u

sing

the

Com

fort

C

ontr

ol le

ver.

SAfe

Ty e

Qu

IPM

eNT

A. G

FCI:

The

Gro

und

Faul

t Circ

uit I

nter

rupt

er, l

ocat

ed o

n th

e en

d of

the

pow

er c

ord,

is a

safe

ty d

evic

e th

at is

des

igne

d to

sens

e as

littl

e as

5 m

illia

mps

of e

lect

rical

cur

rent

leak

age

to g

roun

d. It

is v

ery

impo

rtan

t to

prot

ect a

GFC

I fro

m ra

in a

nd o

ther

moi

stur

e. W

atki

ns

Man

ufac

turin

g C

orpo

ratio

n re

com

men

ds th

at th

e G

FCI b

e te

sted

bef

ore

each

use

to e

nsur

e it

is fu

nctio

ning

cor

rect

ly.

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to t

est

the

gfc

i:

Befo

re e

ach

use,

with

the

spa

oper

atin

g, p

ush

the

TEST

but

ton

(loca

ted

on th

e fr

ont o

f the

GFC

I). T

he G

FCI b

reak

er sh

ould

trip

to

the

“off”

pos

ition

, dis

conn

ectin

g po

wer

to th

e sp

a. R

eset

the

GFC

I by

push

ing

the

RESE

T bu

tton.

The

spa

will

now

ope

rate

no

rmal

ly. I

f the

inte

rrup

ter d

oes n

ot p

erfo

rm in

this

man

ner,

it is

an

indi

catio

n of

an

elec

tric

al m

alfu

nctio

n an

d th

e po

ssib

ility

of a

n el

ectr

ic sh

ock.

Unp

lug

the

spa

until

the

faul

t has

bee

n id

entif

ied

and

corr

ecte

d.B.

HEA

TER

HIG

H-L

IMIT

SW

ITC

H: T

he h

eate

r hig

h-lim

it se

nsor

is lo

cate

d on

the

heat

er a

ssem

bly.

If fo

r any

reas

on th

e in

tern

al

tem

pera

ture

of t

he h

eate

r exc

eeds

120

°F (4

9°C

), th

e hi

gh-li

mit

circ

uit w

ill tr

ip a

nd tu

rn o

ff th

e sp

a. T

he c

ontr

ol p

anel

dis

play

will

di

spla

y - -

- -.

The

heat

er h

igh-

limit

may

be

rese

t whe

n th

e w

ater

tem

pera

ture

with

in th

e he

ater

has

coo

led

to a

ppro

xim

atel

y 11

0°F

(43°

C).

Rese

t the

hea

ter h

igh-

limit

by si

mpl

y di

scon

nect

ing

pow

er to

the

spa

for t

hirt

y se

cond

s. Th

e ca

use

of th

e ov

erhe

atin

g m

ust

be lo

cate

d to

pre

vent

a re

curr

ence

. The

mos

t com

mon

cau

se o

f lim

it-tr

ippi

ng is

inad

equa

te w

ater

flow

thro

ugh

the

heat

ing

syst

em.

This

may

be

caus

ed b

y an

obs

truc

tion

with

in th

e pu

mp

wat

er li

nes (

filte

r, pu

mp

inta

kes o

r int

erna

l plu

mbi

ng),

the

non-

func

tion

of

the

low

-spe

ed m

ode

of th

e je

t pum

p, o

r the

mal

func

tion

of th

e co

ntro

l the

rmos

tat.

Onc

e th

e ca

use

has b

een

iden

tifie

d an

d co

rrec

ted,

an

d th

e se

nsor

has

coo

led,

rese

t spa

by

sim

ply

disc

onne

ctin

g po

wer

to th

e sp

a fo

r thi

rty

seco

nds.

C. P

RESS

URE

SW

ITC

H: T

he p

ress

ure

switc

h is

loca

ted

insi

de th

e co

ntro

l box

on

the

heat

er, a

nd is

des

igne

d to

pre

vent

hea

ter

oper

atio

n du

ring

a no

or l

ow fl

ow c

ondi

tion.

If fo

r any

reas

on fl

ow th

roug

h th

e he

ater

is re

duce

d or

stop

ped,

the

pres

sure

switc

h w

ill tr

ip. I

f the

pre

ssur

e sw

itch

has d

etec

ted

a no

or l

ow fl

ow c

ondi

tion

_ . _

. _

. _ w

ill d

ispl

ay .

The

mos

t com

mon

cau

ses o

f in

adeq

uate

hea

ter f

low

are

a d

irty

or c

logg

ed fi

lter,

obst

ruct

ion

in th

e pl

umbi

ng li

nes,

and

non-

oper

atio

n of

the

low

spee

d he

at

pum

p. A

dditi

onal

ly, t

he c

ontr

ol p

anel

dis

play

will

dis

play

_ _

_ _

if t

he p

ress

ure

switc

h se

nses

flow

thro

ugh

the

heat

er w

hen

the

jet

pum

p is

not

act

ivat

ed. C

onta

ct y

our A

utho

rized

Ser

vice

Tec

hnic

ian.

D. C

ON

TRO

L TH

ERM

OST

AT:

The

con

trol

ther

mos

tat h

elps

regu

late

the

tem

pera

ture

of t

he w

ater

. If f

or a

ny re

ason

som

ethi

ng w

ere

to

happ

en to

this

devi

ce, t

he R

EA

DY i

con

on th

e co

ntro

l pan

el w

ill fl

ash.

Con

tact

you

r Aut

horiz

ed S

ervi

ce T

echn

icia

n.

cO

MfO

RT

cO

NTR

Ol®

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CO

MFO

RT C

ON

TRO

L V

ALV

E: T

urni

ng th

e C

omfo

rt C

ontr

ol se

lect

or to

MA

X al

low

s for

the

sam

e vo

lum

e of

air

to fl

ow to

all

Mot

o-M

assa

ge® je

ts a

nd P

reci

sion

® je

ts si

mul

tane

ousl

y. O

n th

e So

lana

®, t

he je

t fac

epla

te is

then

use

d to

con

trol

the

inte

nsity

of t

he ro

tary

or

dire

ctio

nal h

ydro

mas

sage

jets

. N

OTe

: Alw

ays t

urn

the

Com

fort

Con

trol

sele

ctor

to th

e M

IN p

ositi

on a

nytim

e th

e sp

a is

not

bei

ng u

sed.

Thi

s will

hel

p m

ake

the

spa

oper

ate

mor

e qu

ietly

and

hea

t mor

e ef

ficie

ntly

whe

n th

e vi

nyl c

over

is in

pla

ce.

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SPA

cO

NTR

Ol

PAN

elA

. JET

S BU

TTO

N: U

se th

e JE

TS b

utto

n to

act

ivat

e th

e je

t pum

p. P

ushi

ng th

e JE

TS b

utto

n on

ce w

ill a

ctiv

ate

the

jet p

ump

on lo

w

spee

d. T

he lo

w sp

eed

shou

ld b

e us

ed a

s a fi

ltrat

ion

cycl

e ra

ther

than

as a

n op

erat

ion

cycl

e. P

ushi

ng it

a

seco

nd ti

me

will

act

ivat

e th

e hi

gh sp

eed

mod

e of

the

jet

pum

p. A

third

pus

h w

ill d

eact

ivat

e th

e je

t pum

p.

NO

Te: T

he M

oto-

Mas

sage

® je

t (av

aila

ble

on th

e TX

spa)

will

not

func

tion

prop

erly

with

the

jet p

ump

on lo

w sp

eed.

Th

e je

t ico

n in

the

disp

lay

will

illu

min

ate

whe

neve

r the

jet p

ump

is

activ

ated

(eith

er h

igh

or lo

w sp

eed)

usi

ng th

e JE

TS b

utto

n.

B. L

IGH

T BU

TTO

N: T

he S

olan

a® sp

a is

equ

ippe

d w

ith a

blu

e LE

D sp

a lig

ht.

Push

the

LIG

HT

butto

n to

turn

it o

n. P

ush

it a

seco

nd

time

to tu

rn th

e lig

ht to

a m

ediu

m li

ght i

nten

sity

, a

third

tim

e fo

r a lo

w in

tens

ity a

nd a

four

th ti

me

will

turn

it

off.

Whe

n th

e lig

ht is

act

ivat

ed, t

he li

ght i

con

in th

e di

spla

y w

ill il

lum

inat

e. F

or e

nhan

ced

spa

enjo

ymen

t, an

op

tiona

l six

col

or w

heel

ligh

t fea

ture

is a

vaila

ble

to c

reat

e yo

ur d

esire

d am

bian

ce.

C. S

PLEN

DO

RS ®

LED

LIG

HTI

NG

(OPT

ION

AL)

:

The

Sple

ndor

s LED

ligh

ting

syst

em a

llow

s you

to b

right

en u

p yo

ur sp

a ex

perie

nce

thro

ugh

diffe

rent

mul

ticol

or li

ghts

: red

, blu

e w

hite

, pur

ple,

am

ber,

and

aqua

. You

can

cho

ose

one

stat

iona

ry c

olor

or y

ou c

an c

ycle

thro

ugh

all t

he c

olor

s with

the

auto

mat

ic c

olor

w

heel

.

To in

stal

l Spl

endo

rs L

ED li

ghts

, sim

ply

rem

ove

the

light

refle

ctor

by

rota

ting

coun

terc

lock

wis

e an

d pu

ll th

e fa

ctor

y in

stal

led

light

bo

ard

out.

Inst

all t

he n

ew li

ght f

ixtu

re a

nd re

inst

all t

he li

ght r

efle

ctor

by

rota

ting

cloc

kwis

e to

com

plet

e th

e in

stal

latio

n.

To a

ctiv

ate,

pre

ss th

e SE

T bu

tton

follo

wed

by

the

LIG

HT

butto

n. T

o se

lect

a sp

ecifi

c co

lor,

push

the

LIG

HT

butto

n (if

with

in

5 se

cond

s) w

hile

the

desi

red

colo

r is d

ispl

ayed

. If 5

seco

nds h

ave

pass

ed, a

fter c

olor

whe

el a

ctiv

atio

n, y

ou w

ill n

eed

to p

ress

SE

T fo

llow

ed b

y LI

GH

T to

sele

ct th

e sp

ecifi

c co

lor.

The

Sple

ndor

s LED

ligh

ting

optio

n is

a g

reat

way

to p

erso

noal

ize

your

spa

expe

rienc

e.

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D. T

EMPE

RATU

RE C

ON

TRO

LS: T

he se

t tem

pera

ture

rang

e is

from

80°

F to

104

°F (2

7°C

to 4

0°C

). Th

e te

mpe

ratu

re o

f any

setti

ng m

ay

rise

slig

htly

dep

endi

ng o

n th

e cu

rren

t use

and

con

ditio

n of

you

r spa

, and

out

side

tem

pera

ture

.

Whe

neve

r pow

er is

dis

conn

ecte

d an

d th

en re

conn

ecte

d to

the

spa,

the

wat

er te

mpe

ratu

re w

ill a

utom

atic

ally

re

turn

to th

e la

st te

mpe

ratu

re se

t in

the

prog

ram

.

Pres

sing

the

Tem

p U

p (

) but

ton

disp

lays

the

spa’

s set

tem

pera

ture

. To

incr

ease

the

set t

empe

ratu

re, p

ress

the

Tem

p U

p (

) but

ton

agai

n, o

nce

for e

ach

degr

ee o

f inc

reas

ed te

mpe

ratu

re d

esire

d. If

you

hol

d th

e bu

tton

dow

n,

the

set t

empe

ratu

re w

ill in

crea

se b

y on

e de

gree

eve

ry h

alf-s

econ

d.

To d

ecre

ase

the

set t

empe

ratu

re, p

ress

the

Tem

p D

own

() b

utto

n, o

nce

for e

ach

degr

ee o

f dec

reas

ed te

mpe

ratu

re d

esire

d. If

you

ho

ld th

e bu

tton

dow

n, th

e se

t tem

pera

ture

will

dec

reas

e by

one

deg

ree

ever

y ha

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cond

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filte

r cyc

le ic

on w

ill il

lum

inat

e w

hen

the

filte

r cyc

le is

act

ivat

ed. S

ee th

e fil

ter c

ycle

sect

ion

of th

is m

anua

l fo

r ins

truc

tions

on

activ

atin

g th

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IV. S

PA c

AR

e A

Nd

MA

INTe

NA

Nc

eY

our S

olan

a® sp

a is

man

ufac

ture

d fr

om th

e hi

ghes

t qua

lity,

mos

t dur

able

mat

eria

ls a

vaila

ble.

Eve

n so

, the

spa

care

and

mai

nten

ance

pr

ogra

m y

ou d

evel

op w

ill u

ltim

atel

y de

term

ine

how

long

you

r spa

and

its i

ndiv

idua

l com

pone

nts w

ill la

st. R

egul

ar m

aint

enan

ce a

nd

follo

win

g th

e ad

vice

in th

is se

ctio

n w

ill h

elp

you

to p

rote

ct y

our i

nves

tmen

t.

dR

AIN

INg

TH

e W

ATe

RD

eter

gent

resi

dues

from

bat

hing

suits

and

soap

film

from

you

r bod

y m

ay g

radu

ally

acc

umul

ate

in y

our s

pa’s

wat

er. N

orm

ally

, in

abou

t fo

ur m

onth

s the

wat

er w

ill b

ecom

e su

dsy

and

shou

ld b

e re

plac

ed. S

how

erin

g w

ithou

t usi

ng so

ap p

rior t

o en

terin

g th

e sp

a or

usi

ng o

nly

the

rinse

cyc

le w

hen

laun

derin

g yo

ur b

athi

ng su

it w

ill h

elp

to re

duce

det

erge

nt re

sidu

e in

the

spa

wat

er. I

mpo

rtan

t: Re

mem

ber t

o ch

ange

yo

ur w

ater

eve

ry th

ree

to fo

ur m

onth

s.

to d

ra

in y

ou

r s

Pa:

1. D

isco

nnec

t the

spa

from

the

pow

er su

pply

by

the

appr

opria

te m

etho

d:

Stan

dard

115

vol

t, 20

am

p m

odel

- D

isco

nnec

t the

pow

er c

ord

from

the

hous

e re

cept

acle

.

con

vert

ed 1

15 v

olt,

30 a

mp

mod

els

- Trip

the

GFC

I bre

aker

loca

ted

in th

e su

b-pa

nel.

2. O

n th

e SX

, rem

ove

the

scre

ws

from

the

equi

pmen

t acc

ess

door

and

rem

ove

the

door

com

plet

ely.

Loc

ate

the

mai

n dr

ain

valv

e fo

r the

sp

a an

d re

mov

e th

e dr

ain

cap.

Atta

ch th

e in

let o

f a g

arde

n ho

se to

the

drai

n va

lve

(to a

void

floo

ding

of t

he fo

unda

tion

surr

ound

ing

the

spa)

and

rout

e th

e ou

tlet o

f the

hos

e to

an

appr

opri

ate

drai

ning

are

a.

On

the

TX sp

a, lo

cate

the

mai

n dr

ain

valv

e on

the

left

side

of t

he sp

a an

d re

mov

e th

e dr

ain

cap.

Atta

ch th

e in

let o

f a g

arde

n ho

se to

the

drai

n va

lve

(to a

void

floo

ding

of t

he fo

unda

tion

surr

ound

ing

the

spa)

and

rout

e th

e ou

tlet o

f the

hos

e to

an

appr

opria

te d

rain

ing

area

.

