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Pressure Side Pool Cleaner
Installation Guide
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LEGEND® PLATINUM II INSTALLATION MANUAL • MANUEL D’INSTALLATION LEGEND® PLATINUM II
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Customer Service If you have questions about ordering Pentair replacement parts, and pool products, please use the following contact information: Customer Service, USA (8 A.M. to 5 P.M. — Eastern and Pacific Times) Phone: (800) 831-7133 Fax: (800) 284-4151 Technical Support, USA Sanford, North Carolina, USA (8 A.M. to 5 P.M. — Eastern Time) Phone: (919) 566-8000 Fax: (919) 566-8920 Moorpark, California, USA (8 A.M. to 5 P.M. — Pacific Time) Phone: (805) 553-5000 (Ext. 5591) Fax: (805) 553-5515 W
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LX 2000PMEU Important Information: ® The Legend Platinum II automatic pool cleaner comes ready to connect into a female threaded 1-1/2" dedicated return line. Other connections are possible, but they require additional fittings. For more information, please contact our Technical Support Department at 1-800-831-7133. Also, if you have a chlorinator, solar system or other air inducing equipment, please contact our Technical Support Department before you install ® the Legend Platinum II. ® The
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1 ® A. Thank You for Choosing the Legend Platinum II ................................................... 1 ® B. What to Expect from the Legend Platinum II ......................................................... 1 II. Installation Instructions ....................................................................................................
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I. Introduction A. Thank You for Choosing the B. What to Expect from the ® ® Legend Platinum II Pool Cleaner Legend Platinum II ® Congratulations on the purchase of your new When operating correctly, the Legend Platinum II ® automatic pool cleaner. The Legend Platinum II is will travel randomly throughout the pool, vacuuming designed to give you years of dependable and and sweeping the bottom. The climbing ability of the ® ® efficient service. With the Legend Platinum II, you Legend Platinum
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II. Installation Instructions ® A. Legend Platinum II Components B. Pool Connections ® ® The Legend Platinum II Box Contains: The Legend Platinum II comes equipped to connect to a female threaded 1-1/2" dedicated return line. An 1. Cleaner Head adjustable gate valve with a pressure gauge should 2. Sand & Silt Bag be installed to allow a regulated amount of water flow ® 3. Sweep Hose from your pool system to the Legend Platinum II. 4. Complete Feed Hose For more information contact our Technic
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D. Pressure Testing Instructions 1. Make sure the pool filter is clean before 2. With the pool pump on, hold the free end of the conducting this pressure test. Feeder Hose underwater. Gently pull the hose to the farthest end of the corner of the pool, do 2. Twist lock the Wall Fitting with Feeder Hose into ® not stretch the hose. (The Legend Platinum II the Wall Adapter. usually will not climb the top step, so you do not 3. Have someone hold the Pressure Tester end of need to include it in th
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® F. Hooking up the Legend Platinum II ® 1. Remove the Pressure Tester from the free end of 4. Gently place the Legend Platinum II in the pool. Turn on the pool filtration pump. the Feeder Hose by unscrewing the Hose Nut. Left hand thread (reverse), (see illustration, 5. Check to make sure the wheel RPM is between previous page). 25-32. See page 5 for instructions on wheel ® 2. Place mender nut on Legend Platinum II Swivel RPM. Mast. Connect the open end of the Feed Hose ® to the top of the Le
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® H. Fine Tuning the Legend Platinum II 1. Thrust Jet Adjustment 3. Checking Wheel RPM ® There are two Thrust Jets located in the back of the To determine whether the Legend Platinum II is ® Legend Platinum II. These Thrust Jets alter the receiving the proper water pressure, turn off the pool ® direction of the cleaner. The factory standard position pump, and carefully remove the Legend Platinum II for the jets is set slightly to the right. (See illustration from the pool. below.) In certai
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3. Checking RPM - (cont.) 1. Clean the Screen located inside the Wall Fitting. A small amount of debris will significantly affect the performance of the cleaner. 2. Clean the skimmer basket, pump basket and pool filter. 3. If an adjustable Gate (3-way) Valve has been installed, adjust the valve to increase water flow ® to the Legend Platinum II. 4. If the RPM is more than 32, at the Wall Fitting, unscrew the Pressure Relief Valve slowly until the RPM falls between 25-32. Again, if an adjustabl
