Aqua Creek RANGER User manual

INSTALLATION AND OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
RANGER
TM
POOL LIFT
300 LB. [136 kg] MAXIMUM CAPACITY
MANDATORY – LEAVE T IS MANUAL WIT LIFT OWNER
9889 GARRYMORE LANE
MISSOULA, MT 59808
1-888-687-3552
FAX: [phone]
WARNING
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
1. READ AND FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS. LIFT SAFETY CAN ONLY BE ENSURED IF T E LIFT
IS INSTALLED AND OPERATED PROPERLY – ACCORDING TO T ESE INSTRUCTIONS.
2. WARNING- TO REDUCE RISK OF INJURY, DO NOT PERMIT C ILDREN TO USE T IS
PRODUCT UNLESS T EY ARE CLOSELY SUPERVISED AT ALL TIMES.
3. WARNING- DO NOT PERMIT C ILDREN TO PLAY ON T IS PRODUCT.
4. WARNING- NEVER APPLY DIRECT WATER PRESSURE TO ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS.
5. DO NOT USE T E RANGER
TM
LIFT FOR WATER-DRAFTS OVER 12” (DECK TO WATERLINE).
6. NEVER OPERATE T IS LIFT UNDER LOAD WIT NO WATER (DRY POOL).
7. SAVE A COPY OF T ESE INSTRUCTIONS.
AQUA CREEK, LLC 2010 OCT. 2010
- READ CAREFULLY-
Check entire box and inside all acking materials for arts. Before beginning assembly, read the
instructions and identify arts using the figures and arts listed in this document. It is critical that all
arts be carefully ins ected by the installer rior to installation to ensure that no damage occurred in
transit and that a damaged art is not used. If any damage occurred in transit, Aqua Creek Products,
LLC must be notified within three days of recei t of unit. Pro er installation cannot be overstressed, as
an im ro er installation voids Aqua Creek’s warranty and may affec
t the safety of the user.

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RANGER
TM
POOL LIFT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE DESCRIPTION
3 PACKING LIST
4 SITE AND POOL DECK REQUIREMENTS
5-6 CORE-DRILL RETROFIT INSTRUCTIONS
7 SAW-CUT RETROFIT INSTRUCTIONS
8 NEW-CONSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONS
9 RANGER
TM
LIFT ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS
10 24V BATTERY OP & INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS
11 BATTERY MAINTENANCE
12 RANGER
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LIFT OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
13-14 SAFETY & CARE FOR YOUR LIFT
15-17 TROUBLES OOTING GUIDE
18 RANGER
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PARTS LIST
19 SEAT ASSEMBLY PARTS LIST
20 WARRANTY

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T E RANGER
TM
POOL LIFT
NOTE: The RANGER
TM
POOL LIFT requires a concrete anchor system (item F-433PP4A)
sold separately.
1. RANGER
TM
POOL LIFT W/ FOOTREST
2. 24V BATTERY
3. BATTERY CHARGER W/ MOUNTING PLATE
4. SAFETY BELT

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SITE & POOL DECK REQUIREMENTS
This lift is designed for commercial or residential use on in ground ools and s as. This lift is not
designed to clear a wall or obstacle. The lift should be installed on the ool deck where a straight
linear section of the ool wall is at least six (6) feet long. The lift should be installed at a ool
de th ( ool deck to ool floor) of no less than 42” but not more than 48 inches. If the edge of the
ool deck curves the anchor system will need to be anchored differently than what these
instructions outline; contact Aqua Creek Products for assistance in this case. The front anchors of
the lift need to be mounted a maximum of 14 inches and no closer than 4 inches from the inside
ool wall. If your ool or s a has hand rails or other extensions on the inside of the ool wall, the
set back distance must take these into account. Contact Aqua Creek Products for assistance in
these ty es of a lications.
In order to ro erly install this anchor system into an existing ool deck, your ool deck MUST
be at least 3 feet long, by three feet wide and 6 inches thick. It must also be reinforced with #4
rebar on 10 inch centers in both directions. There may be instances where your existing ool
deck may not be structurally sound enough or does not meet the minimum requirements outlined
above for the safe installation of this anchor system. In those circumstances Aqua Creek
recommends that you follow the Saw Cutting Retro-fit Instructions on age 7. If you are
installing this lift in a new a lication where the ool deck has not been oured yet, then go to the
New Construction instructions on age 8.
FIGURE 1