NO

Te: S

pa w

ater

with

a h

igh

sani

tizer

leve

l may

har

m p

lant

s and

gra

ss.

3. O

pen

the

valv

e by

turn

ing

the

knob

cou

nter

cloc

kwis

e. T

he sp

a w

ill d

rain

alm

ost c

ompl

etel

y by

gra

vita

tiona

l flo

w. A

ny re

mai

ning

wat

er

shou

ld b

e re

mov

ed u

sing

a so

ft to

wel

.

IMPO

RTA

NT:

All

Sola

na sp

a m

odel

s will

dra

in a

lmos

t com

plet

ely

thro

ugh

the

mai

n dr

ain

valv

e. U

se a

soft

tow

el to

rem

ove

any

rem

aini

ng w

ater

. Equ

ipm

ent s

uch

as th

e je

t pum

p an

d he

atin

g sy

stem

will

dra

in. A

ny w

ater

rem

aini

ng w

ithin

the

plum

bing

afte

r dr

aini

ng w

ill o

nly

need

to b

e re

mov

ed if

the

spa

is b

eing

win

teriz

ed.

4. W

hen

empt

y, in

spec

t the

spa

shel

l and

cle

an a

s req

uire

d. (F

ollo

w th

e C

are

of th

e Ex

terio

r Fin

ish

inst

ruct

ions

.)

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5. R

emov

e th

e fil

ter c

artr

idge

and

cle

an a

s req

uire

d (s

ee th

e Fi

lter M

aint

enan

ce se

ctio

n).

6. R

epla

ce th

e fil

ter c

artr

idge

.7.

Clo

se th

e dr

ain

valv

e an

d re

inst

all t

he d

rain

cap

. Rea

ttach

the

equi

pmen

t acc

ess d

oor o

n th

e SX

spa.

8. R

efill

the

spa

thro

ugh

the

filte

r com

part

men

t BEF

ORE

rest

orin

g po

wer

.

IMPO

RTA

NT:

Alw

ays c

lean

the

filte

r car

trid

ge e

ach

time

the

spa

is d

rain

ed fo

r cle

anin

g. A

lway

s san

itize

and

che

mic

ally

bal

ance

th

e sp

a w

ater

afte

r cle

anin

g an

d re

fillin

g th

e sp

a.

fIlT

eR M

AIN

TeN

AN

ce

As w

ith a

ny w

ater

filte

ring

syst

em, t

he fi

lter c

artr

idge

may

bec

ome

clog

ged,

resu

lting

in re

duce

d w

ater

flow

. In

your

Sol

ana®

spa,

it is

im

port

ant t

o m

aint

ain

a cl

ean,

uno

bstr

ucte

d fil

terin

g sy

stem

to e

nsur

e m

axim

um p

erfo

rman

ce fr

om th

e je

ts. W

atki

ns M

anuf

actu

ring

Cor

pora

tion

reco

mm

ends

the

filte

r car

trid

ge b

e cl

eane

d w

ith a

filte

r cle

aner

at l

east

onc

e ev

ery

mon

th.

WA

RN

INg

: The

freq

uenc

y an

d du

ratio

n of

use

, and

the

num

ber o

f occ

upan

ts a

ll co

ntrib

ute

to d

eter

min

ing

the

appr

opria

te ti

me

betw

een

filte

r cle

anin

gs. M

ore

use

mea

ns th

at m

ore

freq

uent

filte

r cle

anin

gs a

re re

quire

d. F

ailu

re to

mai

ntai

n th

e fil

ter c

artr

idge

in a

cl

ean,

uno

bstr

ucte

d co

nditi

on w

ill re

sult

in re

duce

d w

ater

flow

thro

ugh

the

heat

er a

ssem

bly

that

may

cau

se th

e H

igh

Lim

it Th

erm

osta

t or

Pre

ssur

e Sw

itch

to tr

ip. I

f thi

s Hig

h Li

mit

or P

ress

ure

Switc

h tr

ip o

ccur

s dur

ing

sub-

free

zing

tem

pera

ture

s and

goe

s unn

otic

ed, t

he

spa

wat

er m

ay fr

eeze

. Any

dam

age

to th

e sp

a (d

ue to

free

zing

) cau

sed

as a

resu

lt of

poo

r mai

nten

ance

(sta

ted

unde

r mis

use

or a

buse

in

the

Sola

na S

pa L

imite

d W

arra

nty)

, will

not

be

cove

red

by y

our s

pa w

arra

nty.

dA

Ng

eR: T

o re

duce

the

risk

of in

jury

to p

erso

ns u

sing

the

spa,

DO

NO

T us

e th

e sp

a w

ith th

e fil

ter c

artr

idge

or f

ilter

stan

dpip

e re

mov

ed!

filt

er c

ar

trid

ge

rem

ov

al

an

d c

lea

nin

g1.

Dis

conn

ect p

ower

to th

e sp

a.2.

Rem

ove

and

care

fully

set a

side

the

filte

r com

part

men

t cov

er.

3. R

emov

e an

y flo

atin

g ite

ms f

rom

with

in th

e fil

ter c

ompa

rtm

ent.

4. T

urn

the

filte

r ret

aine

r han

dle

(loca

ted

on th

e to

p of

the

filte

r car

trid

ge) c

ount

ercl

ockw

ise

until

the

reta

iner

can

be

rem

oved

from

the

filte

r sta

ndpi

pe.

5. R

emov

e th

e fil

ter r

etai

ner a

nd c

artr

idge

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Se

RV

Ice

NO

Te: N

ever

rem

ove

the

filte

r sta

ndpi

pe. D

ebris

may

find

its w

ay in

to th

e in

tern

al p

lum

bing

whi

ch m

ay re

sult

in

bloc

kage

. NEV

ER R

EMO

VE

SUC

TIO

N F

ITTI

NG

S.6.

Alw

ays c

lean

the

filte

r usi

ng a

filte

r deg

reas

er to

rem

ove

min

eral

and

oil

build

up. S

impl

y so

ak th

e fil

ter i

n th

e de

grea

ser (

acco

rdin

g to

the

degr

ease

r dire

ctio

ns),

then

pla

ce th

e fil

ter o

n a

clea

n su

rfac

e an

d sp

ray

until

cle

an u

sing

a g

arde

n ho

se. I

t may

be

nece

ssar

y to

ro

tate

the

filte

r whi

le sp

rayi

ng to

rem

ove

any

debr

is lo

dged

bet

wee

n th

e fil

ter p

leat

s.7.

To

rein

stal

l the

filte

r car

trid

ge, r

ever

se th

e or

der o

f ste

ps in

whi

ch it

was

rem

oved

. Do

not o

vert

ight

en!

cA

Re

Of

THe

eXTe

RIO

R f

INIS

HsP

a s

hel

lSt

ains

and

dirt

gen

eral

ly w

ill n

ot a

dher

e to

you

r spa

’s su

rfac

e. M

ost h

ouse

hold

che

mic

als

are

harm

ful t

o yo

ur s

pa’s

she

ll. S

odiu

m

bica

rbon

ate

(bak

ing

soda

) can

be

used

for m

inor

surf

ace

clea

ning

. A so

ft ra

g or

spon

ge sh

ould

eas

ily re

mov

e m

ost d

irt. A

lway

s th

orou

ghly

rins

e of

f any

spa

shel

l cle

anin

g ag

ent w

ith fr

esh

wat

er.

Cle

anin

g of

the

surf

ace

at th

e w

ater

line

to re

mov

e an

y bo

dy o

il or

“ba

thtu

b rin

g” c

an b

e do

ne e

asily

with

bak

ing

soda

and

a so

ft sp

onge

. Whe

n yo

ur sp

a ha

s bee

n dr

aine

d fo

r cle

anin

g, th

e us

e of

a sp

a/tu

b su

rfac

e cl

eane

r is r

ecom

men

ded

to c

lean

the

spa

shel

l. Th

e us

e of

a so

ft ra

g or

soft

spon

ge sh

ould

eas

ily re

mov

e m

ost d

irt b

uild

-ups

. Alw

ays t

horo

ughl

y rin

se o

ff an

y sp

a sh

ell c

lean

ing

agen

t w

ith fr

esh

wat

er. T

he u

se o

f a sp

a po

lish

is re

com

men

ded

afte

r the

spa

shel

l has

bee

n dr

ied,

to p

olis

h th

e su

rfac

e.Th

e pr

oced

ure

to re

mov

e a

light

surf

ace

or b

urni

sh m

ark

is q

uite

sim

ple.

App

ly p

aste

wax

or a

utom

obile

rubb

ing

com

poun

d to

the

scra

tch

and

then

mild

ly b

uff t

he a

rea.

Thi

s will

retu

rn th

e or

igin

al lu

ster

and

shin

e to

the

mar

red

spa

shel

l sur

face

.Se

RV

Ice

NO

TeS:

1. I

ron

and

copp

er in

the

wat

er c

an st

ain

the

spa

shel

l if a

llow

ed to

go

unch

ecke

d. A

sk y

our S

olan

a® S

pa D

eale

r abo

ut a

Sta

in a

nd

Scal

e In

hibi

tor t

o us

e if

your

spa

wat

er h

as a

hig

h co

ncen

trat

ion

of d

isso

lved

min

eral

s.2.

The

use

of a

lcoh

ol o

r any

hou

seho

ld c

lean

ers o

ther

than

thos

e lis

ted

to c

lean

the

spa

shel

l sur

face

is N

OT

reco

mm

ende

d. D

O

NO

T us

e an

y cl

eani

ng p

rodu

cts c

onta

inin

g ab

rasi

ves o

r sol

vent

s sin

ce th

ey m

ay d

amag

e th

e sh

ell s

urfa

ce. N

eVeR

uSe

HA

RSH

c

HeM

IcA

lS! D

amag

e to

the

shel

l by

the

use

of h

arsh

che

mic

als i

s not

cov

ered

und

er th

e w

arra

nty.

3.

You

r Dea

ler m

ay a

lso

stoc

k pr

oduc

ts w

hich

can

be

used

in y

our s

pa to

hel

p co

ntro

l “ba

thtu

b rin

g.”

IM

POR

TAN

T: S

ome

surf

ace

clea

ners

con

tain

eye

and

skin

irrit

ants

. Kee

p al

l cle

aner

s out

of t

he re

ach

of c

hild

ren

and

use

care

whe

n ap

plyi

ng.

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sPa

sid

ing

The

spa

sidi

ng o

f the

Sol

ana®

TX

spa

is m

anuf

actu

red

from

End

urol

®, a

dur

able

U.V

.-res

ista

nt m

ater

ial.

Even

so, m

onth

ly c

lean

ing

and

perio

dic

cond

ition

ing

is re

com

men

ded

to m

aint

ain

its b

eaut

y. T

he sp

a si

ding

of t

he S

olan

a SX

has

a si

mul

ated

woo

d ca

bine

t tha

t co

nsis

ts o

f a ri

gid

poly

mer

that

com

bine

s the

dur

abili

ty o

f pla

stic

, with

the

beau

ty o

f woo

d. S

imul

ated

woo

d w

on't

crac

k, p

eel,

blis

ter,

or d

elam

inat

e ev

en a

fter p

rolo

nged

exp

osur

e to

the

elem

ents

. To

clea

n an

d co

nditi

on th

e si

ding

:in

Do

or s

pa u

se:

1. U

sing

a la

rge

spon

ge o

r sof

t clo

th, a

nd u

sing

a v

ery

mild

soap

solu

tion

(1 te

aspo

on d

ishw

ashi

ng li

quid

with

2 g

allo

ns o

r 8 li

ters

of

war

m w

ater

), sc

rub

the

surf

ace

in a

circ

ular

mot

ion.

Use

car

e no

t to

let t

he si

ding

dry

with

a so

ap fi

lm o

n it

befo

re it

can

be

rinse

d cl

ean.

2. U

se a

seco

nd sp

onge

or s

oft c

loth

with

cle

an c

old

wat

er to

rem

ove

the

clea

ning

solu

tion.

ou

tDo

or s

pa u

se:

1. W

ith a

gar

den

hose

, lig

htly

spra

y th

e si

ding

to ri

nse

away

and

loos

en a

ny d

irt o

r deb

ris.

2. U

sing

a la

rge

spon

ge o

r sof

t clo

th, a

nd u

sing

a v

ery

mild

soap

solu

tion

(1 te

aspo

on d

ishw

ashi

ng li

quid

with

2 g

allo

ns o

r 8 li

ters

of

war

m w

ater

), sc

rub

the

surf

ace

in a

circ

ular

mot

ion.

Use

car

e no

t to

let t

he si

ding

dry

with

a so

ap fi

lm o

n it

befo

re it

can

be

rinse

d cl

ean.

3. L

ight

ly sp

ray

the

spa

sidi

ng to

rins

e aw

ay th

e cl

eani

ng so

lutio

n.

IMPO

RTA

NT:

To

avoi

d so

ap g

ettin

g in

to th

e sp

a w

ater

, the

vin

yl s

pa c

over

sho

uld

be le

ft on

the

spa

durin

g cl

eani

ng a

nd ri

nsin

g.v

inyl

co

ver

The

Sola

na sp

a co

mes

with

a v

inyl

cov

er. T

he v

inyl

spa

cove

r is a

n at

trac

tive,

dur

able

foam

insu

latio

n pr

oduc

t. M

onth

ly c

lean

ing

and

cond

ition

ing

are

reco

mm

ende

d to

mai

ntai

n its

bea

uty.

To

clea

n th

e co

ver,

first

rem

ove

it fr

om th

e sp

a. It

shou

ld n

ot b

e on

the

spa

durin

g cl

eani

ng.

to c

lea

n a

nd

co

nd

itio

n t

he

vin

yl c

ov

er:

inD

oo

r s

pa u

se:

1. U

sing

a la

rge

spon

ge a

nd/o

r a so

ft br

istle

bru

sh, a

nd u

sing

a v

ery

mild

soap

solu

tion

(1 te

aspo

on d

ishw

ashi

ng li

quid

with

2 g

allo

ns

or 8

lite

rs o

f war

m w

ater

) or b

akin

g so

da (s

odiu

m b

icar

bona

te),

scru

b th

e vi

nyl t

op in

a c

ircul

ar m

otio

n. D

o no

t let

the

viny

l dry

w

ith a

soap

film

on

it be

fore

it c

an b

e rin

sed

clea

n.

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2. R

inse

off

the

unde

rsid

e of

the

cove

r with

wat

er o

nly

(do

not u

se so

ap),

and

wip

e it

clea

n w

ith a

dry

rag.

3. T

o co

nditi

on th

e co

ver a

fter c

lean

ing,

app

ly a

thin

film

of H

ot S

prin

g® F

resh

Wat

er® C

over

Shi

eld

to th

e vi

nyl s

urfa

ce a

nd b

uff t

o a

high

lust

er.

ou

tDo

or s

pa u

se:

1. W

ith a

gar

den

hose

, spr

ay th

e co

ver t

o lo

osen

and

rins

e aw

ay d

irt o

r deb

ris.

2. U

sing

a la

rge

spon

ge a

nd/o

r a so

ft br

istle

bru

sh, a

nd u

sing

a v

ery

mild

soap

solu

tion

(1 te

aspo

on d

ishw

ashi

ng li

quid

with

2 g

allo

ns

or 8

lite

rs o

f war

m w

ater

) or b

akin

g so

da (s

odiu

m b

icar

bona

te),

scru

b th

e vi

nyl t

op in

a c

ircul

ar m

otio

n. D

o no

t let

the

viny

l dry

w

ith a

soap

film

on

it be

fore

it c

an b

e rin

sed

clea

n.3.

