Oase BioPress UVC 1000 User manual

BioPress UVC 1000 /1600 / 2400
Operating instructions
Notice d’emploi
Instrucciones de uso

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Part Description QTY
ABlack hose adapter with nut and seal 2
BTransparent stepped hose adapter 2
CFlow indicator 1
DNut 3
EUnit 1
FHose clamp 1
Information about these operating instructions
Welcome to OASE Living Water. You made a great choice with the purchase of this product BioPress UVC 1000 / 1600
/ 2400. Prior to operating the unit, please read the instructions of use carefully and fully familiarise yourself with the unit.
Ensure that all work on and with this unit is only carried out in accordance with these instructions. Please strictly follow the
enclosed instructions to ensure safe and correct handling of the product. Keep these instructions in a safe place. Please
also hand over the instructions when passing the unit on to a new owner.
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WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS SYMBOLS
Symbols used in these instructions
The symbols used in this operating manual have the following meanings:
Risk of injury to persons due to dangerous electrical voltage.
This symbol indicates an imminent danger, which can lead to death or severe injuries if the appropriate measures are
not taken.
Risk of personal injury caused by a general source of danger.
This symbol indicates an imminent danger, which can lead to death or severe injuries if the appropriate measures are
not taken.
Risk of injury to persons due to broken glass.
This symbol indicates danger, which can lead to severe injuries if the appropriate measures are not taken.
Important information for trouble-free operation.
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Intended use
BioPress UVC 1000 / 1600 / 2400, referred to in the following as “unit”, may only be used as specied in the following:
• For operation with clean water.
• For mechanical and biological cleaning of garden ponds
• Operation under observance of the technical data.
The UVC lamp installed in the unit is intended to kill algae and bacteria in the pond water. Even in small doses, its radiation
is harmful for eyes and skin. Never use the UVC lamp in a defective housing or outside the housing, or any other purpose
other than that intended.
The following restrictions apply to the unit:
• Never use the unit to convey uids other than water.
• Never run the unit without water.
• Do not use for commercial or industrial purposes.
• Do not use in conjunction with chemicals, foodstuff, easily ammable or explosive substances.
Use other than that intended
This unit can be dangerous and cause harm if not used in accordance with these instructions. Any use not in accordance
with these instructions or modication(s) to the unit will void the limited warranty.

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Installation
Attention! Dangerous electrical voltage.
Possible consequences: Death or serious injuries.
Protective measures:
• Only operate the unit with the protection hood fitted.
• Ensure that the unit is installed water-tight with a safety distance from the water of a minimum of
6.6 ft (2 m).
Grounding instructions
This appliance must be grounded. In the event of a malfunction or breakdown, grounding will reduce the risk of
electric shock by providing a path of least resistance for electric current. This appliance is equipped with a cord
having an appliance-grounding conductor and a grounding plug. The plug must be plugged into an appropriate outlet
that is installed and grounded in accordance with all local codes and ordinances.
Warning
Improper connection of the appliance-grounding conductor can result in a risk of electric shock. Check with a qualified
electrician or service representative if you are in doubt whether the appliance is properly grounded. Do not modify the
plug provided with the appliance; if it will not fit the outlet, have a proper outlet installed by a qualified technician.
Install the unit so that it is not exposed to direct sun radiation (max. 104 ºF - 40 ºC).
2. Cut the adapter as shown using a hacksaw;
consult packaging for tubing size. This helps to avoid
pressure loss. (BioPress 1600 / 2400 only)
3. Push the union nuts over the stepped hose adapters,
push the tubing on the on the stepped hose adapter,
and secure with the hose clips.
4. Insert the at sealing ring or the O ring into the
union nut for the black hose adapter and screw onto
the pressure lter inlet.
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1. Place the pressure lter in a ood protected position
at a distance from the pond edge of at least 6.6 ft (2 m)
on rm and level ground. As an alternative, the lter
can also be partly buried up to approx. 2 in (5 cm)
below the closing clamps.
○ The height difference between the lter lid and the
free outlet point should be a maximmum of 6.6 ft (2 m).
○ Ensure unrestricted access to the cover to be able to
carry out work on the unit.