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CORE DRILLING RETRO-FIT INSTRUCTIONS
Required Materials & Tools:
 Core drill and 1 ¼” core drill bit
 Ta e Measure
 Marking Pen suitable for writing on concrete
 Hammer
 Cold Chisel
 Tor edo Level
 High Strength 2 art construction e oxy*
 Black electrical ta e (O tional)
 Masking ta e
*Aqua Creek recommends either Hilti™ Brand HIT HY-150 or Sim son™ brand ET22 Strong
Tie or equivalent
1) Locate the anchor late, four (4) anchor inserts with nuts and mounting hardware. (Sold
se arately, art number F-433PP4A - See icture).
2) Using the larger holes in the anchor late as a tem late, mark the four hole locations with
a marking en on the ool deck. Verify that the CENTER LINE of the front anchors are
no more than 14 inches from the ools edge. See FIGURE 1, page 4.
3) Using the core drill and the 1 ¼” core drill bit, drill out the four hole locations marked on
the ool deck to a de th of about 4 ½”.
a. NOTE: You can use black electrical ta e on the end of the drill bit as a visual
marker to indicate the ro er de th that you need to drill to.
b. NOTE: De ending on your local grounding
requirements, you may need to drill one hole larger than
the others so that you can ground at least one of the
anchor inserts. In some cases saw cutting a ortion of
the deck out com letely might be required. In this case,
follow the “Saw Cutting Retro-Fit Instructions”.
4) Remove the core from the holes using a hammer and chisel.
The holes should be com letely dry and clear of any debris
before installing the anchors into them.
5) Remove the nuts from the threaded anchor inserts and the
black rotective cover from the end of the anchor insert
ex osing the internal threads that will acce t the mounting
hardware.
6) Using the smaller holes in the anchor late, thread the
mounting hardware through the anchor late holes and into
the ends of the four anchor inserts so that the to s of the
inserts are flush with the BOTTOM of the late (see diagram
on left). IMPORTANT: Use the enclosed acket of anti
seize on the threads of the hardware to revent the hardware
from seizing in the anchor inserts.
a. NOTE: It is recommended that you a ly ta e to the
bottom of the anchor late around the holes so that when
and if the two art e oxy oozes out of the holes that it
does not secure the anchor late to the ool deck.

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7) Allow for a way to ground at least one of the anchor inserts according to your local code
requirements.
8) Before utting e oxy into the holes and setting the anchor inserts, you will want to test fit
the anchor inserts in the re-drilled holes first to make sure they line u ro erly. You
can do this by icking u the anchor late with the four (4) anchor inserts attached to the
underside and carefully lace them into the four holes drilled in the deck. Using a
tor edo level on the late, verify that you can level u the anchor system. If they do not
line u you may have to enlarge your holes.
9) After verifying that the anchor inserts line u with the holes ro erly and you can level
the anchor assembly, remove the anchor assembly and fill each hole in the ool deck at
least half full of two art construction e oxy (not included). Aqua Creek recommends
either Hilti™ Brand HIT HY-150 or Sim son™ brand ET22 Strong Tie or equivalent.
10) Pick u the anchor assembly with the four (4) anchor inserts attached to the underside
and carefully lace them into the four holes drilled in the deck. As you lace the anchor
inserts that are attached to the anchor late, wiggle the anchor system a little to make sure
the e oxy gets on all sides of the anchor inserts.
11) Once the anchor inserts are laced into the holes, use a small tor edo level on the anchor
late to make sure you are level and lumb.
12) Allow the e oxy to set u according to the manufacturers recommendations and remove
the hardware and the anchor late. You can now safely mount the lift to the anchor
system using the same hardware you used to mount the anchor inserts to the underside of
the anchor late. The anchor late can be recycled or used for installing a second set of
anchors in another location.

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SAW-CUTTING RETRO-FIT INSTRUCTIONS
Required Materials & Tools:
 Concrete saw with Diamond blade
 Ta e Measure
 4’ long Straight edge or chalk line
 Sledge Hammer
 Cold Chisel
 Tor edo Level
 Sting line
 Concrete & Concrete tools
 #4 Rebar
1) Locate the anchor late, four (4) anchor inserts with
nuts and mounting hardware). (Sold se arately from lift,
art number F-433PP4A - See icture).
2) Mark out a section of the ool deck that you are
removing using a chalk line or straight edge and a
marker. You should lan on removing at least a Three
foot by three foot section.
3) Using the saw with the diamond blade, make your cuts
along the lines that you marked.
4) Using the sledge hammer, break u the concrete within
the area that you cut and remove the ieces.
5) After you have removed the ortion of the deck, verify
that your new deck will be able to be at least 6 inches
dee .
6) Remove ONE of the nuts from each of the anchor
inserts and lace the anchor inserts through the larger
holes in the anchor late. Thread the nut back on the
other side of the anchor insert so that the anchor late is
sandwiched between the nuts. (See diagram on left).
7) Install rebar in the o en area of the deck. Tie the rebar
into the existing deck if ossible.
8) Set the anchor system in lace making sure that the
center line of the front anchor inserts are no more than
14 inches away from the ools edge.
9) Using the string line or a straight edge, make sure the
to of each anchor body is level and flush with the
FINIS ED deck surface. Each anchor body can be
adjusted individually by turning the nuts with a large
wrench.
10) Ground the anchor system using the grounding lug on
the anchor late according to your local code
requirements.
11) Pour your concrete and finish the ool deck surface.
12) Once the concrete has cured, install the lift by aligning
the holes in the lifts base with the anchors installed in
the deck. Secure the lift to the deck using the stainless
steel hardware that comes with it. (See drawing
below)
a. NOTE: Use Anti Seize on the hardware to
revent the hardware from seizing in the
anchor inserts.

