Watkins SOLANA TX, Pre-Delivery Instructions

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To ensure you will have an opportunity to use your spa soon after delivery, it is very important that the required electrical service
has been installed. Unless otherwise stipulated by your dealer, THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

IMPORTANT:

All electrical circuits must be installed by a qualified, licensed electrician.

Your Solana

® 

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 three electrical configurations associated with Solana spas. Each spa comes standard as a 115 volt 15 amp or 20 amp,
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 MINIMUM of 104 volts under load. A dedicated circuit is
required; the term “dedicated” means the electrical circuit is not being used 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. 
The circuit must be properly wired; that is, it must have the following:

• Standard (cord-connected) 115 volt 15 amp – A minimum 15 amp GFCI circuit breaker in the

house breaker panel, #14 AWG or larger wire (including the ground wire) and the correct
polarity throughout the circuit.

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POWER CORD

WEATHERPROOF

WEATHERPROOF
COVER

COVER
RECEPTACLE

RECEPTACLE
ASSEMBLY

ASSEMBLY

115 V

115 V
DEDICATED

DEDICATED
GFCI

GFCI
PROTECTED

PROTECTED
CIRCUIT

CIRCUIT

SPA

SPA
GFCI

GFCI
& POWER

& POWER
CORD

CORD

OUTLET

DISTANCE BETWEEN OUTLET AND SPA
OUTDOOR: MINIMUM 10' - MAXIMUM 15'
INDOOR:

MINIMUM 5' - MAXIMUM 10'