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
TO DECREASE DROWNING OR ENTRAPMENT, ALWAYS TURN 
POWER TO SPA OFF BEFORE CLEANING THE FILTER CARTRIDGE!
J-210/J-235/J-245/J-275 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 by rotating it 
counterclockwise, Figure A (page 33).
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