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AQL 500
Owners Manual
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Pentair AQL 500 Owners Manual

AquaLuminator® & AQL™ 500 Light and Return Water Flow
for Above Ground Pools Owners Manual
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
READ AND FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
Table of Contents
SECTION I. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS.......................................................... 2
SECTION II. LAMP HOUSING INSTALLATION ................................................................... 2
SECTION III. ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS FOR STORABLE POOLS ............................... 5
SECTION IV. ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS FOR PERMANENT POOLS ........................... 6
SECTION V. RELAMPING INSTRUCTIONS .......................................................................... 9
SECTION VI. STORAGE AND WINTERIZING INSTRUCTIONS ........................................ 10
SECTION. VII. TECHNICAL DATA .......................................................................................... 11
A. Replacement Parts ..............................................................................................................11
WARNING
Before installing this product, read and follow all warning notices and instructions accompanying this light. Failure to follow safety warnings and instructions can result in severe injury, death, or property damage. Call (800) 831-7133 for additional free copies of these instructions.
Important Notice
Attention Installer. This manual contains important information about the installation,
operation and safe use of this product. This information should be given to the owner/operator of this equipment.
Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc.
REV. K 5-23-12 1 P/N 98747000
Listed
SECTION I. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
When installing and using this electrical equipment, basic safety precautions should always be followed, including the following.
1. This light can be installed on storable above ground or permanent above ground pools.
2. A storable pool has a maximum water depth of 42 inches and is so constructed that it may be readily disassembled for storage and re-assembled to its original integrity.
3. A permanent pool has a maximum water depth of over 42 inches. Do not install on therapeutic pools, hydro-massage bathtubs, spas or hot tubs.
4. To reduce the risk of electric shock, if any cord becomes damaged, return the entire transformer assembly for repair or replacement.
5. Risk of entrapment, injury or death. Use plumbing passageways only to return water to pool. Do not use as a suction device.
6. Risk of electrical shock. Connect only to a grounding type circuit protected by a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI). Contact a licensed electrician if you cannot verify that the receptacle or circuit is protected by a GFCI. Do not use an extension cord.
7. Locate your pool so that the wall is at least 10 feet from all electrical receptacles and at least 20 feet from all receptacles not protected by a GFCI. It is also very important to locate the pool so that it is not under any electrical wiring, that is less than 18 feet vertically above the pool wall and within an area located 10 feet outside the pool walls. The pool must also never be located under any lighting fixture or within five (5) feet measured horizontally from any fixture mounted less than five (5) feet vertically above the pool water level.
8. Risk of injury. Install the top of the lens with a minimum of 8 inches and a maximum of 10 inches below top of pool wall or in manufacturers pre-punched return fitting hole.
9. Do not use electrical equipment within 10 feet of pool wall unless specifically U.L. listed for that use.
SECTION II. LAMP HOUSING INSTALLATION
NOTE
Installation of the lamp housing into the pool wall is the same for both the storable and the permanent above ground pools.
1. Remove the bulb retainer nut and push the bulb assembly out from the rear of the fitting body so that it will come out of the front of the fitting. The flow director will come off along with the bulb assembly; see Figure 1. Push the red cap/plug in the end of the bulb assembly. It will be removed later.
2. Unscrew the threaded wall flange from the fitting body by rotating it counter-clockwise.
P/N 98747000 2 REV. K 5-23-12
NOTE
Retain the gaskets supplied and keep them accessible.
3. Use the thread seal tape provided. Snugly wrap the threaded wall flange in a clockwise direction (as viewed from the back) starting at the edge of the threads; see Figure 2. Work towards the flange lip (overlapping 1/2 of the tape width with each wrap) then back towards the starting point.
• If you have a new pool, move on to step 10.
• If the water level is below the return fitting on an existing pool,
remove the old fitting and move on to step 10.
P
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Bulb Retainer Nut
Figure 1.
• If the pool is full of water, follow steps 5 through 9.
Always wrap thread seal tape
NOTE
clockwise
Steps 4 through 8 require two (2) No. 9 winterizing plugs (not supplied).
4. Remove the existing eyeball fitting from the return fitting on your pool wall, see Figure 3.
Start at the edge
5. Place a winterizing plug in the front side of the existing return fitting and disconnect the return hose and clamp from the existing fitting.
6. Place a winterizing plug in the front side of the AquaLuminator or AQL 500 threaded wall flange.
Pool Wall
7. While holding the existing return fitting from the inside of the pool, remove the large nut or the existing fitting body on the outside of the pool wall.
8. Using a folded rag in the palm of your hand, push the old return fitting out of the wall from the outside of the pool; see Figure 4.
Return Fitting Nut
Hold the rag firmly against the wall to prevent water spillage.
9. Insert the flange and gasket from the inside of the pool through the hole cut out for the inlet fitting. Ensure that the threaded wall flange is centered on the hole.
10. Take the remaining gasket and put it on the threaded wall flange from the outside of the pool; see Figure 5. Standard sheet metal walls will have one gasket and one spacer left over. Do not use these two items, as they are for use on narrow interlocking wall panels only.
Figure 2.
Liner
Hose
Existing Eyeball
Figure 3.
Use a folded rag in the palm of your hand to hold the water in the pool while changing fittings.
Figure 4.
REV. K 5-23-12 3 P/N 98747000
Figure 5.
Nut (Bulb Assy.)
Pool Wall
Body
Liner
Gasket
Flow Director AQL500
(OR)
Flange
Gasket
Flow Director
AquaLuminator
O-Ring—Use silicone lubricant only. Do not use any petroleum lubricants.
Bulb Assy.
Red Cap/Plug. Remove after bulb is in place in the Fitting Body.
CAUTION
For narrow, interlocking, extruded aluminum wall panels, center flange between the ridges while viewed from the inside of the pool. Add the spacer and additional gasket to the flange before inserting the flange through the wall panel. This is necessary to accommodate a fountain attachment.
WARNING
The light fixture must be mounted so that the word "top" is at the top of the fixture when installed. Incorrect orientation and a low water condition can damage the light fixture.
11. With the inlet port of the fitting body in the 3 O’clock position, place the fitting body against the threads of the flange and keeping the inlet port in the 3 O’clock position; see Figure 6. Hand tighten the flange as tight as possible. Rotate the flange, not the body.
CAUTION
Do not over tighten the flange.
12. To complete the tightening process, hold the flange in place and rotate the fitting body until the inlet port is in the 6 o’clock position; see Figure 6.
13. Take a hose clamp and place it over the return hose cuff.
14. Slip the return hose from the equipment, over the inlet port, and tighten the hose clamp securely; see Figure 7.
15. Take the bulb assembly and insert it through the flow director. Note the aligning keyway on the bulb assembly as shown in Figure 8. The keyway must point in the same direction as the top key on the fitting body.
P/N 98747000 4 REV. K 5-23-12
Inlet Port 3 O’clock position
6 O’clock
Figure 6.
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