To install your solar heating system, you will require 2 hoses, one that will reach from the pool
equipment to the collector and one that reaches from the collector back to the pool.
1) Provide an area that is free of any sharp objects with full sun at least 6 hours a day.
2) Remove strap from collector and allow material to relax in the sun so it lays flat (30 minutes to
an hour). Remove and discard the plastic caps covering the threaded ends of the header
pipes at both ends of the collector. DO NOT LAY COLLECTOR ON THE GRASS - IT CAN
BURN THE LAWN UNDERNEATH.
3) Carefully thread the end caps onto the ends of the header without the label, using teflon tape
provided. (see page 7).
4) Carefully thread the elbow adapters onto the openings of THE HEADER WITH THE LABEL
using teflon tape (see page 7).
5) Turn off pool pump.
6) Go to the pool and plug the round return fitting on the pool wall from the inside so that water
won’t drain through it (a winter plug works well).
7) Clamp the end of the feed hose to the elbow adapter closest to the label, and the other end
to the filter.
8) Clamp the end of the return hose onto the other elbow adapter for return to pool.
9) Remove the hose that is clamped to the back of the return fitting.
10) Clamp the return hose onto the back of the round return fitting on the outside of the pool wall.
11) Remove the plug that you used on the inside of the pool return fitting.
The SunHeater is now ready for startup. See page 8
BASIC INSTALLATION OF
SUNHEATER SOLAR POOL HEATERS
REQUIRED: • Flathead screwdriver
• Appropriate length hoses for feeding and returning from the collector
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