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ANC OR INSTALLATION: NEW CONSTRUCTION
For installations where a new deck is being oured, or where a dedicated ad is being oured just
for the ool lift, the concrete must satisfy the requirements outlined on age 4. For convenience
here are the requirements again;
YOUR POOL DECK MUST BE AT LEAST 3-FEET LONG BY 3-FEET WIDE BY 6-
INCHES THICK. IT MUST BE REINFORCED WITH #4 REBAR ON 10-INCH
CENTERS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
Obviously you may make the deck larger than this – which is almost always the case when
utting in a deck that surrounds the ool. Note that the entire deck does not need to be 6” thick,
but that the area around the installed lift, 3’ by 3’, should be 6” thick at a minimum. The rest of
the deck may be thinner – 4” is ty ical – as long as it is 6” thick around the lift.
The entire deck should be reinforced with #4 rebar on 10” centers in both directions, which is also
common for this ty e of structure. Our minimum requirement is that the 3’ by 3’ section be
reinforced accordingly, but it is good ractice to extend the rebar grid over the entire deck.
Commonly, the rebar grid is used for grounding/bonding also. Grounding of the lift can usually
be accom lished with a length of bare, solid, co er wire, 14 or 16GA, wra ed tightly around a
iece of the rebar and then connected to the grounding lug on the anchor late. Note that this is
only effective when the rebar grid itself has been grounded.
CHECK YOUR LOCAL ELECTRICAL CODE: GROUNDING REQUIREMENTS FOR POOL
EQUIPMENT. ALWAYS GROUND THE UNIT PER LOCAL ELECTRICAL CODES.

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RANGER
TM
POOL LIFT - ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS
1. Attach seat belt as shown in FIGURE 7.
2. Install the RANGER
TM
ool lift onto the four
(4) anchors using 1/2 x 1-1/2” stainless steel
hex-head bolts and 1/2" stainless steel flat
washers. Make sure all bolts are tight before
using the lift. (FIGURE 9)
3. Plug the handset cable into the large handset
socket on the bottom of the control box. Be
sure you ress the cord end firmly into the
socket until you are sure it is all of the way
into the socket. Failure to fully ush the
remote cord into the socket may result in
faulty or interru ted o eration. (FIG. 8)
4. Before installing the battery, ut it on the charging unit and let it charge for 24 hours.
Make sure the orange “charge” light illuminates when the battery is being charged.
5. Remove the fully-charged battery from the charger and install it on to of the Control
Box as shown in FIGURE 9. The battery will line u square with the control box, and
will ‘click’ when it locks in lace ro erly. The lift will only o erate when the battery
is mounted ro erly.
W EN LIFT IS NOT IN USE STORE T E BATTERY ON T E C ARGER.
DO NOT LEAVE T E BATTERY ON T E LIFT W EN NOT IN USE!

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24-VOLT BATTERY SYSTEM OPERATING AND
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
The RANGER
TM
Pool Lift comes with a 24v sealed rechargeable battery, wall mount
charging unit (with mounting bracket), control box, and a water roof handset controller.
The control box is mounted to the RANGER
TM
Pool Lift and has a lug-in socket for both
the actuator and the handheld controller. The battery mounts directly above the control
box with a quick-release cli .
To o erate the RANGER
TM
Pool Lift, lug in the handset controller to the control box
and ush the corres onding button to either lower or raise the unit. The lift should be
able to com lete a roximately 10-20 full cycles before the low battery indicator tone
will sound. The low battery tone indicates that there is a roximately 20% battery life
remaining. At this oint, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OPERATE THE LIFT, remove the
battery from the unit and recharge on the wall mounted charging unit.
To recharge the battery, sim ly gri the to of the battery and de ress the cli on the back
of the battery. This will uncli the battery from the control box bracket and the battery
can then be cli ed into the wall mount charger. When the charger is lugged in the
green ON light will illuminate. When the battery is correctly mounted to the charger, the
orange C ARGE light will illuminate. When the battery is fully charged, the
C ARGE light will GO OFF and the battery is ready for use.
W EN T E BATTERY IS NOT BEING USED IT S OULD BE STORED ON
T E C ARGER AND NEVER ON T E LIFT.