General Warnings - Zodiac Z550iQ Quick Start Manual

WARNINGS
This manual contains only basic information on the safety measures to be adopted during installation,
maintenance and start-up. The complete manual can be read and downloaded as a PDF file from the
website: www.zodiac.com. All assembly, electrical installation and maintenance work must be carried
out by qualified, authorized personnel who have read the full manual carefully and completely.

GENERAL WARNINGS

• The appliance is intended to be used for pools and spas for a specific purpose; it must not be used for any
purpose other than that for which it was designed.
• Failure to respect the warnings may cause serious damage to the pool equipment or cause serious injury, even
death.
• This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory or mental
capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given supervision or instruction
concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety. Children should be supervised to
ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
• This appliance can be used by children aged from 8 years and above and persons with reduced physical, sensory
or mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge if they have been given supervision or instruction
concerning use of the appliance in a safe way and understand the hazards involved. Children shall not play with
the appliance. Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by children without supervision.
• The appliance must be installed according to the manufacturer's instructions and in compliance with local and
national regulations.
• Our products may only be assembled and installed in pools compliant with standards IEC/HD 60364-7-702 and
required national rules. The installation should follow standard IEC/HD 60364-7-702 and required national rules
for swimming pools. Consult your local dealer for more information.
WARNINGS ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
• The power supply to the appliance must be protected by a dedicated 30mA Residual Current Device (RCD),
complying with the standards and regulations in force in the country in which it is installed.
• The equipment does not include electrical switch for disconnection; include a disconnection supply device in
the fixing wiring at least OVC III, in accordance applicable national laws.
• If the power supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, an authorized representative or
a repair facility only.
WARNINGS CONCERNING APPLIANCES CONTAINING R32 REFRIGERANT
• This device contains R32 refrigerant, a class A2L refrigerant, which is considered to be potentially flammable.
• Do not discharge R32 fluid into the atmosphere. This is a fluorinated greenhouse gas, covered by the Kyoto
Protocol, with a Global Warming Potential (GWP) = 675 (European regulation EU 517/2014).
• In order to comply with the applicable standards and regulations in terms of the environment and installation,
in particular Decree No. 2015-1790 and/or European regulation EU 517/2014, a leak test must be performed on
the cooling circuit when the appliance is first started and at least once a year. This operation must be carried out
by a specialist certified to test cooling appliances.
• The appliance shall be stored in a room without continuously operating ignition sources (for example: open
flames, an operating gas appliance or an operating electric heater).
• For further information consult the safety instructions concerning appliances containing gas R32 in the
extended version of the manual, in which the fields area check, work procedure, general work area, check for
the presence of refrigerant, check for the presence of a fire extinguisher, no source of ignition, area ventilation,
refrigerant equipment check, electrical component check, repair of insulated components, repair of intrinsically
components, wiring, detection of flammable refrigerant, removal and discharge, loading procedures and
dismantling are specified.
• Be aware that R32 refrigerant may not contain an odour.
• Do no tuse means to accelerate the defrosing process or to clean, other than those recommended by the
manufacturer.
• Do not piece or burn.
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