Scr

ub th

e co

ver’s

per

imet

er a

nd si

de fl

aps.

Rins

e cl

ean

with

wat

er o

nly.

4. R

inse

off

the

unde

rsid

e of

the

cove

r with

wat

er o

nly

(do

not u

se so

ap),

and

wip

e it

clea

n w

ith a

dry

rag.

5. T

o co

nditi

on th

e co

ver a

fter c

lean

ing,

app

ly a

thin

film

of C

over

Shi

eld

to th

e vi

nyl s

urfa

ce a

nd b

uff t

o a

high

lust

er.

Se

RV

Ice

NO

Te: T

o re

mov

e tr

ee sa

p, u

se c

igar

ette

ligh

ter f

luid

(not

cha

rcoa

l lig

hter

flui

d). U

se sp

arin

gly,

and

rins

e w

ith a

sadd

le

soap

solu

tion

imm

edia

tely

afte

rwar

ds, t

hen

wip

e dr

y.

impo

rta

nt

rem

inD

ers:

•d

O lo

ck c

over

stra

ps to

secu

re th

e co

ver w

hen

the

spa

is n

ot in

use

.•

dO

NO

T dr

ag o

r lift

the

spa

cove

r usi

ng e

ither

the

flaps

or t

he ti

e-do

wn

stra

ps.

•d

O N

OT

wal

k, st

and,

sit,

or p

lace

hea

vy o

bjec

ts o

n th

e co

ver.

•d

O N

OT

plac

e an

y m

etal

or h

eat t

rans

ferr

ing

obje

ct o

n th

e co

ver o

r pla

ce a

ny ty

pe o

f pla

stic

tarp

or d

rop

clot

h ov

er th

e co

ver a

s th

is m

ay re

sult

in a

mel

ted

foam

cor

e, w

hich

wou

ld n

ot b

e co

vere

d un

der t

he w

arra

nty.

•d

O N

OT

use

any

liftin

g m

echa

nism

s, ch

emic

als o

r cle

aner

s exc

ept t

hose

reco

mm

ende

d by

Wat

kins

Man

ufac

turin

g C

orpo

ratio

n or

its A

utho

rized

Sal

es a

nd S

ervi

ce D

eale

r.

IMPO

RTA

NT:

Whe

neve

r the

spa

is n

ot in

use

, it i

s ess

entia

l tha

t the

cov

er b

e in

pla

ce. W

hen

fille

d, th

is e

nsur

es e

ffect

ive

tem

pera

ture

mai

nten

ance

and

eco

nom

ical

ope

ratio

n. W

hen

empt

y, th

is p

reve

nts p

oten

tial d

amag

e to

the

surf

ace

finis

h of

the

inte

rior w

alls

. In

outd

oor u

se, t

his c

an re

sult

from

the

exce

ssiv

e he

at o

f the

sun.

Thi

s typ

e of

dam

age

is sp

ecifi

cally

exc

lude

d fr

om

war

rant

y co

vera

ge.

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cA

Re

Of

THe

SPA

PIl

lOW

The

spa

pillo

ws w

ill p

rovi

de y

ears

of c

omfo

rt if

trea

ted

with

car

e. T

he p

illow

s hav

e be

en p

ositi

oned

abo

ve th

e w

ater

leve

l in

orde

r to

min

imiz

e th

e bl

each

ing

effe

cts o

f chl

orin

ated

wat

er a

nd o

ther

spa

wat

er c

hem

ical

s. To

ext

end

thei

r life

, whe

neve

r the

spa

shel

l is b

eing

cl

eane

d, th

e sp

a pi

llow

s sho

uld

be re

mov

ed a

nd c

lean

ed. R

emov

e bo

dy o

ils w

ith a

mild

soap

and

wat

er so

lutio

n. A

LWA

YS ri

nse

off

the

spa

pillo

ws t

horo

ughl

y to

rem

ove

any

soap

resi

due.

The

pill

ows m

ay b

e co

nditi

oned

with

Hot

Spr

ing®

Cov

er S

hiel

d af

ter c

lean

ing.

If

the

spa

is n

ot g

oing

to b

e us

ed fo

r a lo

ng p

erio

d of

tim

e (th

at is

, dur

ing

a va

catio

n or

if th

e sp

a is

to b

e w

inte

rized

), or

whe

n th

e sp

a w

ater

is b

eing

supe

r-ch

lorin

ated

, the

spa

pillo

ws s

houl

d be

rem

oved

unt

il th

e ne

xt u

se o

f the

spa.

To

rem

ove

and

repl

ace

the

spa

pillo

w:

1. C

aref

ully

lift

the

pillo

w a

way

from

the

spa,

grip

ping

the

top

cent

er o

f the

pill

ow.

2. C

ontin

ue li

fting

unt

il th

e to

p pi

llow

reta

iner

is re

leas

ed fr

om th

e pi

llow

.3.

Pul

l and

roll

the

top

of th

e pi

llow

tow

ards

the

botto

m to

rele

ase

the

botto

m re

tain

er fr

om th

e pi

llow

.4.

To

rein

stal

l the

spa

pillo

w, c

aref

ully

alig

n th

e lo

wer

reta

iner

on

the

spa

with

the

low

er re

ceiv

ing

hole

on

the

pillo

w. B

end

the

pillo

w

slig

htly

to a

llow

the

low

er re

tain

er to

slip

ove

r the

rece

ivin

g ho

le o

n th

e pi

llow

.5.

Kee

ping

the

pillo

w sl

ight

ly b

ent,

slid

e th

e up

per r

etai

ner i

nto

the

uppe

r rec

eivi

ng h

ole

of th

e pi

llow

.6.

Afte

r the

seco

nd p

illow

reta

iner

is in

pla

ce, p

ress

the

pillo

w d

own

into

the

rece

ss in

the

spa

shel

l.

Vaca

tIo

n c

aR

e In

stR

Uct

Ion

sIf

you

plan

to b

e aw

ay, f

ollo

w th

ese

inst

ruct

ions

to e

nsur

e th

e w

ater

qua

lity

of y

our s

pa is

mai

ntai

ned:

sho

rt

tim

e Pe

rio

ds

(3-5

da

ys):

1. A

djus

t the

Tot

al A

lkal

inity

, Cal

cium

Har

dnes

s and

pH

by

follo

win

g th

e in

struc

tions

out

lined

in th

e W

ater

Qua

lity

and

Mai

nten

ance

sect

ion.

2. S

aniti

ze th

e w

ater

by

follo

win

g th

e sh

ock

proc

edur

es a

lso

liste

d in

the

Wat

er Q

ualit

y se

ctio

n. M

ake

sure

the

air c

ontr

ol is

turn

ed to

th

e O

FF p

ositi

on.

3. L

ock

your

cov

er in

pla

ce u

sing

the

cove

r-lo

cks.

4. U

pon

your

retu

rn, s

aniti

ze th

e w

ater

by

follo

win

g th

e sh

ock

proc

edur

es, a

nd b

alan

ce th

e pH

.

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lon

g t

ime

Per

iod

s (5

-14

da

ys):

prio

r t

o l

eavi

ng:

1. A

t lea

st o

ne d

ay b

efor

e yo

u le

ave,

set t

he te

mpe

ratu

re to

80°

F (2

7°C

).

IMPO

RTA

NT

NO

Te: S

pa w

ater

oxi

dize

rs su

ch a

s sod

ium

dic

hlor

chl

orin

e m

aint

ain

thei

r lev

el o

f effe

ctiv

enes

s sub

stan

tially

long

er

in w

arm

wat

er 8

0°F

(27°

C) t

han

in h

ot w

ater

(101

°F to

104

°F, 3

8°C

to 4

0°C

).2.

Adj

ust t

he T

otal

Alk

alin

ity, C

alci

um H

ardn

ess a

nd p

H a

s req

uire

d. S

aniti

ze th

e w

ater

by

follo

win

g th

e sh

ock

proc

edur

es.

upo

n y

ou

r r

etu

rn:

3. S

aniti

ze th

e w

ater

by

follo

win

g th

e sh

ock

proc

edur

es. R

etur

n th

e se

t tem

pera

ture

to it

s orig

inal

setti

ng. T

he sp

a w

ater

will

be

safe

fo

r you

to u

se o

nce

the

Free

Chl

orin

e Re

sidu

al le

vel h

as d

ropp

ed b

elow

5.0

ppm

.

NO

Te: I

f you

will

not

be

usin

g yo

ur sp

a fo

r an

exte

nded

per

iod

of ti

me

(in e

xces

s of 1

4 da

ys) a

nd a

n ou

tsid

e m

aint

enan

ce se

rvic

e (o

r nei

ghbo

r) is

not

ava

ilabl

e to

ass

ist w

ith th

e w

ater

mai

nten

ance

, dra

inin

g or

win

teriz

ing

of th

e sp

a is

reco

mm

ende

d.

PReV

eNTI

ON

Of

fRee

ZIN

g

Your

spa

has b

een

desi

gned

and

eng

inee

red

for y

ear-

roun

d us

e in

any

clim

ate.

In so

me

area

s, ex

trem

ely

cold

tem

pera

ture

s (be

low

10°

F)

com

bine

d w

ith st

rong

win

d, m

ay c

ause

par

tial f

reez

ing

of th

e je

t pum

p, e

ven

thou

gh th

e w

ater

insi

de th

e sp

a re

mai

ns a

t the

sele

cted

te

mpe

ratu

re. T

he e

nerg

y ef

ficie

ncy

of th

e sp

a m

ay a

lso

decr

ease

dur

ing

thes

e co

ld p

erio

ds, a

s the

hea

ter w

ill c

ycle

mor

e fr

eque

ntly

. A

s an

addi

tiona

l pre

caut

ion

agai

nst p

artia

l fre

ezin

g of

som

e of

the

com

pone

nts,

the

equi

pmen

t com

part

men

t can

be

insu

late

d w

ith a

n in

sula

ting

kit (

avai

labl

e fr

om y

our l

ocal

dea

ler)

. Thi

s ins

ulat

ing

kit w

ill a

lso

help

to m

axim

ize

the

spa’

s ene

rgy

effic

ienc

y.N

OTE

: Whe

n w

arm

er w

eath

er re

turn

s (ap

prox

. 60°

-70°

F), t

he in

sula

ting

kit m

ust b

e re

mov

ed to

pre

vent

ove

rhea

ting

of th

e je

t pum

p.

Win

ter

izin

g y

ou

sPa

If yo

u le

ave

the

spa

unus

ed fo

r a lo

ng p

erio

d of

tim

e in

sev

erel

y co

ld w

eath

er, y

ou s

houl

d dr

ain

the

spa

and

win

teri

ze

it to

avo

id a

ccid

enta

l fre

ezin

g du

e to

a p

ower

or e

quip

men

t fai

lure

.d

ange

r: U

se o

nly

Prop

ylen

e G

lyco

l as

your

ant

i-fre

eze

(ava

ilabl

e at

mos

t RV

or m

arin

e su

pply

sto

res)

. Thi

s is

non

-toxi

c. N

ever

use

an

aut

omob

ile a

nti-f

reez

e (E

thyl

ene

Gly

col)

sinc

e it

is to

xic!

War

ning

: Fai

lure

to fo

llow

thes

e in

stru

ctio

ns c

orre

ctly

can

lead

to fr

eeze

dam

age

not c

over

ed b

y w

arra

nty.

It i

s st

rong

ly

reco

mm

ende

d th

at y

ou c

onta

ct y

our l

ocal

dea

ler t

o pe

rfor

m th

is s

ervi

ce

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Dra

in y

our s

pa fo

llow

ing

the

Dra

inin

g Yo

ur S

pa s

ectio

n in

the

owne

r’s m

anua

l.

1. Re

mov

e th

e fil

ter c

artr

idge

, cle

an a

nd s

tore

in a

dry

pla

ce.

2.

IMPO

RTA

NT:

The

se a

dditi

onal

inst

ruct

ions

mus

t be

utili

zed

whe

n dr

aini

ng a

nd w

inte

rizi

ng y

our s

pa in

clim

ates

whe

re th

e te

mpe

ratu

re fa

lls b

elow

32°

F (0

°C).

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ve (5

) gal

lon

com

bina

tion

(vac

uum

/blo

wer

) wet

/dry

sho

p va

c m

ust b

e us

ed to

effe

ctiv

ely

rem

ove

wat

er th

at is

trap

ped

insi

de th

e pl

umbi

ng li

nes.

Atta

ch th

e va

cuum

’s h

ose

to th

e bl

ower

sid

e of

the

shop

vac

.3.

a) P

lace

the

end

of th

e va

cuum

hos

e do

wn

the

filte

r ope

ning

.

b) T

urn

on th

e bl

ower

func

tion

and

allo

w it

to b

low

out

any

wat

er re

mai

ning

in th

e pl

umbi

ng li

nes

(app

roxi

mat

ely

3 to

5 m

inut

es).

Atta

ch th

e va

cuum

hos

e to

the

vacu

um s

ide

of th

e sh

op v

ac.

Vac

uum

all

open

ings

and

ori

fices

as

follo

ws:

4. a)

Jet o

peni

ngs:

sta

rt w

ith th

e je

ts a

t the

top

and

mov

e do

wnw

ard

(if s

uctio

n is

com

ing

from

ano

ther

jet,

bloc

k of

f the

oth

er je

t usingalargerag–thiswillhelppulloutthewaterthatistrappeddeeperinsidethemainline).

b) F

ilter

suc

tion

fittin

gs a

nd fi

lter c

ompa

rtm

ent.

c) M

ain

drai

n ou

tlet (

it m

ay b

e ne

cess

ary

to c

over

the

drai

n gr

ate

tight

ly w

ith a

rag

whe

n va

cuum

ing

the

mai

n dr

ain

to e

nsur

e w

ater

is d

raw

n co

mpl

etel

y fr

om th

e in

tern

al p

lum

bing

sys

tem

).Th

orou

ghly

dry

the

spa

shel

l with

a c

lean

tow

el.

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plac

e th

e m

ain

drai

n ca

p.6.

c

Au

TIO

N: U

se o

nly

Prop

ylen

e G

lyco

l as

your

ant

i-fre

eze.

Thi

s is

non

-toxi

c. N

ever

use

an

auto

mob

ile a

nti-f

reez

e (E

thyl

ene

Gly

col)

sinc

e it

is to

xic!

Usi

ng a

long

-ext

ensi

on fu

nnel

, pou

r ant

i-fre

eze

into

all

stan

dpip

es, f

ilter

suc

tion

fittin

gs, a

nd je

t ori

fices

. Add

eno

ugh

anti-

free

ze

7. to

ensureadequateprotection–inmanycases,youwillseetheliquidintheorifice,orcom

ingoutofanotherlocation.

Clo

se th

e sp

a co

ver a

nd fa

sten

the

cove

r tie

dow

ns. C

over

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spa

cove

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nly

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w

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now

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ice.

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pa c

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and

ply

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plac

e th

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uipm

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cces

s do

or, i

f rem

oved

.9.

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ning

Inst

ruct

ions

:Re

mov

e pl

ywoo

d an

d pl

astic

she

et. O

pen

the

spa

cove

r by

unfa

sten

ing

the

cove

r tie

dow

ns.

1.

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Ope

n dr

ain

to re

mov

e an

ti-fr

eeze

. Rep

lace

dra

in c

ap.

