Installation Guide

14 Aquatic
Builders' Choice Owner's Manual & Installation Guide
Figure 2
OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS
YOUR WHIRLPOOL BATHTUB — WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT WORKS.
Your whirlpool bathtub is a large, extra deep bathtub with a built-in circulating system that mixes the bath water with
air and pumps the mixture back into the bathtub creating the hydromassage action. Because it is a bathtub it must
be drained after each use.
The circulating system mixes air and water and must never be operated unless the bathtub is lled as described below.
BEFORE YOUR FIRST USE
The professionals who installed your whirlpool bathtub received detailed installation procedures, some of which you
need to know about before filling and operating your bathtub for the first time.
1. Make sure bathtub is clean - If there are any residues or foreign materials left from construction, clean the bathtub
thoroughly. Use only the methods and materials described in the section entitled ACCEPTABLE CLEANING
PROCEDURES FOR ACRYLIC AND GELCOAT SURFACES on page 16-17.
2. Fill bathtub above jets - For your first “test run,” fill the bathtub until the water is at least 3" (75) above the highest jet.
Never operate the whirlpool unless water is at least this high.
3. Optional remote power switch - A separate switch on your bathroom wall may control power to the whirlpool
bathtub. For your safety, it should not be within reach of a person standing in the bathtub and it should be high
enough to be out of reach of small children. Please refer to and abide by all state and local plumbing and
electrical codes.
Starting the whirlpool system: If installed, set remote power switch to ON.
1. On/off button - Models, so equipped, will have a button mounted on the bathtub. Pushing the button forces a column
of air to a control which turns the pump motor on or off.
2. Test the Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupter (GFCI): Test the GFCI as described in SYSTEM TEST on page 13.] This
device should be tested on a routine basis.
3. Directional jet nozzles - The nozzle on each jet rotates freely. You can adjust its position to concentrate the whirlpool
action against a specific part of the body or to adjust the overall whirlpool action in the bathtub.
Water flow can be adjusted by turning the face plate of the jet. Turning the jet clockwise turns
the jet to very low, turning counterclockwise turns the jet to maximum.
See Figure 2.