Blue Whale Spa Ltd, 11 Glaisdale Drive East
Nottingham, NG8 4GU
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Balboa 500DZ-Series Operation Guide
Initial Start-up
Your spa will enter Priming Mode ( ) when it is
energized. During Priming Mode, press “Jets”
button(s) repeatedly and be sure all pumps are
free of air. Priming Mode lasts less than 5 minutes.
Press “Warm” or “Cool” to exit. After Priming Mode, the
spa will run in Standard Mode (see Mode/Prog section).
The pump responsible for heating and
filtration (pump 1 low-speed on non-circ
system, or the circ pump on circ systems)
will be referred to simply as the pump.
In multi-button sequences, if the buttons are
pressed too quickly in sequence, they may
not register.
The last measured water temperature is
constantly displayed. The water temperature
displayed is current only when the pump has
been running for at least 2 minutes.
To display the set temperature, press “Warm” or
“Cool” once. To change the set temperature,
press a temperature button again before the
display stops flashing. After three seconds, the
display will stop flashing and begin to display
the current spa temperature.
Light
Press “Light” to operate the spa light. Turns off
after 4 hours.
Mode is changed by pressing “Warm” or “Cool”
then “Mode”/Prog button.
Standard Mode
maintains a set temperature
and the
STANDARD
icon will be displayed
Economy Mode
heats the spa to the set
temperature only during filter cycles.
will
display when water temp is not current, and will
alternate with water temp when the pump is
running. The
ECONOMY
icon will be
displayed.