2. Fo

llow

the

Star

t-up

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l Pro

cedu

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pera

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ruct

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sec

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wne

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anua

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tall

filte

rs to

3.

prev

ent t

hem

from

exp

osur

e to

the

anti-

free

ze.

As

part

of t

his

proc

ess,

sup

erch

lori

nate

the

spa

wat

er b

y ad

ding

thre

e te

aspo

ons

of c

hlor

ine

(sod

ium

dic

hlor

) per

250

gal

lons

4.

of s

pa w

ater

into

the

filte

r com

part

men

t. T

his

is tw

ice

the

norm

al a

mou

nt o

f chl

orin

e ne

eded

for s

uper

clor

inat

ion.

Thi

s ex

tra

amou

nt o

f chl

orin

e is

nee

ded

to d

estr

oy th

e an

ti-fr

eeze

.N

OTe

: A d

efoa

mer

may

be

need

ed to

dec

reas

e th

e am

ount

of f

oam

cau

sed

by th

e an

ti-fr

eeze

.D

rain

you

r spa

to e

nsur

e re

mov

al o

f ant

i-fre

eze.

Do

not d

rain

wat

er o

n gr

ass

or p

lant

s du

e to

exc

essi

ve c

hlor

ine

leve

l.5.

Afte

r the

spa

has

com

plet

ely

drai

ned,

re-in

stal

l you

r filt

er a

nd fo

llow

the

Star

t-up

and

Refil

l Pro

cedu

res

in th

e O

pera

ting

6. In

stru

ctio

ns s

ectio

n of

the

Ow

ner’s

Man

ual.

IMPO

RTA

NT:

Alw

ays

keep

spa

cov

ered

whe

n no

t in

use,

whe

ther

it is

em

pty

or fu

ll.

V. W

ATe

R Q

uA

lITy

AN

d M

AIN

TeN

AN

ce

It’s i

mpo

rtan

t to

have

cle

an w

ater

. Wat

er m

aint

enan

ce is

one

of t

he le

ast u

nder

stoo

d, y

et m

ost i

mpo

rtan

t are

as o

f spa

ow

ners

hip.

You

r de

aler

can

gui

de y

ou th

roug

h th

e pr

oces

s of a

chie

ving

and

mai

ntai

ning

per

fect

wat

er in

you

r spa

, giv

en y

our l

ocal

con

ditio

ns. Y

our

prog

ram

will

dep

end

on y

our w

ater

’s m

iner

al c

onte

nt, h

ow o

ften

you

use

your

spa,

and

how

man

y pe

ople

use

it.

Wat

kins

reco

mm

ends

that

you

eith

er u

se a

n en

tirel

y ch

lorin

e-ba

sed

syst

em, o

r an

alte

rnat

ive

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hich

use

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er io

ns (t

he

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. Wat

kins

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the

use

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ot S

prin

g® F

resh

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er® p

rodu

cts.

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e ar

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aila

ble

from

au

thor

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lers

.

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eRA

l IN

fOR

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e th

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fu

nd

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Wat

er S

anita

tion

is th

e re

spon

sibi

lity

of th

e sp

a ow

ner,

achi

eved

thro

ugh

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regu

lar a

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erio

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ly, i

f nec

essa

ry) a

dditi

on o

f an

appr

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sani

tizer

. The

sani

tizer

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che

mic

ally

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trol

the

bact

eria

and

viru

ses p

rese

nt in

the

fill w

ater

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duce

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ring

use

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teria

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ses c

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row

qui

ckly

in u

nder

sani

tized

spa

wat

er.

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wat

er’s

chem

ical

bal

ance

and

pH

con

trol

are

als

o th

e re

spon

sibi

lity

of th

e sp

a ow

ner.

You’

ll ha

ve to

add

che

mic

als t

o m

aint

ain

prop

er le

vels

of T

otal

Alk

alin

ity (T

A),

Cal

cium

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H) a

nd p

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rope

r wat

er b

alan

ce a

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H c

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ol w

ill m

inim

ize

scal

e bu

ildup

, ext

end

the

life

of th

e sp

a, a

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llow

the

sani

tizer

to w

ork

at to

p ef

ficie

ncy.

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er te

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alys

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impo

rtan

t par

t of e

ffect

ivel

y m

anag

ing

your

spa

wat

er. Y

ou m

ust h

ave

the

abili

ty to

test

for:

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lkalinity(TA)

•Calcium

Hardness(CH)

•pH

•Sanitizer

Two

type

s of t

estin

g m

etho

ds a

re re

cogn

ized

and

reco

mm

ende

d by

Wat

kins

:Th

e R

eage

nt T

est K

it is

a m

etho

d w

hich

pro

vide

s a h

igh

leve

l of a

ccur

acy.

The

reag

ents

com

e in

eith

er li

quid

or t

able

t for

m.

Test

Str

ips

are

a co

nven

ient

test

ing

met

hod

used

by

man

y sp

a ow

ners

. Kee

p in

min

d th

at te

st st

rips a

re su

scep

tible

to h

eat a

nd

moi

stur

e co

ntam

inat

ion,

whi

ch w

ill re

sult

in in

accu

rate

read

ings

. IM

POR

TAN

T: A

lway

s rea

d an

d ca

refu

lly fo

llow

the

dire

ctio

ns in

clud

ed w

ith th

e Te

st K

it or

Tes

t Str

ips t

o en

sure

the

accu

racy

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test

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lts.

Basi

c c

hem

ica

l sa

fety

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hen

usin

g ch

emic

als,

read

the

labe

ls c

aref

ully

and

follo

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irect

ions

pre

cise

ly. T

houg

h ch

emic

als p

rote

ct y

ou a

nd y

our s

pa w

hen

used

cor

rect

ly, t

hey

can

be h

azar

dous

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once

ntra

ted

form

. Alw

ays o

bser

ve th

e fo

llow

ing

guid

elin

es:

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icals.Keepthem

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a.•Handleallcontainersw

ithcare.Storeinacool,dry,wellventilatedplace.

•Alwayskeepchem

icalcontainersclosedwhennotinuse.Replacecapsontheirp

ropercontainers.

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•Don’tinhalefumesorallowchemicalstocomeincontactwithyoureyes,nose,orm

outh.W

ashyourhandsim

mediatelyafter

use.

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ctly

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to th

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ter c

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ent w

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the

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imum

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en m

inut

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to a

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ter s

pa w

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hem

ica

ls:

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old

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cove

r. C

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ully

rem

ove

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set a

side

the

filte

r com

part

men

t cov

er.

2. P

ush

the

JET

butto

n tw

ice

to tu

rn th

e je

t pum

p on

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h sp

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easu

re th

e re

com

men

ded

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nt o

f che

mic

al a

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owly

pou

r it i

nto

the

filte

r com

part

men

t. U

se c

are

not t

o sp

lash

ch

emic

als o

n yo

ur h

ands

, in

your

eye

s, on

the

spa

shel

l sur

face

or o

n th

e si

ding

.4.

Rep

lace

the

filte

r com

part

men

t cov

er. A

fter t

en m

inut

es, s

hut o

ff th

e je

t pum

p an

d cl

ose

and

lock

the

cove

r to

com

plet

e th

e pr

oced

ure.

Ris

k of

dro

wni

ng: N

ever

leav

e an

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n sp

a un

atte

nded

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g: H

igh

sani

tizer

leve

ls c

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com

fort

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er’s

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gs a

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in. A

lway

s allo

w th

e sa

nitiz

er le

vel t

o fa

ll to

th

e re

com

med

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nge

befo

re u

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per

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t or n

on-c

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shoc

k to

you

r spa

, lea

ve th

e co

ver o

pen

for a

min

imum

of 2

0 m

inut

es to

allo

w th

e ox

idiz

er g

as

to v

ent.

A h

igh

conc

entr

atio

n of

trap

ped

oxid

izer

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whi

ch m

ay e

xist

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lt of

the

shoc

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ent (

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aily

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tatio

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ay

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dis

colo

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m o

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er. T

his t

ype

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amag

e is

con

side

red

chem

ical

abu

se a

nd

is n

ot c

over

ed u

nder

the

term

s of t

he li

mite

d w

arra

nty.

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ins f

rom

the

fill w

ater

. C

. Ins

truc

tions

are

incl

uded

with

the

Cle

an S

cree

n pr

e-fil

ter.

Whe

n th

e sp

a is

fille

d, p

roce

ed to

the

Star

t-Up

and

Refil

l Pro

cedu

res

sect

ion.

Bala

nc

ing

th

e to

tal

alk

ali

nit

y (t

a)

A. T

he re

com

men

ded

Tota

l Alk

alin

ity (T

A) f

or y

our s

pa w

ater

is 4

0-12

0 pp

m.

B. T

otal

Alk

alin

ity is

a m

easu

re o

f the

tota

l lev

els o

f car

bona

tes,

bica

rbon

ates

, hyd

roxi

des,

and

othe

r alk

alin

e su

bsta

nces

in th

e w

ater

. TA

is re

ferr

ed to

as t

he w

ater

’s “p

H b

uffe

r”. I

n ot

her

wor

ds, i

t’s a

mea

sure

of t

he a

bilit

y of

the

wat

er to

resi

st c

hang

es in

pH

leve

l.C

. If t

he T

A is

too

low

, the

pH

leve

l will

fluc

tuat

e w

idel

y fr

om h

igh

to lo

w. F

luct

uatio

ns in

pH

ca

n ca

use

corr

osio

n or

scal

ing

of th

e sp

a co

mpo

nent

s. lo

w T

A c

an b

e co

rrec

ted

by a

ddin

g H

ot

Spri

ng® f

resh

Wat

er® p

H/A

lkal

inity

up

or s

odiu

m b

icar

bona

te.

D. I

f the

Tot

al A

lkal

inity

is to

o hi

gh, t

he p

H le

vel w

ill te

nd to

be

high

and

may

be

diffi

cult

to

brin

g do

wn.

It c

an b

e lo

wer

ed b

y us

ing

Hot

Spr

ing

fres

hWat

er p

H/A

lkal

inity

dow

n or

so

dium

bis

ulfa

te.

E. O

nce

the

TA is

bal

ance

d, it

nor

mal

ly re

mai

ns st

able

, alth

ough

the

addi

tion

of m

ore

wat

er w

ith

a hi

gh o

r low

alk

alin

ity w

ill ra

ise

or lo

wer

the

TA re

adin

g of

the

wat

er.

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F. W

hen

the

Tota

l A

lkal

inity

is w

ithin

the

reco

mm

ende

d ra

nge,

pr

ocee

d to

the

next

step

.

Bala

nc

ing

th

e c

alc

ium

ha

rd

nes

s (c

h)

A. T

he re

com

men

ded

Cal

cium

Har

dnes

s (C

H)

leve

l for

you

r spa

is

50-1

50 p

pm.

B. C

alci

um H

ardn

ess i

s a

mea

sure

of t

he to

tal

amou

nt o

f dis

solv

ed

calc

ium

in th

e w

ater

. C

alci

um h

elps

con

trol

th

e co

rros

ive

natu

re o

f the

spa’

s wat

er. T

hat’s

why

cal

cium

-low

wat

er (c

omm

only

kno

wn

as “

soft”

wat

er) i

s not

reco

mm

ende

d. It

is

ver

y co

rros

ive

to th

e eq

uipm

ent,

and

can

caus

e st

aini

ng o

f the

spa

shel

l. If

the

calc

ium

leve

l is t

oo lo

w, w

e re

com

men

d us

ing

Hot

Sp

ring®

Fre

shW

ater

® C

alci

um In

crea

ser t

o br

ing

the

calc

ium

har

dnes

s lev

el to

with

in th

e re

com

men

ded

rang

e.C

. If t

he C

H is

too

high

(com

mon

ly k

now

n as

“ha

rd w

ater

”), f

orm

atio

n of

scal

e on

the

spa’

s she

ll su

rfac

e an

d eq

uipm

ent c

an re

sult.

c

H c

an b

e de

crea

sed

by u

sing

the

Van

ishi

ng A

ct™

cal

cium

rem

over

acc

ordi

ng to

inst

ruct

ions

on

its la

bel.

D. O

nce

the

CH

is b

alan

ced,

it n

orm

ally

rem

ains

stab

le, a

lthou

gh th

e ad

ditio

n of

mor

e w

ater

with

a h

igh

or lo

w c

alci

um c

onte

nt w

ill

rais

e or

low

er th

e C

H re

adin

g of

the

wat

er.

E. W

hen

the

Cal

cium

Har

dnes

s is w

ithin

the

reco

mm

ende

d ra

nge,

pro

ceed

to th

e ne

xt st

ep.

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ATE

R M

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Bala

nc

ing

th

e Ph

A. T

he id

eal p

H le

vel f

or y

our s

pa w

ater

is 7

.4-7

.6.

B.ThepHlevelisthemeasureofacidityandalkalinity.Valuesabove7arealkaline;thosebelow7areacidic.Maintainingtheproper

pH le

vel i

s ext

rem

ely

impo

rtan

t for

:•Optimizingtheeffectivenessofthesanitizer.

•Maintainingwaterthatiscom

fortablefortheuser.

•Preventingequipm

entdeterioration.

C. I

f the

spa

wat

er’s

pH le

vel i

s too

low

, the

follo

win

g m

ay re

sult:

•Thesanitizerwilldissipaterapidly.

•Thewatermaybecom

eirritatingtosp

ausers.

•Thespa’sequipmentm

aycorrode.

If th

e pH

is to

o lo

w, i

t can

be

incr

ease

d by

add

ing

pH/A

lkal

inity

up

or s

odiu

m h

ydro

gen

carb

onat

e to

the

spa

wat

er.

D. I

f the

pH

leve

l is t

oo h

igh,

the

follo

win

g m

ay re

sult:

•Thesanitizerislesseffective.

•Scalewillform

onthespashellsurfaceandtheequipm

ent.

•Thewatermaybecom

ecloudy.

•Thefiltercartridgeporesmaybecom

eobstructed.

If th

e pH

is to

o hi

gh, i

t can

be

decr

ease

d by

add

ing

pH/A

lkal

inity

dow

n or

sod

ium

bis

ulfa

te to

the

spa

wat

er.

NO

Te: A

fter a

ddin

g so

dium

car

bona

te o

r sod

ium

bis

ulfa

te, w

ait t

wo

hour

s be

fore

test

ing

the

wat

er fo

r pH

. Mea

sure

men

ts ta

ken

too

soon

may

not

be

accu

rate

.E.

It i

s im

port

ant t

o ch

eck

the

pH o

n a

regu

lar (

wee

kly)

bas

is. T

he p

H w

ill b

e af

fect

ed b

y th

e ba

ther

load

, the

add

ition

of n

ew w

ater

, th

e ad

ditio

n of

var

ious

che

mic

als,

and

the

type

of s

aniti

zer u

sed.

F. W

hen

the

pH is

with

in th

e re

com

men

ded

rang

e, p

roce

ed to

the

final

step

.

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PS is

an

oxid

izer

, not

a sa

nitiz

er.

sola

na w

ater

tre

atm

ent

guid

ea

t s

pa s

taR

tU

p o

R R

ef

Ill

Follo

w S

tart

-Up

and

Refil

l Pro

cedu

res s

ectio

n N

OTE

: Use

the

Cle

an S

cree

n™ p

re-fi

lter

whe

n fil

ling

the

spa

to re

mov

e un

wan

ted

cont

amin

ants

pR

IoR

to

ea

Ch

Us

e

(Tes

t bef

ore

addi

ng a

ny

chem

icals;donotaddany

chem

ical

s if p

rope

r or h

ighe

r le

vels

are

foun

d.)

