J-200
12.0  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 
ENTRAPMENT!
Keep hair, loose articles of clothing or hanging jewelry away from • 
suction ttings, 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, lter, lter lid, or skimmer • 
assembly are installed to prevent body and/or hair entrapment.
Never operate or use the spa if the lter, lter 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 ttings and suction covers in this spa are sized to match • 
the specic water ow created by the pump(s). If it is necessary to 
replace the suction ttings, suction covers or pump(s), be sure that the 
ow rates are compatible and are in compliance with the VGB Safety 
Act page 2.
Never replace a suction tting or suction cover with one rated less • 
than the ow rate marked on the original suction tting. Using improper 
suction ttings 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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12.1  Cleaning The Filters
POWER TO SPA OFF BEFORE CLEANING THE FILTER CARTRIDGE!
J-210 Models: 
These model spas are equipped with a skimmer basket and lter 
cartridge located in the skimmer/lter well. Filtering is accomplished 
when jets pump #1 turns on in low speed initiating water ow through 
the skimmer basket and polyester mesh lter cartridge. As this happens, 
suspended particles become trapped on the lter’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 lter strainer lid assembly.
3.  Remove the lter cartridge by rotating it counterclockwise to unthread it 
from the lter wall tting, then lift it straight up to remove from lter well.
4.  Using a garden hose with a high-pressure nozzle, rinse debris from 
the lter pleats beginning at the top and working your way downward. 
Continue, one section at a time, until you have rinsed all of the lter’s 
pleats.
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