Spa Maintenance; Cleaning The Filters - Jacuzzi J - 200 J - 230 Owner's Manual

J-200
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spa maintenance

Proper and regular maintenance of your spa will help it retain its beauty
and performance. Your authorized Jacuzzi dealer can supply you with
all the information, supplies, and accessory products you will need to
accomplish this.
DanGer: rIsK oF severe InJurY or DrownInG BY
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enTrapmenT!
• Keep hair, loose articles of clothing or hanging jewelry away from
suction fittings, rotating jets or other moving components to avoid
entrapment that could lead to drowning or severe injury.
• Never use the spa unless all suction guards, filter, filter lid, or skimmer
assembly are installed to prevent body and/or hair entrapment.
• Never operate or use the spa if the filter, filter lid, or skimmer assembly
are broken or any part of the skimmer assembly is missing. Please
contact your dealer or nearest service center for service.
• The suction fittings and suction covers in this spa are sized to match
the specific water flow created by the pump(s). If it is necessary to
replace the suction fittings, suction covers or pump(s), be sure that the
flow rates are compatible and are in compliance with the VGB Safety
Act page 2.
• Never replace a suction fitting or suction cover with one rated less
than the flow rate marked on the original suction fitting. Using improper
suction fittings or suction covers can create a body or hair suction
entrapment hazard that may lead to drowning or severe injury.
• Owners must alert all spa users to the potential risk of Hair, Limb,
Body, Evisceration (disembowelment), and Mechanical Entrapment,
page 6.
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Cleaning The Filters

to DeCrease Drowning or entraPMent, always turn
power To spa oFF BeFore CleanInG THe FIlTer CarTrIDGe!
J-210 models:
These model spas are equipped with a skimmer basket and filter
cartridge located in the skimmer/filter well. Filtering is accomplished
when jets pump #1 turns on in low speed initiating water flow through
the skimmer basket and polyester mesh filter cartridge. As this happens,
suspended particles become trapped on the filter's surface.
To Clean Filter:
1. Turn off power to the spa at the home's breaker panel or select the L1
"Lock Out" mode (page 29) to disable all spa functions.
2. Remove the filter strainer lid assembly.
3. Remove the filter cartridge by rotating it counterclockwise to unthread it
from the filter wall fitting, then lift it straight up to remove from filter well.
4. Using a garden hose with a high-pressure nozzle, rinse debris from
the filter pleats beginning at the top and working your way downward.
Continue, one section at a time, until you have rinsed all of the filter's
pleats.
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