Add

one

-hal

f (1/

2) te

aspo

on o

f sod

ium

di

chlo

r per

250

gal

lons

TX -

¼ te

aspo

onSX

- ⅔

teas

poon

Add

one

(1) t

able

spoo

n of

m

onop

ersu

lfate

(MPS

)* p

er 2

50 g

allo

nsTX

- ½

tabl

espo

onSX

-1¼

tabl

espo

on

on

Ce a

We

ek

Add

one

-hal

f (1/

2) te

aspo

on o

f sod

ium

di

chlo

r per

250

gal

lons

TX -

¾ te

aspo

onSX

- 1¾

teas

poon

Add

one

(3) t

able

spoo

n of

m

onop

ersu

lfate

(MPS

)* p

er 2

50 g

allo

nsTX

- 1½

tabl

espo

onSX

-3¾

tabl

espo

on

ev

eR

y f

oU

R m

on

th

sD

rain

and

refil

l you

r spa

.Re

plac

e th

e Fr

eshW

ater

Ag+

® si

lver

ion

purif

ier.

NO

TE: U

se th

e C

lean

Scr

een™

pre

-filte

r whe

n fil

ling

the

spa

to re

mov

e un

wan

ted

cont

amin

ants

.a

s n

ee

de

d

(if w

ater

is h

azy,

clo

udy

or h

as

an o

dor)

Add

one

and

one

hal

f (1

½) t

easp

oons

of s

odiu

m d

ichl

or p

er 2

50-g

allo

ns (9

50 li

ters

).TX

- ¾

teas

poon

SX -

1¾ te

aspo

on

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ma

inta

inin

g t

he

san

itiz

er l

evel

A. S

aniti

zer i

s ext

rem

ely

impo

rtan

t for

kill

ing

alga

e, b

acte

ria a

nd v

iruse

s, an

d pr

even

ting

unw

ante

d or

gani

sms f

rom

gro

win

g in

the

spa.

At t

he sa

me

time,

you

don

’t w

ant t

oo h

igh

a sa

nitiz

er le

vel,

or it

can

irrit

ate

your

skin

, lun

gs a

nd e

yes.

B. A

lway

s mai

ntai

n th

e sa

nitiz

er le

vel i

n yo

ur sp

a at

the

reco

mm

ende

d le

vel f

or e

ach

type

of s

aniti

zer.

C. W

atki

ns re

com

men

ds o

nly

the

follo

win

g sa

nitiz

ers:

•Sodium

Dichloro-s-Triazinetrione(SodiumDichlororC

hlorine)

•Brom

inatingConcentrate

™ (O

ne S

tep

Gra

nula

r Bro

min

e)•BaquaSpa

®

WA

RN

INg

: DO

NO

T us

e tr

i-chl

or c

hlor

ine,

bro

mo-

chlo

ro-d

imet

hyl-h

ydan

toin

(BC

DM

H),

any

type

of c

ompr

esse

d br

omin

e or

ch

lorin

e, a

cid

or a

ny ty

pe o

f san

itize

r whi

ch is

not

reco

mm

ende

d by

Wat

kins

Man

ufac

turin

g C

orpo

ratio

n.

fReS

HW

ATe

R A

g+® S

IlV

eR IO

N S

ySTe

MTh

e Si

lver

Ion

syst

em is

com

pris

ed o

f the

follo

win

g pr

oduc

ts:

•CleanScreen™

Pre

-filte

r•Sodium

Dichlor

•Monopersulfate(M

PS)

•FreshW

ater A

g+ S

ilver

Ion

Purif

ier

cle

an S

cree

n™ P

re-f

ilter

is u

sed

whe

n fil

ling

a sp

a fo

r the

firs

t tim

e or

at r

efill

. It a

ttach

es to

a g

arde

n ho

se a

nd fi

lters

out

rust

, dirt

, de

terg

ents

, alg

ae a

nd c

hem

ical

s.So

dium

dic

hlor

(chl

orin

e) is

the

only

reco

mm

ende

d sa

nitiz

er th

at w

ill w

ork

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith a

ll of

the

othe

r pro

duct

s in

this

sy

stem

.M

onop

ersu

lfat

e (M

PS) i

s an

oxid

izin

g ch

emic

al u

sed

to p

reve

nt th

e bu

ildup

of c

onta

min

ants

, max

imiz

e sa

nitiz

er e

ffici

ency

, min

imiz

e co

mbi

ned

chlo

rine

and

impr

ove

wat

er c

larit

y.fr

eshW

ater

Ag+

Silv

er Io

n Pu

rifi

er in

trod

uces

silv

er io

ns in

to th

e sp

a w

ater

, inh

ibiti

ng b

acte

ria g

row

th. W

hen

com

bine

d w

ith M

PS o

r ch

lorin

e, o

xidi

zes p

artic

ulat

es in

the

spa

wat

er.

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It is

impo

rtan

t to

follo

w th

e re

com

men

ded

appl

icat

ion

and

mai

nten

ance

pro

gram

s out

lined

for e

ach

prod

uct’s

use

. If

the

spa

is b

eing

use

d ov

er a

n ex

tend

ed p

erio

d of

tim

e, su

ch a

s a w

hole

afte

rnoo

n or

eve

ning

, add

ition

al sa

nitiz

er w

ill b

e ne

eded

. Aweekly“shocktreatment”isrequired.

The

shoc

k tr

eatm

ent q

uick

ly d

estr

oys a

ny re

mai

ning

con

tam

inan

ts w

hile

revi

taliz

ing

the

silv

er io

n ca

rtrid

ge, a

llow

ing

the

silv

er io

ns to

co

ntin

ue to

be

rele

ased

into

the

wat

er. W

ithou

t thi

s wee

kly

shoc

k tr

eatm

ent,

the

silv

er io

n ca

rtrid

ge m

ay st

op re

leas

ing

silv

er io

ns in

to

the

wat

er.

To w

eekl

y “s

hock

trea

t” y

our s

pa y

ou m

ay u

se e

ither

MPS

or s

odiu

m d

ichl

or. I

t will

requ

ire m

uch

less

sodi

um d

ichl

or to

adm

inis

ter

the

shoc

k tr

eatm

ent t

han

MPS

(1 te

aspo

on o

f sod

ium

dic

hlor

has

oxi

dizi

ng c

apab

ilitie

s com

para

ble

to 2

tabl

espo

ons o

f MPS

). So

dium

di

chlo

r may

be

a m

ore

appr

opria

te w

eekl

y sh

ock

for t

hose

use

rs th

at e

xper

ienc

e he

avy

bath

er lo

ad c

ondi

tions

. IM

POR

TAN

T N

OTe

: MPS

is a

n ox

idiz

er, n

ot a

sani

tizer

.

eVeR

fReS

H® W

ATe

R cA

Re S

ySTe

MTh

e Ev

erFr

esh

wat

er ca

re sy

stem

is co

mpr

ised

of th

e Fr

eshW

ater

Ag®

+ si

lver

ion

syst

em a

nd th

e Fr

eshW

ater

® II

I hig

h ou

tput

ozo

ne sy

stem

. •

Fres

hWat

erA

g +

silve

r ion

syst

em (s

ee F

resh

Wat

erA

g +

silve

r ion

syst

em o

n pr

evio

us p

age)

•Fr

eshW

ater

® II

I hig

h ou

tput

ozo

ne sy

stem

use

s Cor

ona

Disc

harg

e te

chno

logy

to p

rodu

ce a

hig

h co

ncen

tratio

n of

ozo

ne, w

hich

is in

jecte

d

in

to th

e sp

a w

ater

.

fReS

HW

ATe

R Ag+

SIl

VeR

ION

Pu

RIfI

eR R

ePlA

ceM

eNT

INST

RucT

ION

SW

hen

repl

acin

g th

e Si

lver

Ion

Purif

er (e

very

four

mon

ths)

, it i

s hig

hly

reco

mm

ende

d th

at th

e sp

a be

dra

ined

and

refil

led

at th

e sa

me

time.

Afte

r ref

illin

g th

e sp

a w

ith w

ater

, bal

ance

the

Tota

l Alk

alin

ity (T

A),

Cal

cium

Har

dnes

s (C

H) a

nd p

H to

the

reco

mm

ende

d le

vels

. Sh

ock

the

spa

by a

ddin

g so

dium

dic

hlor

.1.

Fol

d ba

ck th

e co

ver.

2. C

aref

ully

rem

ove

and

set a

side

the

filte

r com

part

men

t cov

er.

3. R

emov

e an

y flo

atin

g ite

ms w

ithin

the

filte

r com

part

men

t.

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4. L

ocat

e th

e fil

ter c

ap. T

urn

the

filte

r cap

cou

nter

cloc

kwis

e un

til th

e ca

p ca

n be

rem

oved

from

the

filte

r sta

ndpi

pe.

5. R

emov

e an

d cl

ean

filte

r car

trid

ges.

6. R

emov

e th

e ex

istin

g Fr

eshW

ater

Ag+

® S

ilver

Ion

Purif

ier.

7. I

nsta

ll th

e ne

w F

resh

Wat

erA

g+ S

ilver

Ion

Purif

ier i

nto

the

filte

r sta

ndpi

pe. D

o no

t for

ce th

e Fr

eshW

ater

Ag+

Silv

er Io

n Pu

rifie

r dow

n in

to th

e fil

ter s

tand

pipe

.8.

Rei

nsta

ll th

e cl

eane

d fil

ter c

artr

idge

.9.

Rep

lace

and

secu

re th

e fil

ter c

ap.

10. R

epla

ce th

e fil

ter c

ompa

rtm

ent c

over

.11

. Fol

d th

e co

ver b

ack

into

pla

ce.

W

AR

NIN

g: N

ever

use

the

spa

with

the

filte

r car

trid

ge o

r filt

er st

andp

ipe

rem

oved

!

silv

er io

ns

qu

esti

on

s a

nd

an

sWer

sQ

uest

ion:

How

are

the

silv

er io

ns a

ctua

lly a

dded

to th

e w

ater

?A

nsw

er: T

he si

lver

ion

cart

ridge

con

tain

s cer

amic

bea

ds th

at a

re in

fuse

d w

ith si

lver

. By

plac

ing

the

cart

ridge

in th

e fil

ter s

tand

pipe

, it i

s su

bjec

ted

to th

e flo

w o

f wat

er c

reat

ed b

y th

e je

t pum

p’s o

pera

tion.

The

flow

ing

wat

er, t

hrou

gh a

che

mic

al e

rosi

on p

roce

ss, c

arrie

s with

it

the

silv

er io

ns n

eces

sary

to a

dd a

sani

tizin

g re

sidu

al to

the

spa

wat

er.

Que

stio

n: W

hat h

appe

ns if

I do

not

add

the

wee

kly

non-

chlo

rine

oxid

izer

trea

tmen

t?A

nsw

er: T

he c

onta

min

ants

in th

e w

ater

may

coa

t the

silv

er io

n ca

rtrid

ge’s

cera

mic

bea

ds, b

lock

ing

the

silv

er io

ns’ r

elea

se in

to th

e w

ater

. Whe

n th

is o

ccur

s, th

ere

will

be

no re

sidu

al o

f silv

er io

ns p

rese

nt in

the

wat

er, e

limin

atin

g th

em fr

om th

e sa

nitiz

ing

proc

ess.

Que

stio

n: H

ow o

ften

shou

ld th

e Fr

eshW

ater

Ag+

Silv

er io

n pu

rifie

r car

trid

ge b

e re

plac

ed?

Ans

wer

: The

car

trid

ge m

ust b

e re

plac

ed e

very

four

mon

ths.

Plea

se re

fer t

o th

e in

stru

ctio

ns p

rovi

ded

with

eac

h Fr

eshW

ater

Ag+

silv

er

ion

purif

ier c

artr

idge

.Q

uest

ion:

Why

can

’t I u

se b

rom

ine

or b

igua

nide

s ins

tead

of M

PS o

r chl

orin

e?A

nsw

er: B

rom

ine

and

bigu

anid

es w

ill c

hem

ical

ly re

act w

ith th

e sa

nitiz

ing

actio

n of

the

silv

er io

ns. T

his w

ill e

limin

ate

thei

r ben

efic

ial

sani

tizin

g ef

fect

.

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do

s a

nd

do

n’t

s•DOcheckyourM

PSorSodiumDichlorchemicallevelpriortoeachuse.

•DOchangetheFreshW

ater

Ag+

silv

er io

n pu

rifie

r eve

ry 4

mon

ths.

•DOtestTotalAlkalinityandpHweekly.

•DOuseMPSforspasonly,su

chasH

otSpring®

MPS

non

-chl

orin

e ox

idiz

er.

•DOstoreallchemicalsinatightlysealedcontainerinacool,dryplace.

•DOcheckyoursanitizerp

riortoeachuse.

•DON’Tusebromine,sodium

bromideorbiguanides.Theseareanactivesanitizerandwill

com

bine

with

the

silv

er io

ns to

inac

tivat

e th

em.

•DON’Tuseawaterclarifier.Clarifierswillcausethespawatertobecom

ecloudy.

cH

lOR

INe

(SO

dIu

M d

IcH

lOR

)A

. San

itizi

ng c

hem

ical

s, su

ch a

s chl

orin

e, a

re o

xida

nts t

hat k

ill b

acte

ria a

nd v

iruse

s in

the

wat

er. T

he F

ree

Ava

ilabl

e C

hlor

ine

(FA

C) i

s a

mea

sure

of t

he a

mou

nt o

f unu

sed

chlo

rine

avai

labl

e to

sani

tize

the

spa.

The

reco

mm

ende

d FA

C fo

r you

r spa

wat

er is

3.0

-5.0

ppm

.B.

Wat

kins

Man

ufac

turin

g C

orpo

ratio

n re

com

men

ds th

e us

e of

Hot

Spr

ing

Fres

hWat

er®

Con

cent

rate

d C

hlor

inat

ing

Gra

nual

s (so

dium

di

chlo

r) fo

r san

itizi

ng th

e w

ater

. Sod

ium

dic

hlor

is p

refe

rred

bec

ause

it is

tota

lly so

lubl

e, d

isso

lves

qui

ckly

and

is n

early

pH

neu

tral

.C

. Mai

ntai

ning

the

prop

er le

vel o

f chl

orin

e du

ring

use

is e

xtre

mel

y im

port

ant.

D. I

f the

FA

C is

too

low

, bac

teria

and

viru

ses c

an g

row

rapi

dly

in th

e w

arm

wat

er. I

ncre

ase

the

fAc

by

addi

ng g

ranu

late

d So

dium

d

ichl

or.

E. I

f the

FA

C is

too

high

, the

wat

er c

an c

ause

dis

com

fort

to th

e us

er’s

eyes

, lun

gs a

nd sk

in. S

impl

y al

low

som

e tim

e to

pas

s. Th

e fA

c

leve

l will

dro

p na

tura

lly o

ver t

ime.

F. W

hen

the

Free

Ava

ilabl

e C

hlor

ine

is w

ithin

the

reco

mm

ende

d ra

nge,

the

spa

is re

ady

to b

e en

joye

d.

WA

RN

INg

: The

re a

re se

vera

l for

ms o

f sta

biliz

ed c

hlor

ine

avai

labl

e fo

r use

in sp

as a

nd sw

imm

ing

pool

s and

eac

h fo

rm h

as

spec

ific

chem

ical

cha

ract

eris

tics.