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us at [e-mail]. Or visit our website at www.oase-livingwater.com
Start-up
Attention! Dangerous electrical voltage.
Possible consequences: Death or serious injuries.
Protective measures:
• Electrical units and installations with a rated voltage of U > 12 V AC or U >30 V DC located in the water: Isolate the
units and installations (switch off and disconnect from the power supply) before reaching into the water.
• Isolate the unit before starting any work.
• Secure the unit to prevent unintentional switching on.
Attention! Never operate the unit with a water pressure of more than 2.9 psi (0.2 bar)
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Important:
●Switch the pump on rst, then the UVC clarifying unit.
●Do not operate the unit without water owing through.
●The unit switches on automatically when power
connection is established.
1. Switching on: Connect power plug to the socket.
○ The Light Indicator is lit.
Note:
○ After a new installation, the unit will reach its full
biological cleaning effect after a few weeks.
○ The full effect on bacteria is only reached as at a
water temperature of 50 °F (+ 10 °C).
○ In the event of overheating, the installed
temperature monitor switches the UVC lamp off
automatically, the lamp automatically switches on
again once cooled down.
○ Check all connections for leaks.
2. Switching off: Disconnect the power plug.
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Maintenance and cleaning
Attention! Dangerous electrical voltage.
Possible consequences: Death or serious injuries.
Protective measures:
• Electrical units and installations with a rated voltage of U > 12 V AC or U >30 V DC located in the water: Isolate the
units and installations (switch off and disconnect from the power supply) before reaching into the water.
• Isolate the unit before starting any work.
• Secure the unit to prevent unintentional switching on.
Note:
● Check and clean the water outlet into the pond at regular intervals.
● Clean the lters at regular intervals (e.g. every four weeks), however, at the latest when cloudy or dirty water from the
water outlet returns to the garden pond.
● Carry out quick cleaning rst. Should this prove insufcient, clean the entire unit.
● A blocked lter could lead to leakages.
● Never use chemical cleaning agents.
Quick cleaning
1. Switch off the lter pump
○ Remove hose from the lter outlet by twisting off
the union nut.
○ Remove hose from the lter inlet by twisting off the
union nut and screw on the lter outlet.
2. Screw a dirt drain hose with stepped hose adapter on
the lter inlet.
●Switch on the lter pump.
3. Vigorously pull on the cleaning handle and “pump”
several times. In this manner, the foam lters are
mechanically cleaned until the draining water is clear.
●Switch off the lter pump.
●Remove the dirt drain hose and correctly reconnect
the hoses for normal operation.
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us at [e-mail]. Or visit our website at www.oase-livingwater.com
Maintenance and cleaning (cont.)
Full cleaning
1. Disconnect all hoses by twisting off the union nuts.
2. Open the closing clamps of the lter container.
○ BioPress 1000: Hold the lter container at the hold-
down element and lift off cover including the foam
lter package.
○ BioPress 1600/2400: Lift off cover including foam
lter package.
3. Lift off cover including foam lter package.
4. Place the cover upside down onto a soft, clean surface,
so that the foam lters with the press ring face up.
○ Remove the press ring by undoing the nut from the
pulling rod.
○ To remove the nut, hold the pulling rod using
combination pliers.
Note: Do not pull the pulling rod out of the cover.
5. Pull off the foam lters.
6. Clean under running water by vigorously compressing
and releasing.
○ Clean the container, cover with meshed tube and
press ring under running water.
7. Push on foam lters so that the pulling rod rests in the
recess of the foam lters.
8. Fit the pressing ring with the rod guidance pointing
down, and screw the nut onto the pulling rod.
○ To tighten the nut, hold the pulling rod using
combination pliers.
○ Ensure that the meshed tube ts completely in the
ring diameter.
○ Remove the cover sealing ring from the container
and check for damage; clean or replace, and place
on the top container rim.
9. Press on the cover including the foam lter package,
allow the closing clamps to engage.
○ Perform a quick cleaning (Section: Quick cleaning).
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Cleaning the quartz glass / Replacing the UVC lamp
Attention! Ultra-violet radiation.
