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PRIME external filter
Dear Fishkeeper,
thank you for choosing this quality product. PRIME is the first external self-priming
power filter with automatic priming chamber equipped with safety tap. Please
read the instructions carefully, you will then appreciate the filters unique features
and characteristics and you will be able to use PRIME at its best.
Description
PUMP ASSEMBLY
A.
A1 Sloping rotatable fittings
A2 Tap
A3 Safety locking button
A4 Clip
A5 Impeller assembly
A6 Fixed O-ring (models PRIME 20 and PRIME 30)
A7 Priming chamber
A8 Pump chamber
VALVE TAPS
B.
FILTER UNIT
C.
C1 Filter media container
C2 Filter body
C3 Antislip rubber feet
Installation
Attention: always disconnect all electrical equipment from the electricity supply, installed
both inside and outside your aquarium, before putting your hands in the water and be sure
that the voltage of the mains corresponds to the voltage shown on the label of the unit.
Whilst priming the filter, PRIME must be located below the aquarium level -Fig. 2-. If you
wish to place the unit at the side of the aquarium, you must do so only after priming it.
Preparing the filter
Choose the most suitable location for the inlet and outlet systems and install them with the
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locking nuts on the outside of the tank. It is suggested that the intake and outlet units should be
mounted close to the rear corners, at opposite ends -Fig. 3-.
It is possible to adjust the height of the intake unit by inserting the extension tube between
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the flow indicator and the strainer, if necessary by cutting it to the correct length. Should your
aquarium not require the extension, simply connect the strainer to the flow indicator.
Adjust the maximum height of the outlet unit as indicated by "MAX. WATER LEVEL" and cut off any
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excess tubing -Fig. 4-. Both the connector tubes must be fixed to the walls of the tank by means
of the suction cups provided.
Cut the flexible tubes to the most convenient length, the cut must be at 90° to the tube wall
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and as neat as possible. Connect the tubes to the inlet and outlet systems, as straight as possible
without kinks or twists, fixing them with the locking nuts following the procedure as shown in
fig. 5.
For the first 24 hours of operation it is advisable to check the closure of the connections and of
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the nuts.
Fitting the valve taps
Attention: to avoid the inconvenient siphoning effect which can empty the aquarium whilst
it is being maintained, PRIME is equipped with special valve taps to ensure a perfect shut-off
of the connecting tubes. Their unique design allows their release only in the OFF position.
Screw the valves tightly on to the sloping rotatable fittings protruding from the pump
assembly -Fig. 6-. Connect the flexible tubes to the valves following the same procedure
used to connect them to the collectors tubes.
Attention: connect the outlet tube with the filter exit marked "OUT" and the intake tube to
the filter inlet marked "IN" -Fig. 7-.
If the temperature is too high, after the heater has been working for 24 hours or more,
proceed as follows.
INTAKE UNIT
D.
D1 Collector tube
D2 Flow indicator tube
D3 Extension tube
D4 Locking nut
D5 Strainer
OUTLET UNIT
E.
E1 Collector tube
E2 Nut
E3 Multi-directional diffuser
FLEXIBLE PIPES
F.
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