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SAFETY WARNINGS:
Suction entrapment hazard. Can cause serious injury or death.
To reduce the risk of entrapment the pump must be installed in accordance with the latest
federal, state and local swimming pool codes and must be connected to a minimum of two
functioning suction outlets per pump or otherwise installed in accordance with the latest
APSP-7 standard.
Do not operate pump if any suction outlet cover is damaged, broken, missing or not securely
attached.
The use of an approved ASME A 112.19.17 safety vacuum release system (SVRS) is
recommended and may be required under federal (U.S.), state or local law.
This pool motor is NOT equipped with a Safety Vacuum Release System (SVRS).
SVRS helps prevent drowning due to body entrapment on underwater drains.
In some pool configurations, if a person’s body covers the drain, the person can be trapped by
suction.
Depending on your pool configuration, a SVRS may be required to meet local, state, and
federal requirements.
For information regarding SVRS requirements and the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa
Safety Act visit www.cpsc.gov
Entrapment hazard
In swimming pools, bathing pools and similar facilities, the water recycling drains cause strong suction
when the pump is activated. In this situation there is a serious risk: if a person (especially a child) covers
the drain with his body, he could be trapped and held under water until he drowns.
There could be the same tragic outcome if long hair were caught in the drain, trapping the bather’s head
under water. Also necklaces, parts of swimming costumes or clothing and other objects used in the pool
(for example a small life-belt) can be sucked into the drain, blocking the body of the wearer under water,
with extreme consequences.
Evisceration hazard (by suction)
The circumstance of strong suction can cause the partial entrapment of limbs and organs, with
extremely serious and sometimes fatal consequences.
This is a real risk: in the USA there were 74 documented cases of entrapment and evisceration between
1990 and 2004 (Source: CPSC, USA 2005).
It is therefore obligatory and indispensable to respect all the applicable national and local regulations.
Particular care must be taken in checking periodically that the grids on the suction openings are intact
and clean.
Over time, the grids become deteriorated due to age, contact with water and exposure to the sun and to
atmospheric agents: they must be checked regularly and with the greatest care, immediately evacuating
people from the area if damage is found.
Dangerous pressures
During any operation on the system, air can get in and be pressurized. Compressed air can cause the
sudden opening of the cover and cause damage, injuries and even death.
DO NOT RELEASE OR WORK ON THE COVER WHEN THE PUMP IS UNDER PRESSURE.
