GRATE AND FRAME OWNER’S MANUAL
WARNING - SUCTION ENTRAPMENT HAZARD
Suction in suction outlets and/or suction outlet
covers which are damaged, broken, cracked,
missing, or unsecured can cause severe injury and/
or death due to the following entrapment hazards:
Hair Entrapment:
Hair can become entangled in suction outlet cover.
Limb Entrapment:
A limb inserted into an opening of a suction outlet
sump or suction outlet cover that is damaged, broken, cracked, missing,
or not securely attached can result in a mechanical bind or swelling of
the limb.
Body Suction Entrapment:
A negative pressure applied to a large
portion of the body or limbs can result in an entrapment.
Evisceration / Disembowelment Entrapment:
A negative pressure
applied directly to the intestines through an unprotected suction
outlet sump or suction outlet cover which is damaged, broken, cracked,
missing, or unsecured can result in evisceration / disembowelment
entrapment.
Mechanical Entrapment:
There is potential for jewelry, swimsuit,
hair decorations, finger, toe, or knuckle to be caught in an opening of a
suction outlet cover resulting in mechanical entrapment.
USE ONLY GENUINE WATERWAY REPLACEMENT PARTS.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
For Model Number: 640-477x V (18" x 18")
2200 East Sturgis Road, Oxnard CA 93030 • Phone 805.981.0262 • Fax 805.981.9403
www.waterwayplastics.com • waterway@waterwayplastics.com
Designed,
Engineered &
Manufactured
in the USA.
810-0217.0620
©2020 Waterway Plastics
Read and follow all instructions in this owner’s manual and on the equipment. Failure to follow instructions can cause
severe injury and/or death.
WARNING:
VGB
2017
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS. READ, UNDERSTAND, AND FOLLOW ALL WARNINGS
AND INSTRUCTIONS. SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
SOFA INSTRUCTIONS
When installing and using this equipment, basic safety precautions shall always be followed, including the following: IMPORTANT
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS. READ, FOLLOW, AND UNDERSTAND ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS.
Any modification that increases the flow rate of the circulation system shall require re-evaluation of the cover/grate and sump to
ensure that the flow rating of the Suction Outlet Fitting Assembly (SOFA) is not exceeded.
Missing, broken, or cracked cover/grates, sumps, mud-frames, or any other SOFA component shall be replaced before bathers are
allowed to use the pool.
Loose cover/grates shall be reattached before bathers are allowed to use the pool.
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
