Winter Tank Use
Winterizing Your Renu Cold Plunge
- Shut unit off
- Close both shut off valves (perpendicular to plumbing)
- Remove blue filter housing
- Pull filter out from inside the blue housing (be careful not to lose the black O-ring inside
- Put the blue filter housing back on (tight enough not to leak but not so tight you can't get it back off)
- Open both shut off valves again (parallel with plumbing)
- Turn unit back on
- Hook up hose to hose bibb
- Open hose bibb valve
- Close top left shut off valve
- Allow to drain until the pump stops pumping water (the sound the pump is making will change as well)
- Shut off unit
- Close hose bibb shut off valve
- Remove hose
- Drain rest of water out of tub using cups, old towels, shop vac, whatever works
- Remove blue filter housing and take inside for the winter (Make sure not to lose the Black O-ring from the inside lip of the blue housing)
- Disconnect both hoses from the water chiller
- Unplug the water chiller
- Remove the water chiller, drain it as best you can and take inside for the winter
Getting Your Tank Back Up and Running After the Winter
- Put chiller back inside tank with the front of the chiller facing the small side vent.
- Plug the chiller back in
- Reattach the hoses to the chiller. The hose coming from the top of the blue filter housing goes to the IN on the chiller. The hose going to the top-left shut off valve goes to the OUT on the chiller
- Put a filter inside the blue filter housing and reattach the filter housing (tight enough not to leak but not so tight you can't remove it again)
- Fill unit with water
- Turn unit on and check for leaks