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LTR20081000, Rev. B
1/28/08
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Read This First! Water Quality Maintenance Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . Cal Spas Clear Water Plan . . . . . . . . . . . .2 . 0 . . . Basic Spa Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . . . Alternative Sanitation Options . . . . . . . . . .2 . 0 . . Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 .0 . . . . . . Preparing for Your New Portable Spa Chemical Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 . 1 . . . . . . Planning the Best Location . . . . .
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Read This First! High water temperatures have a high potential for Read This First! causing fetal damage during pregnancy. Women who are pregnant, or who think they are pregnant, should always check with their physician prior to spa usage. Important Safety Instructions The use of alcohol, drugs or medication before or When installing and using this electrical equipment, during spa use may lead to unconsciousness, with the always follow basic safety precautions. Following these possibilit
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Read This First! jets, which will relax even the tightest muscles. In addition • The air venturis should be used sparingly. When to the water pressure, you can add air into the spa water open, water temperature drops quite rapidly and can with air venturi handles located seat-side that increase also dissipate chemicals. the intensity of your massage. Allowing the water temperature to lower more than 10˚F The filtering of this spa is very important. It will minimize below the desired usage tem
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Preparing for Your New Portable Spa Preparing for Your New Portable Spa Most cities and counties require permits for exterior construction and electrical circuits. In addition, some communities have codes requiring residential barriers such as fencing and/or self-closing gates on property to prevent unsupervised access to the property by children. Your dealer can provide information on which permits may be required and how to obtain them prior to the delivery of your spa. where the bathers ca
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Preparing for Your New Portable Spa 120 Volt Electrical Installation 240 Volt Electrical Installation Always follow applicable local, state and federal codes All 240V spas must be permanently connected and guidelines. (hardwired) to the power supply. These instructions describe the only acceptable electrical wiring procedure. Use only a dedicated electrical line with a 20 amp Spas wired in any other way will void your warranty and breaker. may result in serious injury. Cord-and-plug connect
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Preparing for Your New Portable Spa Spa Model GFCI Required Wires Required All 240V spas (except 6300 control boxes requiring One 50 amp GFCI Four #8 AWG copper wires high amperage - see below) Spas with the 6300 control box (when high amperage One 60 amp GFCI Four #8 AWG copper wires is selected on circuit board) SEE CONFIGURATION INSTRUCTIONS BELOW. Ultimate Fitness spas with one 5.5 kW heater One 50 amp GFCI Four #8 AWG copper wires Ultimate Fitness spas with two 5.5 kW heaters Service 1: One
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Preparing for Your New Portable Spa GFCI Wiring Diagram Page 6 2008 Portable Spa Owner’s Manual LTR20081000, Rev. B
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Preparing for Your New Portable Spa Gas Heater Hook up Ultimate Fitness Series spa owners may buy and install a separate gas heater and pump for use with their spa. This option may be purchased separately from your local distributor. Spa owners are responsible for ensuring installation of their gas heater conforms to local, state, and federal regulations. The electrical and gas installation must be performed by contractors and approved by a local building / electrical inspector. Failure to do
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Preparing for Your New Portable Spa Page 8 2008 Portable Spa Owner’s Manual LTR20081000, Rev. B
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Preparing for Your New Portable Spa Filling and Powering Up Your Portable Spa Never fill your spa with soft water. Soft water makes it 7. Once the water is at the correct level and air is bled, impossible to maintain the proper water chemistry and turn on the power at the GFCI breaker. (Ensure that may cause the water to foam, which will ultimately harm the 120V spas are connected to the proper electrical the finish of the spa and void your warranty. outlet.) 1. Once the spa has been placed o
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Operating Your Spa Operating Your Spa 5100, 6200 and 6300 Electronic Control Operation Initial Start up When first powered up, it will automatically revert to Priming mode. A Pr on the topside display will indicate this. Priming mode will be active for less than five minutes at which time the heater will be activated and the water temperature will be maintained in Standard mode. The spa will heat to 100°F (37.5°C) at start up until the set temperature is changed as described below.
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Operating Your Spa • Low speed pump After 4 hours Light Press the Light button to turn on the light. Press it once • High speed pumps After 15 minutes again to turn the light off. All optional lighting such as • Optional circulation pump After 15 minutes the control panel light and cabinet perimeter lighting is controlled by the Light button and will turn on and off • Optional turbo After 15 minutes with the spa light. • Spa light After 15 minutes Option Setting Filtration Cycles Press
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Operating Your Spa HL A difference in readings between temperature sensors has been detected indicating a possible water flow problem. Make sure spa is filled to proper level and that pumps are primed (water is flowing). Also check to make sure filter cartridges are clean. If message does not reset, call your dealer or service organization. LF This will display on the 5th occurrence of the HL message in 24 hours indicating a persistent flow problem. The heater will be shut down but other
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Operating Your Spa 9800 Electronic Control Operation When first powered up, the 9800 electronic system will perform a self-diagnostic check and then it will automatically heat to and maintain a temperature of 100°F (37.5°C) until you change the set temperature as listed in the “Temperature Adjustment” section below. These instructions will describe features and options that your particular spa may not be equipped with. Initial Start-up When your spa is first powered up, it displays some
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Operating Your Spa Jets 2 Preset Filter Cycles There are two filter cycles per day. The start and end Press the “JETS 2” button once to turn pump 2 on or off times of each cycle are programmable. To program, set and to shift between low and high speeds if it is a two- the time as instructed above, then press “MODE/PROG” speed pump. If left running, the pump will turn off after to advance to the next setting (or to exit after the last 15 minutes. setting). The default filter cycles are as
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Operating Your Spa Periodic Reminder Messages Press the “Mode” button to reset a displayed reminder. Message Frequency Action Required rPH Every 7 days Test and adjust chemical levels per manufacturer’s instructions. rSA Every 7 days Test and adjust chemical levels per manufacturer’s instructions. rCL Every 30 days Remove, clean, and reinstall filter per manufacturer’s instructions. rtg Every 30 days Test and reset GFCI per manufacturer’s instructions. Drain and refill spa per manufacturer’s in
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Operating Your Spa Message Meaning Action Required LF Persistent low flow problems. Follow action required for HFL message. Heating capacity of (Displays on the fifth occurrence of the spa will not reset automatically; you may press any button the HFL message within 24 hours.) to reset. Heater is shut down, but other spa functions continue to run normally. dr Inadequate water detected in Check water level in spa. Refill if necessary. If the water level heater. is okay, make sure the pumps ha
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Operating Your Spa Auxiliary Control Operation The auxiliary control option is available with the 9800 controls only. It is a small panel with four buttons that control certain spa functions, such as primary or additional jets, TV, or lights. It conveniently puts the control of several spa functions at your fingertips without having to get up. For operation, see the previous section, “9800 Electric Control Operation”. Auxiliary Panel Configuration Functions Standard configuration JETS 1, JETS
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Operating Your Spa Adjustable Jets Diverter Knobs Almost all of the jets in your spa are adjustable. Diverter knobs are 1” and 2” knobs located around the Rotating the face of an adjustable jet to the left (counter- top of your spa. They allow you to divert water through clockwise) will decrease the amount of water flow jets from one side of the spa to the other, or in most through the jet. Rotating the face of an adjustable jet to cases from floor jets to wall jets. This is accomplished by