It is

ext

rem

ely

impo

rtan

t tha

t the

one

you

cho

ose

is sp

ecifi

cally

des

igne

d fo

r use

in sp

as. U

se o

f an

inco

rrec

t pro

duct

such

as t

ri-ch

lor,

whi

ch h

as a

ver

y lo

w p

H (2

.6),

diss

olve

s too

qui

ckly

in h

ot w

ater

resu

lting

in e

xtre

mel

y hi

gh

leve

ls o

f chl

orin

e, a

nd is

des

igne

d fo

r con

cret

e or

pla

ster

swim

min

g po

ols,

WIL

L ca

use

dam

age

to y

our s

pa. U

se o

f a li

quid

or

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conc

entr

ated

form

of s

aniti

zer W

ILL

dam

age

your

spa

and

is sp

ecifi

cally

not

cov

ered

und

er th

e te

rms o

f the

lim

ited

war

rant

y.

IMPO

RTA

NT:

Gra

nula

ted

chlo

rine

(Sod

ium

Dic

hlor

) will

deg

rade

if st

ored

impr

oper

ly. W

e re

com

men

d pu

rcha

sing

chl

orin

e in

one

or

two

poun

d co

ntai

ners

and

stor

ing

it in

a c

ool,

dry

plac

e to

mai

ntai

n its

pot

ency

.

suPe

r c

hlo

rin

ati

on

Supe

r Chl

orin

atio

n is

des

igne

d to

“bu

rn-o

ff” th

e bu

ild-u

p of

chl

oram

ines

(use

d ch

lorin

e), t

o el

imin

ate

the

chlo

rine

smel

l and

to a

llow

th

e pr

oper

leve

l of f

ree

chlo

rine

to b

e m

aint

aine

d.W

hen

givi

ng y

our w

ater

a su

per c

hlor

inat

ion

trea

tmen

t, op

en th

e co

ver a

t lea

st h

alf w

ay fo

r tw

enty

min

utes

to a

llow

the

chlo

rine

gas t

o ve

nt o

ff. T

he h

igh

conc

entr

atio

n of

chl

orin

e ga

s whi

ch m

ay e

xist

as a

resu

lt of

supe

r chl

orin

atio

n (n

ot d

aily

sani

tatio

n) m

ay

even

tual

ly c

ause

dis

colo

ratio

n or

deg

rada

tion

to th

e bo

ttom

of t

he c

over

or t

he ti

le g

rout

ing,

whi

ch w

ould

not

be

cove

red

unde

r the

te

rms o

f you

r war

rant

y.IM

POR

TAN

T: A

lway

s allo

w th

e Fr

ee A

vaila

ble

Chl

orin

e to

fall

to 5

ppm

bef

ore

usin

g th

e sp

a.W

AR

NIN

g: N

ever

leav

e an

ope

n sp

a un

atte

nded

, esp

ecia

lly if

ther

e ar

e ch

ildre

n pr

esen

t!

Buil

din

g a

sa

nit

izer

ro

uti

ne

Dur

ing

the

first

mon

th o

f ow

ners

hip,

mea

sure

the

sani

tizer

resi

dual

dai

ly in

ord

er to

est

ablis

h st

anda

rds f

or U

ser L

oad

and

Usa

ge

Tim

e ve

rsus

San

itize

r Nee

ded.

•TheUserL

oadofthespaisthenumberoftimesanyoneentersthespa.

•TheUsageTimeissimplytheam

ountoftimeausersp

endsinthespa.

•SanitizerNeededistheam

ountofFreeAvailableChlorine(FAC)neededtoaccom

modatethenumberofusersandtheir

com

bine

d us

age

time.

For e

xam

ple,

two

spa

user

s who

regu

larly

use

the

spa

once

an

even

ing

for t

wen

ty m

inut

es c

reat

e a

spec

ific

and

som

ewha

t con

sist

ent

dem

and

on th

e sa

nitiz

er. D

urin

g th

e fir

st m

onth

of o

wne

rshi

p, th

ese

two

user

s can

det

erm

ine

exac

tly h

ow m

uch

sani

tizer

to u

se in

or

der t

o m

aint

ain

the

prop

er re

sidu

al. I

f, at

any

tim

e, th

e us

er lo

ad a

nd/o

r usa

ge p

atte

rn c

hang

es d

ram

atic

ally

(inv

ited

gues

ts),

the

amou

nt a

nd fr

eque

ncy

of sa

nitiz

er re

quire

d in

crea

ses d

ram

atic

ally

.Th

e gr

eate

r the

usa

ge ti

me

or th

e ba

ther

load

, the

fast

er th

e re

sidu

al v

alue

is d

imin

ishe

d.

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suPP

lem

enta

l W

ate

r m

ain

ten

an

ce

Prop

er w

ater

sani

tatio

n an

d m

iner

al b

alan

ce (p

H c

ontr

ol) a

re a

bsol

utel

y es

sent

ial f

or a

com

plet

e sp

a w

ater

mai

nten

ance

pro

gram

. Her

e ar

e th

ree

othe

r pop

ular

wat

er a

dditi

ves t

hat a

re o

ptio

nal:

min

era

l D

epo

sit

inh

ibit

or

sA

s wat

er e

vapo

rate

s fro

m y

our s

pa a

nd n

ew w

ater

is a

dded

, the

am

ount

of d

isso

lved

min

eral

s will

incr

ease

. (M

inim

ize

evap

orat

ion

by

keep

ing

the

cove

r on

the

spa

whe

neve

r pos

sibl

e.) T

he sp

a w

ater

may

eve

ntua

lly b

ecom

e “h

ard”

(Cal

cium

Har

dnes

s too

hig

h) e

noug

h to

da

mag

e th

e he

ater

by

calc

ifyin

g its

surf

ace.

Pro

per p

H c

ontr

ol c

an m

inim

ize

this

.N

orm

al so

ap b

uild

-up

will

requ

ire w

ater

repl

acem

ent r

egul

arly

eno

ugh

that

min

eral

dep

osits

nor

mal

ly a

re n

ot a

pro

blem

.O

ccas

iona

lly, h

igh

iron

or c

oppe

r con

tent

in th

e w

ater

may

pro

duce

gre

en o

r bro

wn

stai

ns o

n th

e sp

a. A

min

eral

dep

osit

inhi

bito

r may

he

lp to

redu

ce th

ese

met

als.

NO

Te: W

ell w

ater

may

con

tain

hig

h co

ncen

trat

ions

of m

iner

als.

The

use

of a

low

wat

er v

olum

e, e

xtra

-fine

por

e w

ater

filte

r (in

-line

pre

-fil

ter s

uch

as th

e C

lean

Scr

een™

pre

-filte

r) w

ill h

elp

to re

mov

e m

any

of th

e la

rger

par

ticle

s dur

ing

the

fillin

g of

the

spa.

In-li

ne p

re-fi

lters

ca

n be

pur

chas

ed a

t you

r loc

al S

olan

a® S

pa D

eale

r.

foa

m in

hib

ito

rs

Spa

wat

er re

quire

s cha

ngin

g du

e to

the

build

up o

f soa

p in

the

wat

er. T

ypic

ally

, soa

p w

ill c

ause

the

spa

wat

er to

foam

whe

n th

e je

ts

are

used

. Soa

p is

intr

oduc

ed in

to th

e sp

a w

ater

from

two

sour

ces:

user

s’ bo

dies

, whi

ch re

tain

a so

ap re

sidu

al a

fter s

how

erin

g, a

nd

swim

min

g ap

pare

l, w

hich

reta

ins s

oap

afte

r was

hing

.Fo

am in

hibi

tors

can

supp

ress

foam

, but

can

not r

emov

e so

ap fr

om th

e w

ater

. Soa

p is

ver

y di

fficu

lt to

rem

ove

from

the

wat

er b

ecau

se

soap

is n

ot o

xidi

zed

by a

ny c

hem

ical

add

ed to

the

spa.

Onl

y oz

one

can

oxid

ize

soap

.Ev

entu

ally

the

soap

bui

ld-u

p in

the

wat

er w

ill b

e co

ncen

trat

ed, r

esul

ting

in a

n un

clea

n fe

elin

g on

the

bath

er’s

skin

whi

ch is

impo

ssib

le

to re

med

y. W

hen

this

occ

urs,

it’s t

ime

to d

rain

and

refil

l the

spa.

Dep

endi

ng o

n th

e so

ap in

put,

the

wat

er sh

ould

last

abo

ut 4

mon

ths

befo

re n

eedi

ng to

be

drai

ned.

OZO

Ne

(OPT

ION

Al)

The

Fres

hWat

er®

III h

igh

outp

ut o

zone

syst

em is

the

only

ozo

ne p

urifi

catio

n sy

stem

Wat

kins

reco

mm

ends

in y

our S

olan

a sp

a. T

he

Fres

hWat

er II

I ozo

ne sy

stem

util

izes

Cor

ona

Dis

char

ge (C

D) t

echn

olog

y to

pro

duce

a h

ighe

r con

cent

ratio

n of

ozo

ne th

an is

pro

duce

d by

com

petin

g ul

trav

iole

t lig

ht (U

V) o

zone

syst

ems.

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r-th

e-sk

irt m

ount

ed F

resh

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er®

III h

igh

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ut o

zone

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em u

nit o

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ible

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alla

tion

and

is le

ss su

scep

tible

to

the

effe

cts o

f fre

ezin

g te

mpe

ratu

res.

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cces

s it f

or in

spec

tion,

rem

ove

the

equi

pmen

t com

part

men

t doo

r to

chec

k th

e un

it op

erat

ion

(this

is u

sual

ly d

one

prio

r to

disc

onne

ctin

g th

e po

wer

to th

e sp

a be

fore

dra

inin

g). S

impl

y lis

ten

for t

he b

uzz

of th

e tr

ansf

orm

er to

ver

ify

oper

atio

n of

the

Fres

hWat

er II

I hig

h ou

tput

ozo

ne sy

stem

.Th

e Fr

eshW

ater

III h

igh

outp

ut o

zone

syst

em g

reat

ly e

nhan

ces t

he q

ualit

y of

the

spa

wat

er w

hen

used

to su

pple

men

t the

spa

owne

r’s

regu

lar w

ater

mai

nten

ance

pro

gram

. Con

trar

y to

som

e in

form

atio

n ci

rcul

ated

thro

ugho

ut th

e po

ol a

nd sp

a in

dust

ry re

gard

ing

ozon

e sy

stem

s, oz

one

CA

N’T

be

used

as a

sing

le-s

ourc

e sa

nitiz

er, w

ater

cla

rifie

r, an

ti-fo

amer

, and

min

eral

che

latin

g ag

ent.

A se

cond

ary-

sour

ce sa

nitiz

er m

ust b

e us

ed to

mai

ntai

n 2.

0 pp

m (2

.0 m

g/L)

of F

ree

Ava

ilabl

e C

hlor

ine

(FA

C).

Wat

kins

Man

ufac

turin

g C

orpo

ratio

n re

com

men

ds th

at a

che

mic

al m

aint

enan

ce p

rogr

am b

ased

on

reco

gniz

ed a

nd d

ocum

ente

d in

dust

ry st

anda

rds s

till b

e fo

llow

ed w

hen

usin

g an

ozo

ne p

urifi

catio

n sy

stem

to a

ssur

e w

ater

sani

tatio

n an

d th

e hi

ghes

t qua

lity

purif

ied

wat

er.

cle

an

ing

th

e o

zon

e in

jec

tor

On

occa

sion

, a m

iner

al b

uild

-up

may

clo

g th

e oz

one

inje

ctor

cau

sing

a la

ck o

f flo

w o

r low

flow

of o

zone

bub

bles

. To

prev

ent t

his,

re

fer t

o th

e fo

llow

ing

inst

ruct

ions

to c

lean

the

inje

ctor

:1.

Dis

conn

ect p

ower

to th

e sp

a.2.

Acc

ess t

he e

quip

men

t com

part

men

t. 3.

Loc

ate

the

ozon

ator

in th

e eq

uipm

ent c

ompa

rtm

ent a

nd u

nplu

g th

e oz

onat

or fr

om th

e co

ntro

l box

.

4. P

lace

16

ounc

es o

f whi

te v

ineg

ar in

to a

con

tain

er su

ch a

s a c

up o

r buc

ket.

Plac

e th

e co

ntai

ner o

n th

e eq

uipm

ent c

ompa

rtm

ent f

loor

. N

OTE

: Whi

te v

ineg

ar w

ill n

ot d

amag

e an

y of

the

spa

com

pone

nts. 5555555555

Nitr

ic ac

id a

ccum

ulat

es in

the

air

lines

of t

he o

zona

tor

and

injec

tor.

Nitr

ic ac

id w

ill c

ause

sev

ere

chem

ical b

urns

if d

irect

skin

con

tact

is m

ade,

so a

lway

s w

ear

prot

ectiv

e gl

oves

, gla

sses

and

clo

thin

g w

hen

wor

king

on

the

ozon

ator

or

injec

tor

lines

. To

prev

ent

inha

latio

n or

in

gesti

on o

f the

nitr

ic ac

id, D

O N

OT

blow

or i

nhal

e w

ith y

our m

outh

to

any

of t

he a

dapt

ers,

fittin

gs o

r tub

ing

of th

e oz

onat

or o

r inj

ecto

r air

lines

.

WAR

NIN

GW

ARN

ING

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5. C

aref

ully

loos

en th

e lo

ng T

ygon

/ K

ynar

tubi

ng to

the

botto

m o

f the

ozo

nato

r. Aliquidsubstancemaybefoundinsidethetubing.

Ifaliquidsubstanceispresent,becertainnottocomeintocontactwith

theliq

uid(seewarningabove).

6. P

lace

the

end

of th

e tu

bing

into

the

vine

gar,

mak

ing

cert

ain

that

the

end

of th

e tu

bing

sits

at t

he b

otto

m o

f the

con

tain

er.

7. R

econ

nect

pow

er to

the

spa.

8. R

un th

e sp

a un

til a

ll 16

oun

ces (

half

liter

) of t

he v

ineg

ar a

re g

one.

Thi

s sho

uld

allo

w a

n am

ple

flow

of v

ineg

ar to

be

run

thro

ugh

the

inje

ctor

and

cle

ar th

e bl

ocka

ge.

9. D

isco

nnec

t pow

er to

the

spa.

10. R

emov

e th

e em

pty

cup

or b

ucke

t.11

. Rei

nsta

ll th

e tu

bing

to th

e bo

ttom

of t

he o

zona

tor.

12. P

lug

the

ozon

ator

into

the

cont

rol b

ox.

13. C

lose

the

equi

pmen

t com

part

men

t doo

r.14

. Rec

onne

ct p

ower

to th

e sp

a.IM

POR

TAN

T: W

hen

usin

g th

e Fr

eshW

ater

® II

I hig

h ou

tput

ozo

ne s

yste

m, t

he c

ircu

latio

n cy

cle

mus

t be

activ

ated

to e

nsur

e ad

equa

te o

zone

cir

cula

tion.

Ref

er to

the

circ

ulat

ion

cycl

e in

the

HEA

TIN

G A

ND

HYD

ROM

ASS

AG

E SY

STEM

sec

tion

for m

ore

info

rmat

ion.

do

s a

nd

do

n’t

s•DON’Tusesw

immingpool(m

uriatic)acidtolowerpH.

