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ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS AND PRECAUTIONS
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IMPORTANT: On Canadian spas, CSA requirements for Canadian spas do not allow the spa to be cord connected.
Your Solana
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spa has been carefully designed to give you maximum safety against electrical shock. Connecting the spa to an
improperly wired circuit will negate many of the spa’s safety features. Please read and follow the electrical installation requirements
and instructions for your specific spa model completely!
There are two electrical configurations associated with Solana spas. Each spa comes standard as a 115 volt, 15-amp or 20 amp (SX),
cord-connected electrical configuration, which is designated as an “either/or” hydromassage system. This means that the heater
will not activate simultaneously with the high speed mode of the jet pump. If you use your spa for extremely long periods of time
with the high speed jet pump operating, you may experience a slight drop in water temperature. This happens because the heater
will not heat while the pump is running on high. To allow the heater to operate at the same time as the high speed jet pump, the
spa may be converted (by an authorized technician) to a 115 volt, 30 amp hard-wired configuration. The 30 amp configuration
provides enough electrical current to allow the heater and the high speed jet pump to operate simultaneously. Conversion requires
electrical modification within the control box (contact an authorized Solana Service Technician) and the installation of an electrical
subpanel (available from your Solana dealer). A licensed electrician must install the subpanel.
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The spa must be connected to a 115 volt, 15 or 20 amp (30 amp for converted models) grounded circuit. The equipment pack requires a
MINIMUMof104voltsunderload.Adedicatedcircuitisrequired;theterm“dedicated”meanstheelectricalcircuitisnotbeingused
for any other high-load electrical items (patio lights, appliances, garage circuits, etc.). If the spa is connected to a non-dedicated circuit,
overloading will result in “nuisance tripping” of the internal fuses or of the breaker switch at the house electrical breaker panel.
Thecircuitmustbeproperlywired;thatis,itmusthavethefollowing:
•Standard (cord-connected) 115, volt 15 amp – A minimum 15 amp circuit breaker (a GFCI breaker is recommended) in the house
breaker panel, #14-AWG or larger wire (including the ground wire) and the correct polarity throughout the circuit.
•Standard (cord-connected) 115, volt 20 amp (SX Spa) - A minimum 20 amp GFCI circuit breaker in the house panel,
#12-AWG or larger wire (including the ground wire) and the correct polarity throughout the circuit.