Aries Portable Spa - Circulating Pump and Prime Issues

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Aries Spas • User Manual
Can hear Circulating Pump running, but water is not circulating.
Knife valve(s) closed.
Shutoffspaimmediately.Otherwise,yourequipmentwill“dry-re”
andburnout.Makesureallknifevalvesareinopenposition(pulled
up).Iftheyarefullydown,theymustbeturnedone-halfturnbefore
pullingopen.
Circulating Pump has drawn air and lost prime.
Makesurethatthewaterlevelinthespaisapproximatelytothemiddle
oftheSkimmer.TurnThermostattothelowestsettingtoprotectheater.
Toreleaseairfromthesystem,withpumprunning,loosen(butdonot
remove)BleedValvelocatedontheFilterlid.(Thisisasmallscrew-
likettingontopofthePressureFilter.)Waituntilwaterstartstospurt
fromtheBleedValve,thenre-close.
Letpumprunforabouttenminutes.Ifprimehasnotbeenrestored,
momentarilyturnopenthehosebibthatisbuilt-inneartheequipment
packandallowsomewatertorunout.Youmayneedtodothisseveral
timestopurgealltrappedair.
Don’tletthepumprunformorethantenminuteswithoutprime.Todo
socouldcauseseriousdamagetoyourequipment.If,after10minutes,
yourpumphasnotpickedupprime,wait1hourandtryagaintorestore
prime.Ifyoustillcan'tstartcirculation,thencallAriesServiceDepart-
mentforadditionaltips.
Afterprimehasbeenrestored,resetThermostattodesiredtemperature
setting.
The Filter Cartridge is very dirty.
AcloggedFilterCartridgemaynotallowwatertopassthroughtothe
spa.Toverifywhetherthisisyourproblem,removetheFilterCar-
tridge,andresealyourlterwithouttheCartridgeinside.Ifthewater
nowcirculatesproperly,cleanyourFilterCartridgethoroughly,as
explainedin“Cleaningyourlter”.If,aftercleaning,itstillrestricts
circulation,ithasprobablybecomeheavilyembeddedwithdebrisand
oil.ItwillbenecessarytoreplacetheCartridge.