•DON’Tsp

lashpHincreaseradditivesonthesiding.

•DON’TuseCom

pressedSanitizers.

The

use

of b

rom

ine

stic

ks o

r tab

lets

in fl

oate

rs, w

hich

may

bec

ome

entr

appe

d in

a lo

unge

or c

oolin

g se

at (o

r sin

k to

the

spa

floor

), ha

ve

been

show

n to

cau

se d

isco

lora

tion

of o

r sur

face

dis

tres

s to

a sp

a’s s

hell.

•DON’Tuseafloatertypesanitizationsystem

asalowornomaintenancesolutiontoyourspamaintenanceprogram

.Th

e sp

a sh

ell e

asily

can

with

stan

d th

e ef

fect

s of a

pro

perly

adm

inis

tere

d sa

nitiz

er. F

loat

ing

disp

ense

rs c

an b

ecom

e tr

appe

d in

one

are

a an

d ca

use

an o

ver-

sani

tizat

ion

(or c

hem

ical

bur

n) o

f tha

t par

ticul

ar a

rea.

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If th

e di

spen

ser s

ettin

g is

too

high

, the

hig

h co

ncen

trat

ion

can

disc

olor

the

spa

shel

l and

dam

age

the

unde

rsid

e of

the

cove

r.A

utom

atic

floa

ting

disp

ense

rs h

ave

a te

nden

cy to

eith

er o

ver-

brom

inat

e or

und

er-b

rom

inat

e as

the

rate

of e

rosi

on v

arie

s gre

atly

. D

amag

e to

the

spa

and

cove

r can

occ

ur v

ery

quic

kly.

WA

RN

INg

: Wat

kins

Man

ufac

turin

g C

orpo

ratio

n D

OES

NO

T re

com

men

d th

e us

e of

any

floa

ting

chem

ical

dis

pens

er. D

amag

e to

th

e sp

a sh

ell o

r com

pone

nts c

ause

d by

a fl

oatin

g ch

emic

al d

ispen

ser i

s spe

cific

ally

not

cove

red

unde

r the

term

s of t

he li

mite

d w

arra

nty.

•DON’Tuseasanitizerwhichisnotdesignedforspas.

•DON’TuseHouseholdBleach(liquidsodium

hypochlorite).

•DON’Tbroadcastorsprinklethechem

icalsontothewatersu

rface.Thism

ethodmaycausechemically-inducedspasurface

blis

terin

g (c

hem

ical

abu

se).

•DOaddallchem

icalsslowlyintothefiltercom

partmentw

iththejetpum

poperatingonhighspeedfortenminutes.

•DOusesp

ecialcareifusingbakingsodatocleaneithertheinteriororexteriorp

lasticsu

rfaces.

•DOuseonlyagranularform

ofsanitizer(chlorin

eorMPS).

cO

MM

ON

WA

TeR

cH

eMIS

TRy

Qu

eSTI

ON

SQ

uest

ion:

Why

can

’t I u

se a

floa

ter t

o sa

nitiz

e m

y sp

a w

ater

?A

nsw

er: W

atki

ns d

oes n

ot re

com

men

d th

e us

e of

a fl

oate

r for

thre

e re

ason

s. 1.

The

floa

ter i

s una

ble

to c

ontr

ol th

e ra

te a

t whi

ch sa

nitiz

er is

dis

solv

ed in

to th

e w

ater

. Whe

n a

float

er is

firs

t pla

ced

in a

spa,

the

sani

tizer

leve

l can

be

extr

emel

y hi

gh. H

igh

sani

tizer

leve

ls c

an c

hem

ical

ly b

urn

or d

isco

lor t

he sp

a’s s

hell

or th

e un

ders

ide

of th

e co

ver.

Then

, afte

r a p

erio

d of

tim

e, th

e sa

nitiz

er le

vel d

ispe

nsed

by

the

float

er w

ill fa

ll to

nea

r zer

o. A

low

sani

tizer

leve

l will

allo

w

viru

ses,

bact

eria

or a

lgae

to g

row

. 2.

Flo

ater

s ten

d to

stay

in o

ne a

rea

of th

e sp

a m

ost o

f the

tim

e (u

sual

ly o

ver t

he c

ool d

own

seat

), ca

usin

g th

is a

rea

to b

e ex

pose

d to

ex

trem

e sa

nitiz

er le

vels

. 3.

The

floa

ter m

ay a

llow

pie

ces o

f the

hig

hly

conc

entr

ated

sani

tizer

to fa

ll ou

t and

settl

e on

the

floor

or s

eat o

f the

spa

shel

l. Th

ese

piec

es o

f san

itize

r will

che

mic

ally

bur

n (b

liste

r) th

e sp

a sh

ell.

Alth

ough

you

r spa

shel

l is s

peci

fical

ly d

esig

ned

to re

sist

the

effe

cts o

f sp

a ch

emic

als,

no sp

a su

rfac

e ca

n w

ithst

and

this

type

of h

ighl

y co

ncen

trat

ed c

hem

ical

. Rem

embe

r, ch

emic

al a

buse

is sp

ecifi

cally

not

co

vere

d un

der t

he te

rms o

f the

war

rant

y.Q

uest

ion:

Whe

n I o

pen

my

spa,

I sm

ell c

hlor

ine.

How

do

I get

rid

of th

is sm

ell?

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Ans

wer

: The

re a

re tw

o ty

pes o

f chl

orin

e in

you

r spa

. The

firs

t is t

he F

ree

Ava

ilabl

e C

hlor

ine,

whi

ch is

the

chlo

rine

avai

labl

e to

sani

tize

your

spa.

Thi

s ava

ilabl

e fr

ee c

hlor

ine

does

not

hav

e an

odo

r. Th

e se

cond

is C

hlor

amin

e, w

hich

is re

sidu

e fr

om c

hlor

ine

alre

ady

expe

nded

. Chl

oram

ines

hav

e a

stro

ng c

hlor

ine

odor

. The

smel

l fro

m C

hlor

amin

es c

an b

e el

imin

ated

by

“sho

ckin

g” th

e w

ater

. If y

ou

smel

l chl

orin

e in

the

wat

er, y

our s

pa is

rem

indi

ng y

ou to

add

a sh

ock

trea

tmen

t.Q

uest

ion:

Why

can

’t I f

ill m

y sp

a w

ith so

ft w

ater

?A

nsw

er: S

oft w

ater

is e

ssen

tially

the

sam

e as

regu

lar w

ater

exc

ept t

hat m

ost o

r all

of th

e ca

lciu

m h

as b

een

repl

aced

by

sodi

um. S

oft w

ater

m

ay b

e co

rros

ive

to th

e he

ater

and

oth

er co

mpo

nent

s. Re

plac

emen

t of s

pa co

mpo

nent

s dam

aged

by

soft

wat

er is

ext

rem

ely

expe

nsiv

e.Q

uest

ion:

I am

tryi

ng to

redu

ce th

e nu

mbe

r of c

hem

ical

s to

whi

ch m

y fa

mily

is e

xpos

ed. D

o I r

eally

nee

d to

use

so m

any

chem

ical

s an

d in

such

larg

e am

ount

s?A

nsw

er: W

hile

ove

r-ex

posu

re to

any

che

mic

al c

an b

e un

heal

thfu

l, m

any

low

leve

ls o

f che

mic

als a

re e

ffect

ive

and

bene

ficia

l. In

the

case

of

spa

wat

er, t

he c

hem

ical

s rec

omm

ende

d in

the

Sola

na® S

pa W

ater

Mai

nten

ance

pro

gram

are

nee

ded

to p

rote

ct th

e us

er fr

om w

ater

-bo

rne

path

ogen

s (di

seas

e-ca

usin

g m

icro

bes)

and

to p

reve

nt c

orro

sion

of s

pa c

ompo

nent

s. Q

uest

ion:

Why

isn’

t wat

er c

hem

istr

y da

mag

e co

vere

d by

the

war

rant

y?A

nsw

er: T

he c

hem

ical

leve

ls a

nd w

ater

qua

lity

of th

e w

ater

in th

e sp

a ar

e un

der y

our d

irect

con

trol

. With

pro

per b

asic

car

e, th

e sp

a w

ill p

rovi

de m

any

year

s of h

ot w

ater

rela

xatio

n. If

you

are

uns

ure

abou

t any

che

mic

al o

r its

usa

ge in

the

spa,

con

tact

you

r Aut

horiz

ed

Dea

ler o

r Wat

kins

Man

ufac

turin

g.

WA

TeR

TeR

MIN

OlO

gy

The

follo

win

g ch

emic

al te

rms a

re u

sed

in th

is W

ater

Qua

lity

and

Mai

nten

ance

sect

ion.

Und

erst

andi

ng th

eir m

eani

ng w

ill h

elp

you

to

bette

r und

erst

and

the

wat

er m

aint

enan

ce p

roce

ss.

Brom

amin

es: C

ompo

unds

form

ed w

hen

brom

ine

com

bine

s with

nitr

ogen

from

bod

y oi

ls, u

rine,

per

spira

tion,

etc

. Unl

ike

chlo

ram

ines

, br

omam

ines

hav

e no

pun

gent

odo

r and

are

effe

ctiv

e sa

nitiz

ers.

Brom

ine:

A h

alog

en sa

nitiz

er (i

n th

e sa

me

chem

ical

fam

ily a

s chl

orin

e). B

rom

ine

is c

omm

only

use

d in

stic

k, ta

blet

, or g

ranu

lar f

orm

. Se

e th

e D

Os a

nd D

ON

’Ts o

f Spa

Wat

er M

aint

enan

ce fo

r add

ition

al in

form

atio

n.c

alci

um H

ardn

ess:

The

amou

nt o

f dis

solv

ed c

alci

um in

the

spa

wat

er. T

his s

houl

d be

app

roxi

mat

ely

100-

150

ppm

. Hig

h le

vels

of

calc

ium

can

cau

se c

loud

y w

ater

and

scal

ing.

Low

leve

ls c

an c

ause

har

m to

the

spa

equi

pmen

t.c

hlor

amin

es: C

ompo

unds

form

ed w

hen

chlo

rine

com

bine

s with

nitr

ogen

from

bod

y oi

ls, u

rine,

per

spira

tion,

etc

. Chl

oram

ines

can

ca

use

eye

irrita

tion

as w

ell a

s hav

ing

a st

rong

odo

r. U

nlik

e br

omam

ines

, chl

oram

ines

are

wea

ker,

slow

er sa

nitiz

ers.

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chl

orin

e: A

n ef

ficie

nt sa

nitiz

ing

chem

ical

for s

pas.

Wat

kins

Man

ufac

turin

g C

orpo

ratio

n re

com

men

ds th

e us

e of

Sod

ium

Dic

hlor

-type

gr

anul

ated

chl

orin

e. T

his t

ype

is p

refe

rred

bec

ause

it is

tota

lly so

lubl

e an

d ne

arly

pH

neu

tral

.c

hlor

ine

(or B

rom

ine)

Res

idua

l: Th

e am

ount

of c

hlor

ine

or b

rom

ine

rem

aini

ng a

fter c

hlor

ine

or b

rom

ine

dem

and

has b

een

satis

fied.

Th

e re

sidu

al is

, the

refo

re, t

he a

mou

nt o

f san

itize

r whi

ch is

che

mic

ally

ava

ilabl

e to

kill

bac

teria

, viru

ses a

nd a

lgae

.c

orro

sion

: The

gra

dual

wea

ring

away

of m

etal

spa

part

s, us

ually

cau

sed

by c

hem

ical

act

ion.

Gen

eral

ly, c

orro

sion

is c

ause

d by

low

pH

or

by

wat

er w

ith le

vels

of T

A, C

H, p

H o

r san

itize

r whi

ch a

re o

utsi

de th

e re

com

men

ded

rang

es.

dPd

: The

pre

ferr

ed re

agen

t use

d in

test

kits

to m

easu

re th

e Fr

ee A

vaila

ble

Chl

orin

e.H

alog

en: A

ny o

ne o

f the

se fi

ve e

lem

ents

: flu

orin

e, c

hlor

ine,

bro

min

e, io

dine

and

ast

atin

e.M

PS: M

onop

ersu

lfate

is th

e no

n-ch

lorin

e ox

idiz

er u

sed

with

the

Fres

hWat

erA

g+® S

ilver

Ion

Purif

icat

ion

syst

em.

Oxidizer:

The

use

of a

n ox

idiz

ing

chem

ical

is to

pre

vent

the

build

up o

f con

tam

inan

ts, m

axim

ize

sani

tizer

effi

cien

cy, m

inim

ize

com

bine

d ch

lorin

e an

d im

prov

e w

ater

cla

rity.

Path

ogen

: A m

icro

orga

nism

such

as b

acte

rium

that

cau

se d

isea

se.

pH: T

he m

easu

re o

f the

spa

wat

er’s

acid

ity a

nd a

lkal

inity

. The

reco

mm

ende

d pH

for t

he sp

a w

ater

is 7

.4 to

7.6

. Bel

ow 7

.0 (c

onsi

dere

d ne

utra

l), th

e sp

a w

ater

is to

o ac

idic

and

can

dam

age

the

heat

ing

syst

em. A

bove

7.8

, the

wat

er is

too

alka

line

and

can

resu

lt in

clo

udy

wat

er a

nd sc

ale

form

atio

n on

the

shel

l and

hea

ter.

ppm

: The

abb

revi

atio

n of

“pa

rts p

er m

illio

n”, t

he st

anda

rd m

easu

rem

ent o

f che

mic

al c

once

ntra

tion

in w

ater

. Ide

ntic

al to

mg/

l (m

illig

ram

s per

lite

r).

Rea

gent

: A c

hem

ical

mat

eria

l in

liqui

d, p

owde

r or t

able

t for

m fo

r use

in c

hem

ical

test

ing.

Sani

tizer

: San

itize

rs a

re a

dded

and

mai

ntai

ned

at re

com

men

ded

resi

dual

s to

prot

ect b

athe

rs a

gain

st p

atho

geni

c or

gani

sms w

hich

can

ca

use

dise

ase

and

infe

ctio

n in

spa

wat

er.

Scal

e: R

ough

cal

cium

-bea

ring

depo

sits

that

can

coa

t spa

surf

aces

, hea

ters

, plu

mbi

ng li

nes a

nd c

log

filte

rs. G

ener

ally

, sca

ling

is c

ause

d by

min

eral

con

tent

com

bine

d w

ith h

igh

pH. A

dditi

onal

ly, s

cale

form

s mor

e re

adily

at h

ighe

r wat

er te

mpe

ratu

res.

Shoc

k Tr

eatm

ent:

Als

o kn

own

as “

supe

r-ch

lorin

atio

n” w

hen

chor

ine

is u

sed.

Sho

ck tr

eatm

ent i

s a p

roce

ss o

f add

ing

sign

ifica

nt

dose

s of a

qui

ck d

isso

lvin

g sa

nitiz

er (M

PS o

r sod

ium

dic

hlor

is re

com

men

ded)

to o

xidi

ze n

on-fi

ltera

ble

orga

nic

was

te a

nd to

rem

ove

chlo

ram

ines

and

bro

mam

ines

.To

tal A

lkal

inity

: The

am

ount

of b

icar

bona

tes,

carb

onat

es, a

nd h

ydro

xide

s pre

sent

in sp

a w

ater

. Pro

per t

otal

alk

alin

ity is

impo

rtan

t for

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pH c

ontr

ol. I

f the

TA

is to

o hi

gh, t

he p

H is

diff

icul

t to

adju

st. I

f the

TA

is to

o lo

w, t

he p

H w

ill b

e di

fficu

lt to

hol

d at

the

prop

er le

vel.