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III. Operation/Periodic Maintenance A. Connecting/Disconnecting the D. Periodic Maintenance ® Legend Platinum II The following parts are wear items that should be checked, maintained or replaced as needed. Wear Turn off pool pump. Then take the Wall Fitting and items are considered any working or moving part(s) twist lock the Wall Fitting clockwise into the Wall ® being worn due to the use of the cleaner. Wear items Adapter. To disconnect the Legend Platinum II, are not covered under
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III. Operation/Periodic Maintenance - (cont.) 2. Tires & Bearings Optional Leaf Bag The leaf bag is a larger mesh bag made to pick up The tires are designed to protect the bottom of your heavier debris such as leaves. twigs, acorns, etc. pool and provide better traction. You need to rotate This bag can be helpful especially after a storm. the tires once per year. A Helpful Hint: To prolong the life of bags, remove The Wheel Bearings are warranted free of defects cleaner from pool before adding
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III. Operation/Periodic Maintenance - (cont.) F. Storage and Winterizing ® Never leave or store the Legend Platinum II in direct ® sunlight. When storing the Legend Platinum II for the winter, be sure to drain all the water from it. This is important since freeze damage is not covered under the warranty. Also, remove the Wall Fitting. G. Accessories 1. Leaf Bag (See previous page) 2. Step Adapter This adapter is designed for vinyl liner pools that have steps installed in such a way that the
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IV. TROUBLESHOOTING AND PERFORMANCE TIPS To insure the best performance from your cleaner, follow the troubleshooting guide listed below. A. PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS ® ® Problem: Legend Platinum II doesn't move or Problem: Legend Platinum II will not back up. moves sluggishly or hangs up on steps. Solution: 1. Determine if the Back-Up Valve is Solution: 1. Be sure filter and filter pump are on cycling. (Hold the valve out of the and working properly. (You may need water and the jet should come
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IV. TROUBLESHOOTING AND PERFORMANCE TIPS A. PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS - (cont.) Problem: Sweep Hose is sucked into the cleaner. Problem: Sweep Hose breaks surface and sprays nearby windows, patio decks and Solution: 1. Adjust the Sweep Hose using the bystanders. Adjustment Screw located on the bottom of the Swivel Mast. Turn Solution: 1. Adjust Sweep Hose to a gentle Adjustment Screw clockwise until the sweeping motion. Sweep Hose is in a gentle sweeping motion. 11 LEGEND® PLATINUM II INSTALLATI
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TIPS FOR CUTTING HOSE IN A SMALL POOL, AND FOR ADDING HOSES FOR LARGE POOLS 1. Tips on Hose Cutting for Larger Pools. 2. Tips on Hose Cutting for Smaller Pools. If the hose is short of the farthest end of the pool, If the hose hangs over the deck more than 9 ft. or the add an additional section of hose (Part # LX17), one pool is less than 6 ft. deep and narrow, cut 36 in. off Swivel (Part # LX19), two Mender Nuts w/O-Rings the 5 ft. section hose at the end of the feed hose and (Part # LX20), a
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® LEGEND PLATINUM II PARTS LIST Diagram # Description Quantity Part # 1 Top Cover 1 LLU5PM 2 Main Frame 1 LXU145N 3 Bottom Cover 1 EU10N 4 Feed Mast w/O-Ring & Swivel 1 LXU6 5 Turbine Drive Shaft - Complete 1 EC86 6 Turbine Spacers 1-set EC83 7 Turbine Bearings 2 EC80 8 Turbine Shaft Shield 1 EA40 9 Turbine Cover w/Elbows 1 LXC110 10A Turbine Cover Hose 9" 1 EX120 10B Turbine Cover Hose 7 3/4" 1 EC120 11 Venturi Jet Hose 7 3/4" 1 EC120 12 Sweep Hose - Complete 1 EB5L 13 Sweep Hose - Wear Ring 9
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® LEGEND PLATINUM II PARTS LIST Diagram # Part # Description Quantity 32 EB15 Hose Clamp 7 33 EA40 Screw for Turbine Bearings, Thrust Jet 8 34 EA40 Screw for Bottom Cover 2 35 EC64 Wheel - Plastic Washer 4 36 EH09C Sweep Hose Weight (optional) 1 37 EC131 Thrust Jet Repair Kit, includes: 1 E18, EC130, EC135 38 EA30 Screw for LXC110 5 39 EU76 Axle Bolt 8 40 EU147 Snap Fit Vac Tube Posts 2 41 EU79 Nut & Bolt - Feed Mast to Vac Tube 1-set 42 LXU8 Venturi Jet 2 43 EU80 Screw - Cover to Frame 2 44 LLU
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P/N 370260 Rev. A 7/31/06 © Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the USA. LEGEND® PLATINUM II INSTALLATION MANUAL • MANUEL D’INSTALLATION LEGEND® PLATINUM II
