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S-20 Automatic Skimmer Installation Guide
If you have any questions about installation or maintenance of this drain cover, please contact your pool professional.
Never attempt to alter or repair the cover or frame on your own.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Regularly inspect all drain covers for cracks, damage and advanced weathering. If a drain cover becomes loose,
cracked, damaged, broken or is missing, close the pool or spa immediately, post a notice and keep the pool or spa
closed until an appropriate VGB 2008 certified drain cover is properly installed. Drain covers deteriorate over time due
to exposure to sunlight and pool chemicals. This drain cover must be replaced within seven (7) years from installation
(or earlier if the cover becomes damaged in any way).
An ANSI/ASME A112.19.8a approved anti-entrapment drain cover must be used for each drain. Pools and
spas should utilize two drains per pump. If a drain cover becomes loose, broken or is missing, close
the pool or spa immediately and shut off the pump until an approved anti-entrapment drain cover is properly installed
with the supplied stainless steel screws. Only the supplied 316 stainless-steel screws should be used with the drain
cover. Substitute screws such as masonry screws, sheet rock screws or other types of screws should never be used.
Screws put into the frame anywhere except in the original screw holes will not hold and will allow the drain cover to
come off the main drain, causing an entrapment hazard, including possible limb and body entrapment or evisceration/
disembowelment. If the screw holes of the frame are stripped or the brass inserts are missing, loose, or damaged,
replace the frame. DO NOT DRILL NEW SCREW HOLES IN THE FRAME AS THIS WILL DAMAGE AND WEAKEN THE
FRAME.
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 and/or operator of this equipment.
Before installing this product, read and follow all warning notices and instructions which are included. 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. It is absolutely critical that the suction plumbing be installed
in accordance with the latest national and local codes for swimming pools.
A pool/spa pump produces high levels of suction, which can pose extreme danger if a person comes in close
proximity to an open pool or spa drain or a loose or broken drain cover or grate.
IMPORTANT WARNINGS AND SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
For more information about the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, contact the
Consumer Product Safety Commission at (301) 504-7908 or visit www.cpsc.gov.
NOTE: Always turn off all power to the pool pump before installing the cover or working on
any suction outlet.
