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11.0 Spa Maintenance
Proper and regular maintenance of your spa will help it retain its beauty
and performance. Your authorized Sundance dealer can supply you
with all the information, supplies, and accessory products you will need
to accomplish this.
11.1 Cleaning The Filter
Your Sundance spa is equipped with a skimmer basket and filter
cartridge located in the skimmer/filter well. Filtering is accomplished
when the pump turns on in low speed to initiate water flow through the
skimmer basket and polyester mesh filter cartridge. As this happens,
suspended particles become trapped on the filter’s surface To ensure
optimum performance, it is necessary to remove and clean the skimmer
basket and filter cartridge, usually once a week, depending on usage
and water quality. To accomplish this, follow these steps:
1.
Turn off power to the spa at the home’s breaker panel or select
the L1 “Lock Out” mode (page 24) 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 to 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
.
Periodically, the filter cartridge will need a more thorough cleaning to
remove imbedded oils and minerals. For this, we suggest cleaning as
above and then soaking the cartridge overnight in a plastic container
filled with a solution of water and a specially formulated filter cleanser
available from your authorized Sundance dealer. The average life
expectancy of a Sundance filter cartridge is approximately two years
with proper care and water quality maintenance. A replacement car-
tridge may be purchased from your dealer.
11.2 Draining and Refilling
About every 3 months, you will want to replace the spa’s water. The fre-
quency depends on a number of variables including the amount of use,
attention paid to water quality maintenance, etc. You will know it is time