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Owner’s Manual Filters and Filtration
FILTERS AND FILTRATION
Exclusive Bio-Clean Filter Cartridge
The filter cartridge is designed to remove dirt, sand, minerals, phosphates, bather waste and other solids from the
spa. Unfortunately, some spa owners fail to include filter cleaning as part of their chemical maintenance plan.
Filters accumulate debris and become prime areas for bacteria growth.
The Cal Spas exclusive Bio-Clean Filter is the only antibacterial filter cartridge on the market today.What does
this mean to you? Having a filter cartridge that prevents bacteria growth is simply added protection for those
times you forget to clean the filter. We recommend that you only replace your spas filter cartridge with a
Bio-Clean filter cartridge for ensured protection and peace of mind.
Why Do I Need to Clean the Filter Cartridge?
Even though the Bio-Clean filter can protect itself from bacterial growth, it still needs to be cleaned on a
regular basis to maximize your spas performance and ensure that heating and filtration systems are functioning
correctly. Most filter canisters are manufactured with a bypass. When a filter becomes full of debris, the bypass
will open allowing water to flow around rather than through the filter. When this happens, your daily filtration
cycles are no longer effective. Another casualty of a dirty filter cartridge, is the loss or water temperature. The
spas heating system will only function with the proper amount of water flow through the system. An overloaded
filter can cause the heating system to become inoperable.
Cleaning the Filter Cartridge
In addition to spraying the filter with a high-pressure nozzle, deep cleaning the filter cartridge is also necessary.
Even if the filter cartridge may appear clean, you will still need to deep clean it regularly. Minerals and other
contaminates are very difficult to see and can get lodged deep into the filter fibers causing water flow issues.
You will need to have an extra filter cartridge on hand for the deep cleaning process. It is necessary to always
have one filter either cleaning or drying, and the other in the spa. This process will double the filter cartridges
overall life and performance.
Filter Cleaning
1. Place the dirty filter into a bucket with 8oz. of Liquid Filter Cartridge Clean.
2. Soak for a minimum of 24 hours.
3. Remove the filter and spray clean with a water hose and allow the filter to dry thoroughly. (Drying time
should be a minimum of two days prior to reinstalling.)
4. Reinstall as described in the Clear Water plan.
Filtration
Filtration is one of the most important steps you can take to ensure clean, clear water. Regardless of what some
people may think, it is far more inexpensive to fix water clarity problems by filtering your spa than it is to use
excessive amounts of chemicals, filtration times, and/or water replacement.
Cal Spas filtration system simply draws contaminated water through the (Exclusive) Bio-Clean filter removing
debris from the water. It then pumps the newly cleaned water back into the spa through various jets.
Spas equipped with the optional Quest 2000 Ozonator will also receive ozone injection into the filtered water for
further protection against contaminates during filtration cycles. Filtration also ensures that chemicals are mixed
thoroughly through the water, increasing performance.
Filtration Cycles
All electronically controlled spas run two filter cycles every day, one every twelve hours. Either the low speed
of a two speed pump or a separate filter pump will perform the filtration cycle. We strongly recommend that you
set your spas filtration time to the F4 setting. This will allow the spa to filter for four hours every twelve hours.