Possible consequences: Eye or skin injury from burns
Protective measures:
• Never operate the UVC lamp outside its housing.
• Never operate the UVC lamp in a housing that is defective
Danger: Ultraviolet radiation.
Do not expose eyes to lamp rays.
Disconnect power before servicing or replacing lamp.
Replace lamp only with lamp rated 9 watts:
Warning: To reduce the risk of electric shock - Connect only to a circuit that is protected by a ground-fault circuit
interrupter (GFCI)
For indoor and outdoor household use
Attention! Breakable glass
Possible consequences: Injury to your hands caused by cuts
Protective measures: Handle the quartz glass and UVC lamp with care.
Note!
For safety reasons the UVC lamp can only be switched on when the unit head has been correctly fitted into the casing.
Opening the UCV clarifying unit
1. Remove the cover from the UVC clarifying unit.
○ Turn the UVC clarifying unit counter-clockwise up
against the stop (bayonet closure), then carefully
pull out of the lter cover including the O ring.
2. Loosen the self-tapping screw until the the screw tip
is sunk in the housing of the clamping screw.
3. Unscrew the clamping screw counter-clockwise.
4. Remove the quartz glass including the O ring towards
the front with a slight turning movement.
○ Check the quartz glass and the O ring for damage
and replace, if necessary.
○ Clean the quartz glass outer face with a moist
cloth.
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Questions, problems, missing parts?
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us at [e-mail]. Or visit our website at www.oase-livingwater.com
Replacing the UVC lamp
Important:
●Only use lamps the identication and capacity data of
which correspond to the information on the type
plate.
●For an optimum lter performance, we recommend
to replace the UVC lamp every year after approx.
8,000 operating hours.
5. Pull out and replace the UVC lamp.
Assembly of the UVC clarifying unit
6. Insert the quartz glass including the O ring against
the stop in the unit head.
○ Press the O ring into the gap between unit head
and quartz glass.
7. Tighten the clamping screw clockwise up to the stop.
8. Tighten the self-tapping screw.
9. Check the O-Ring at the unit head for damage and
replace, if necessary.
○ Carefully push the unit head into the housing while
applying slight pressure. Ensure that the tenons
at the housing engage in the grooves of the
bayonet closure.
○ Turn the unit head clockwise against the stop while
applying slight pressure.
○ Ret the cover for the UVC pre-clarifying unit.
Cleaning the quartz glass / Replacing the UVC lamp (cont.)

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Storage/Winterization
● Pull out and replace the UVC lamp (Section: Replacing the UVC lamp).
● Put the unit out of operation at water temperatures below 46 °F (8 °C) or, at the latest, when freezing temperatures are
to be expected.
● Drain and thoroughly clean the unit, check for damage.
● Remove, clean, dry and store all lters in a frost-free environment.
● Ensure that the storage place is inaccessible to children.
● Cover the lter container such that the ingress of rain water is excluded.
● Drain all hoses, pipes and connections.
Wear parts
The UVC lamp, the quartz glass and the lters are wear parts and are excluded from the warranty.
Disposal
Do not dispose of this unit with domestic waste! Disable the unit beforehand by cutting off the cables. Further
information about the recycling of this product can be obtained from your local municipal authority.
Issue Cause Solution
The unit
performance is
not satisfactory
Unit has been in operation only for
a short time
The complete biological cleaning effect is only achieved after
several weeks
Water extremely soiled Remove algae and leaves from the pond, change the water
Excessive sh and animal
population
Guide value: approx. 2 ft (60 cm) sh length in 265 gal (1 m³)
pond water
Foam lters soiled Clean lters
Quartz glass tube soiled Remove UVC and clean quartz glass
UVC lamp capacity exhausted Replace the lamp after approx. 8,000 operating hours
UVC lamp
display is not lit
Power supply of the UVC not
connected
Connect UVC power plug
UVC lamp defective Replace the UVC lamp
Connection defective Check electrical connection
UVC overheated UVC automatically switches on when cooled down
No water outlet
from the pond
inlet
Pump power supply not connected Connect pump power supply
Pond inlet blocked Clean pond inlet
Filter container/pump housing
clogged
Clean lter container/pump housing
Troubleshooting
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