The

desi

red

rang

e of

TA

in sp

a w

ater

is 4

0 to

120

ppm

.

VI. s

eRVI

ce In

FoR

Ma

tIo

nY

our S

olan

a® S

pa h

as b

een

desi

gned

to p

rovi

de y

ears

of t

roub

le-fr

ee u

se. A

s with

any

app

lianc

e, p

robl

ems m

ay o

ccas

iona

lly o

ccur

th

at re

quire

the

expe

rtis

e of

a q

ualif

ied

serv

ice

pers

on. T

houg

h su

ch si

mpl

e re

pairs

as r

eset

ting

a G

FCI s

witc

h or

bre

aker

, Hig

h Li

mit

Ther

mos

tat,

or P

ress

ure

Switc

h or

repl

acin

g a

light

bul

b m

ay n

ot re

quire

a se

rvic

e ca

ll, th

ey m

ay in

dica

te th

at a

mor

e se

rious

con

ditio

n ex

ists.

Thes

e co

nditi

ons m

ay re

quire

an

expe

rienc

ed se

rvic

e pe

rson

. Bef

ore

calli

ng fo

r ser

vice

, ple

ase

refe

r to

the

Trou

bles

hoot

ing

Gui

de.

NO

Te: A

lway

s ret

ain

your

orig

inal

sale

s rec

eipt

for f

utur

e re

fere

nce.

gfc

I AN

d H

IgH

-lIM

IT T

HeR

MO

STA

TIf

your

spa

fails

to o

pera

te a

t any

tim

e, th

e fo

llow

ing

item

s sho

uld

be c

heck

ed:

Che

ck th

e po

wer

supp

ly to

the

spa.

1.

Che

ck th

e G

FCI (

loca

ted

at th

e en

d of

the

cord

in st

anda

rd m

odel

s or i

n th

e el

ectr

ical

sub-

pane

l in

30 o

r 50

amp

conv

erte

d m

odel

s)

2.

and

see

if it

has t

rippe

d. If

a G

FCI h

as tr

ippe

d, re

set i

t. If

it w

ill n

ot re

set,

this

may

be

an in

dica

tion

of a

gro

und

faul

t (sh

ort c

ircui

t) w

ithin

the

elec

tric

al c

ompo

nent

s. C

onta

ct a

n A

utho

rized

Ser

vice

Tec

hnic

ian

for a

com

plet

e di

agno

sis.

If up

on c

heck

ing

the

GFC

I you

find

it h

as n

ot tr

ippe

d, c

heck

the

hous

e br

eake

r pan

el a

nd e

nsur

e th

e m

ain

brea

ker f

or th

e el

ectr

ical

3.

ci

rcui

t sup

plyi

ng th

e sp

a ha

s not

trip

ped.

If it

has

, thi

s is a

n in

dica

tion

that

eith

er th

e ci

rcui

t was

ove

rload

ed o

r a g

roun

d fa

ult

exis

ts b

etw

een

the

brea

ker p

anel

and

the

spa

rece

ptac

le. C

onta

ct a

qua

lifie

d el

ectr

icia

n.If,

upo

n ch

ecki

ng th

e m

ain

hous

e br

eake

r, yo

u fin

d no

failu

res,

the

heat

er h

igh-

limit

ther

mos

tat s

houl

d be

che

cked

. Trip

ping

of t

he

4.

heat

er h

ight

-lim

it th

erm

osta

t is n

orm

ally

a re

sult

of o

ne o

r a c

ombi

natio

n of

any

of t

hese

pro

blem

s: 10

blo

ckag

e w

ithin

the

syst

em

plum

bing

, 2) s

witc

h m

alfu

nctio

n in

the

heat

er c

ircui

t, or

3) t

he lo

w sp

eed

mod

e of

the

jet p

ump

is n

ot fu

nctio

ning

.If

the

heat

er h

igh-

limit

has t

rippe

d, th

e co

ntro

l pan

el w

ill re

ad --

--. R

eset

the

heat

er h

igh-

limit

by a

llow

ing

the

wat

er to

coo

l and

5.

di

scon

nect

ing

pow

er to

the

spa

for a

t lea

st th

irty

seco

nds.

If th

e he

ater

hig

ht-li

mit

cont

inue

s to

trip

, con

tact

an

Aut

horiz

ed S

ervi

ce

Tech

nici

an fo

r a c

ompl

ete

diag

nosi

s.

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HW

ATe

R® II

I HIg

H O

uTP

uT

OZO

Ne

SyST

eM (O

PTIO

NA

l)Th

e Fr

eshW

ater

III h

igh

outp

ut o

zone

sys

tem

is p

ract

ical

ly m

aint

enan

ce-fr

ee b

ecau

se it

is lo

cate

d w

ithin

the

spa’

s eq

uipm

ent

com

part

men

t. If

bubb

les

are

appe

arin

g at

the

spa’

s he

ater

retu

rn (a

lso

func

tions

as

the

floor

dra

in) b

ut th

e sm

ell o

f ozo

ne is

no

t not

icea

ble

(the

wat

er m

ay a

lso

appe

ar n

ot a

s cl

ear a

s us

ual),

then

the

oper

atio

n of

the

ozon

e ge

nera

tor s

houl

d be

che

cked

. C

aref

ully

ope

n th

e eq

uipm

ent c

ompa

rtm

ent d

oor (

rem

embe

r to

use

care

, as

pow

er is

stil

l con

nect

ed to

the

spa)

and

ver

ify th

at

the

CD

tube

and

its

tran

sfor

mer

are

ene

rgiz

ed (a

slig

ht b

uzz

will

be

emitt

ed fr

om th

e oz

one

gene

rato

r hou

sing

). If

a sl

ight

buz

z or

hu

m is

not

aud

ible

, ver

ify th

at th

e ge

nera

tor i

s co

mpl

etel

y pl

ugge

d in

to th

e sp

a’s

cont

rol b

ox.

If th

e un

it is

plu

gged

in a

nd p

ower

is c

onne

cted

to th

e sp

a, th

en th

e fu

se (f

or th

e oz

one

gene

rato

r) sh

ould

be

chec

ked.

WA

RN

INg

: Con

tact

you

r Sol

ana®

Spa

Dea

ler i

f you

r spa

requ

ires

trou

bles

hoot

ing

beyo

nd th

e sc

ope

of th

is m

anua

l. Fr

eshw

ater

III h

igh

outp

ut o

zone

sys

tem

s sh

ould

onl

y be

ser

vice

d by

a q

ualif

ied

tech

nici

an.

WA

RRA

NTY

NO

TE: C

lean

ing

of th

e oz

one

inje

ctor

is n

ot c

over

ed u

nder

the

war

rant

y. R

efer

to th

e O

zone

sect

ion

of th

is m

anua

l for

oz

one

inje

ctor

cle

anin

g in

stru

ctio

ns.

The

Fres

hWat

er II

I ozo

ne sy

stem

WIL

L O

NLY

ope

rate

whe

n th

e lo

w sp

eed

of th

e je

t pum

p is

on.

•Duringthelowsp

eedcycle,youwillseebubblesescapingfrom

theheaterreturn,thesebubblescom

edirectlyfrom

theoperating

ozon

e un

it.•TheFilterC

yclemustbeactivatedinordertoensureadequateozonecirculationtim

e.Thefiltercycle(w

henactivated)w

illturnthe

jet p

ump

on lo

w sp

eed

for t

he p

rogr

amm

ed ti

me.

See

FIL

TER

CYC

LE in

the

OPE

RATI

NG

INST

RUC

TIO

NS

sect

ion

of th

e O

wne

r’s

Man

ual f

or m

ore

info

rmat

ion.

The

Fres

hWat

er II

I hig

h ou

tput

ozo

nato

r WIL

L N

OT

oper

ate

whe

n th

e hi

gh sp

eed

of th

e je

t pum

p is

on.

•Duringthehighsp

eedcycle,youwillalsoseebubblesescapingfrom

thefloordrain,how

ever,theozoneunitisoffandthebubbles

that

are

vis

ible

are

air

bubb

les o

nly!

•TheFilterC

yclemustbeactivatedinordertoensureadiquateozonecirculationtim

e.Thefiltercycle(w

henactivated)w

illturnthe

jet p

ump

on lo

w sp

eed

for t

he p

rogr

amm

ed ti

me.

See

FIL

TER

CYC

LE in

the

OPE

RATI

NG

INST

RUC

TIO

NS

sect

ion

of th

e O

wne

r's

Man

ual f

or m

ore

info

rmat

ion.

The

Fres

hWat

er II

I hig

h ou

tput

ozo

nato

r WIL

L N

OT

oper

ate

whe

n th

e hi

gh sp

eed

of th

e je

t pum

p is

on.

•Duringthehighsp

eedcycle,youwillalsoseebubblesescapingfrom

thefloordrain,how

ever,theozoneunitisoffandthebubbles

that

are

vis

ible

are

air

bubb

les o

nly!

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cel

lAN

eOu

S Se

RV

Ice

INfO

RM

ATI

ON

The

jet p

ump

is e

quip

ped

with

a o

verlo

ad c

ut-o

ff sw

itch,

whi

ch is

des

igne

d to

pro

tect

the

pum

p fr

om o

verh

eatin

g. If

the

pum

p sh

uts

itsel

f off

in a

new

spa,

it is

usu

ally

the

resu

lt of

one

, or a

com

bina

tion

of, t

he fo

llow

ing

fact

ors:

Hig

h Te

mpe

ratu

re: D

urin

g th

e su

mm

er m

onth

s, es

peci

ally

in w

arm

er c

limat

es, t

he a

mbi

ent t

empe

ratu

re c

ontr

ibut

es to

exc

essi

vely

hi

gh te

mpe

ratu

res w

ithin

the

equi

pmen

t com

part

men

t.fr

ictio

n: S

omet

imes

the

mov

ing

part

s of a

new

pum

p ar

e tig

ht e

noug

h to

cau

se h

eat b

uild

-up

due

to fr

ictio

n. A

fter a

nor

mal

bre

ak-in

pe

riod,

the

pum

p w

ill ru

n co

oler

.Im

prop

er H

ouse

Wir

ing:

If th

e sp

a is

not

con

nect

ed to

a d

edic

ated

circ

uit,

or is

con

nect

ed to

an

exte

nsio

n co

rd, o

r the

hou

se w

iring

is

und

ersi

zed,

the

pum

p m

ay st

arve

for v

olta

ge a

nd th

eref

ore

may

dra

w m

ore

ampe

rage

and

gen

erat

e ex

cess

ive

heat

. Thi

s will

ofte

n ca

use

the

circ

uit b

reak

er to

trip

repe

ated

ly.

impo

rta

nt:

1. I

f the

pum

p is

shut

ting

dow

n du

e to

exc

essi

ve h

eat,

mak

e su

re th

e eq

uipm

ent c

ompa

rtm

ent h

as a

dequ

ate

vent

ilatio

n. T

he a

ir ga

p at

the

botto

m a

nd th

e je

t pum

p ve

nt a

t the

bot

tom

left

corn

er m

ust n

ot b

e bl

ocke

d. S

houl

d yo

ur je

t pum

p co

ntin

ue to

shut

off

afte

r sh

ort p

erio

ds o

f use

, con

tact

a q

ualif

ied

serv

ice

tech

nici

an.

2. T

he S

olan

a® S

pa is

equ

ippe

d w

ith a

safe

ty su

ctio

n sp

ring

valv

e w

hich

will

bre

ak th

e pr

ime

of th

e je

t pum

p if

both

suct

ion

fittin

gs

are

obst

ruct

ed.

Ac

TS IN

VA

lId

ATI

Ng

WA

RR

AN

TyTh

e lim

ited

war

rant

y is

voi

d if

the

Sola

na S

pa h

as b

een

subj

ecte

d to

alte

ratio

n, m

isus

e or

abu

se, o

r if a

ny re

pairs

on

the

spa

are

atte

mpt

ed b

y an

yone

oth

er th

an a

n au

thor

ized

repr

esen

tativ

e of

Wat

kins

Man

ufac

turin

g C

orpo

ratio

n. A

ltera

tion

is d

efin

ed a

s any

co

mpo

nent

or p

lum

bing

cha

nge,

ele

ctric

al c

onve

rsio

n, o

r the

add

ition

of a

ny n

on-a

ppro

ved

sani

tatio

n or

wat

er p

urifi

catio

n de

vice

or

heat

ing

syst

em w

hich

con

trib

utes

to a

com

pone

nt fa

ilure

, uni

t fai

lure

or u

nsaf

e op

erat

ing

cond

ition

. Mis

use

and

abus

e sh

all i

nclu

de

any

oper

atio

n of

the

spa

othe

r tha

n in

acc

orda

nce

with

Wat

kins

Man

ufac

turin

g C

orpo

ratio

n pr

inte

d in

stru

ctio

ns, o

r use

of t

he sp

a in

anapplicationforw

hichitisnotdesigned;sp

ecifically:useofthesp

ainanon-residentialapplication;dam

agecausedbyoperation*

ofthespaatwatertemperaturesoutsidetherangeof35°Fand120°F(1°C

and49°C);damagecausedbyadirty,cloggedorcalcified

filtercartridge;dam

agetothespasurfacecausedbytheuseofTri-ChloroChlorine,BCDMH,chemicaltabletsinafloater,acid,or

anyotherspachemicalsorspasu

rfacecleanerswhicharenotrecommendedbyW

atkinsManufacturin

gCorporation;dam

agecaused

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byallowingundissolvedspasanitizingchem

icalstolieonthespasurface(nospasurfacematerialcanwithstandthiskindofabuse);

damagetocom

ponentsorspasu

rfacecausedbyimproperwaterchemistrymaintenance;anddam

agetothespasurfacecausedby

leav

ing

the

spa

unco

vere

d w

hile

em

pty

of w

ater

and

in d

irect

exp

osur

e to

sunl

ight

(thi

s may

cau

se so

lar h

eatin

g di

stre

ss in

war

m

wea

ther

regi

ons)

. The

se a

re c

onsi

dere

d ab

uses

and

may

inva

lidat

e th

is w

arra

nty.

*Ope

ratio

n of

the

spa

does

not

mea

n “u

se”

of th

e sp

a! W

atki

ns M

anuf

actu

ring

Cor

pora

tion

does

not

reco

mm

end

usin

g th

e sp

a if

the

wat

er te

mpe

ratu

re is

abo

ve o

r bel

ow th

e sp

a’s c

ontr

ol p

anel

tem

pera

ture

rang

e.

dIS

clA

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atki

ns M

anuf

actu

ring

Cor

pora

tion

shal

l not

be

liabl

e fo

r los

s of u

se o

f the

Sol

ana®

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or o

ther

inci

dent

al o

r con

sequ

entia

l cos

ts,

expe

nses

or d

amag

es, w

hich

may

incl

ude

but a

re n

ot li

mite

d to

, the

rem

oval

of a

per

man

ent d

eck

or o

ther

cus

tom

fixt

ure.

Any

impl

ied

war

rant

y sh

all h

ave

a du

ratio

n eq

ual t

o th

e du

ratio

n of

the

appl

icab

le w

arra

nty

stat

ed a

bove

. Und

er n

o ci

rcum

stan

ces s

hall

Wat

kins

M

anuf

actu

ring

Cor

pora

tion

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