Start-Up Instructions
Filling Your Spa
• Your new spa has left the factory cleaned and polished. You may have to clean out any dirt
that has accumulated during shipping. Use warm water and sponge or cloth.
• Be sure all fittings are connected, secure and hand tightened in the equipment enclosure.
In cold weather months your Futura Spa is shipped with fittings disconnected to ensure no
damage or freezing occurs during the spa’s route from our factory to your home.
• Fill your Futura Spa with your garden hose. Place the hose inside spa and secure the hose
in place. Filling through the filter helps to allow most of the trapped air in the pumps and
heater to be eliminated.
• No not attempt to fill the spa for the first time when the outside temperature is below
freezing. In cold temperatures the water in the pumps may start to form ice crystals before
the filling process is complete preventing the pumps from turning.
• Note: Futura Spas recommends you do not fill your spa with hot water. Excessively ho wa-
ter (over 107° F) may cause damage to components in the spa pack.
• Also: Do not fill your spa with water from a water softener. If your water is extremely hard
your spa dealer can help you to remedy this problem.
• Continue filling the spa to half (1/2) way up the skimmer opening. Remove the hose and
close the filter canister (see section on filter maintenance).
• Ensure that all jets are open. See section Jet & Feature Operation
Starting
• Before applying voltage to power-up your hot tub, it is very important that you understand
the sequence of events that occur when the system is activated in order that the pump can
be primed e$ciently and damage to the system can be avoided.
• Turn the main power “on” at your electrical panel
• When the hot tub turned on the water should start circulating immediately. If the motor
works but you do not notice water circulation within the first 15 seconds, the pump may
require priming due to trapped air (referred to as an ‘air lock’). To prime, turn power o! at
the main house panel (or GFCI) and try releasing the air by loosening the union on the dis-
charge side of the pump(s) while the motor is not running. Turn the power back on. If the
pump(s) does not prime after 15 seconds, sometimes momentarily turning the pump(s) o!
and on will help the system to prime.
• Important: Under NO circumstances should the pump(s) be allowed to operate without
priming beyond 2 minutes, as this may not only cause unwarrantable damage to the pump,
it may also cause the control system to go into an overheat condition.
Definition: ‘Priming’ a pump is a term used to describe the process in which air trapped
in the plumbing and pump wet-end (referred to as an ‘air lock’) is released, allowing the
pump to move water e$ciently through the plumbing system and to the jets.
• When the pump starts circulating on low speed, it will be necessary to release trapped air in
the filter. Carefully loosen the vent valve counter-clockwise until there is the hissing sound
of air escaping. Once there is a steady stream of water, close the vent valve, ensuring that
the o-ring does not become pinched.
• Turn the pump onto high speed and check for leaks. The control system will automatically
return the pump to low speed after 15 minutes.
• Adjust the hot tub heat control at the topside panel to the desired water temperature.
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