Safe Use of Your Solar Reel:
Care and Storage:
Check screws periodically and tighten, if necessary. The solar reel may be stored outside for the winter.
It is not recommended to disassemble it for storage inside.
In order to protect the warranty on your solar cover, it is essential to use a protective cover when the it is rolled up
on the reel. In the summer use a White Sheet with UV inhibitors and in Winter, a Winter Jacket.
If not provided, they can be purchased from your pool retailer or by completing the enclosed order form.
·Solar Reel systems are designed solely to remove solar covers and are not made to support people or any other weight.
Solar covers must be completely removed before entry into the pool. Under no circumstances, should one swim in a pool
partially covered with the solar cover.
When you start to roll up the cover, all straps must take hold of the cover at the same time.
Adjust the strap lengths if necessary.
For Systems Placed at Pool End (Rectangular Pools) (Fig.11)
Cover
(bubbles
down)
Fig. 11
Fig. 12
For Systems placed at Mid-Pool or Off Center (Round, Oval or Irregularly Shaped Pools) (Fig. 12)
Strap end
Cover is
folded
“Pinched Fold”
(bubbles in)
Strap end
Fold cover where system will be placed
(bubbles in). Pierce hole through both sides of
cover, 1“ (2.5 cm) back from the fold and
straight down (perpendicular) from a strap plate
already attached to tube. Push threaded plastic
screw through holes in cover then tighten
snugly into plate. Repeat for remaining straps.
Place straps evenly
along fold.
D.
Pinched
Fold
Pierce hole through cover, 1“ (2.5 cm) back from
edge of cover and straight down (perpendicular)
from a strap plate already attached to tube.
Push threaded plastic screw through hole in
cover then tighten snugly into plate. Repeat for
remaining straps.
Choose either Fig. 11 OR Fig. 12 - the appropriate instructions below for your pool shape. If you have determined a mid-pool or
off-center placement, it will be easier if you move the cover away from the pool and fold it (bubbles in) on a flat surface.
C.
Strap Plate to Cover
Strap Plate to Cover
STRAP ATTACHMENT - TO COVER
PLASTIC Screw
PLASTIC Screw
·
Tube
Fig. 10
METAL
Self-Drilling
Screw
Strap
Plate
with
Strap
Square corner Radius corner
First strap plate is placed 6“ (15 cm) in from inside edge of pool or at start of radius corner.
Place system across widest point of pool if radius corners are greater than 6”.
Pool
B. 6“ (15 cm)
Space 10 strap plates evenly between outside marks
Mark strap plate location on tube drill lines. First strap plate is
placed 6“ (15 cm) in from inside edge of pool or at the start of the
radius corner (see Fig. 9).
Attach strap plates to the tube with metal screws (see Fig. 10).
DO NOT pre-drill holes or over-tighten screw.
Use all straps provided.
A.
STRAP ATTACHMENT - TO TUBE
Fig. 9
