Catalina 340 Connect
Installation and Operating Manual
Spectra Watermakers
Katadyn Desalination LLC.
www.spectrawatermakers.com
2220 S. McDowell Blvd Ext. Petaluma, CA 94954
Phone: 415-526-2780
Updated July 2024
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Fresh Water Flush
Pressing the ‘Fresh Water Flush’ buon ushes
the watermaker with fresh water from the
vessel’s domesc water tanks. Aer
compleng the ush, Spectra Connect will
automacally enter the Auto Store mode.
Stop
Pressing the ‘Stop’ buon from the Home
Screen will end the Auto Store mode
countdown mer and leave your watermaker
in Standby mode.
When you rst power up the system, you will get a warning message, asking if the system has
been stored with chemicals.
If the system has been pickled, winterized, this is the rst startup, or the condion of the
system is unknown, go to COMMISSIONING on page 26 or serious damage may occur.
Start
Pressing the ‘Start’ buon once advances to
the Run Mode selecon screen.
Spectra Connect Quick Start Guide
Run Mode
Select your desired Run Mode to start making
water and lling your tanks. See details on Run
Mode opons on p. 37
Spectra Connect Modes and Denions
Auto Store: Aer the watermaker fresh water ushes, it will start a countdown mer that can be
seen on the Home screen. The mer indicates the next programmed fresh water ush if the
watermaker is not started again, or the ‘Stop’ buon is not pressed.
Fill Tank: The watermaker will automacally run unl the Tank Full switch in the water storage
tanks closes. Once the Tank Full switch closes, the watermaker automacally fresh water ushes,
then reverts to the Auto Store mode.
Auto Run: The watermaker can be set to run for a number of hours, or for a quanty of water to
be produced. When the desired quanty of water is produced or the run mer expires, the
watermaker will Fresh Water Flush and enter the Auto Store mode.
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Spectra Product Registraon Form
(To be completed by end user/owner)
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Spectra Watermakers Commissioning Report
(To be completed by authorized installer)
hps://spectrawarranty.formstack.com/forms/spectra_install_commissioning_report
Note: Oer & warranty criteria eecve 1/1/2021. For purchases made in the EU, please see ‘Expanded Warranty’ secon of war-
ranty policy in back of the manual for EU specic coverage.
EXCITING EXTENDED WARRANTY OFFER!
-Upgrade the standard 1-YEAR manufacturer warranty to 2-YEARS and LIFETIME on Clark Pump.
Follow the below steps to submit for approval:
1. Have system installed & commissioned by Spectra Authorized FSP (full-service provider)
2. Fill out web-based Product Registraon form (see back of owner’s manual for paper copy)
3. Complete web-based install/commissioning form (see back of owner’s manual for paper copy)
4. Upon sasfactory review of required submissions, your 4-digit system serial number will
receive an extra year of warranty coverage, and lifeme coverage on the Clark Pump!
See ‘Extended Warranty’ secon of owner’s manual for full coverage details.
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• Scan QR Code to Visit Spectra Manuals Page.
• Select System, then download the User Manual.
• Reference Commissioning Checklist for important
installaon requirements.
• Review Installaon Basics secon of Owner’s Manual
to ensure warranty compliance.
Spectra Watermakers - User Manual Online Access
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Table of Contents
Geng Started ..................................................................................................................... 9
Installaon Basics............................................................................................................... 10
Components ....................................................................................................................... 11
Catalina Plumbing Schemac & Plumbing Detail .............................................................. 13
Plumbing Detail .................................................................................................................. 15
Tube Fing Assembly Procedures .................................................................................... 18
Electrical ............................................................................................................................ 19
Installing a Remote Display ................................................................................................ 22
Tank Switch Installaon ..................................................................................................... 23
Oponal Tank Level Sensor Installaon ............................................................................ 25
Operaon ............................................................................................................................
New Systems Start Up and Tesng .................................................................................... 26
Dry Tesng with an Arcial Ocean .................................................................................. 28
Sensor Calibraon .............................................................................................................. 29
Tank Level Sensor Calibraon ............................................................................................ 31
Salinity Calibraon ............................................................................................................. 33
Product Flow Calibraon ................................................................................................... 34
Networking ........................................................................................................................ 35
Spectra Connect - MFD Integraon...................................................................................37
Normal Operaon ............................................................................................................. 39
Maintenance, Storage, and Troubleshoong ...........................................................
Maintenance ...................................................................................................................... 44
Introducon to Spectra Chemicals .................................................................................... 47
Storage Procedures ............................................................................................................ 49
Winterizing with Propylene Glycol .................................................................................... 50
Membrane Cleaning Procedure ......................................................................................... 51
Suggested Spares ............................................................................................................... 52
Troubleshoong ................................................................................................................. 53
Alarm Override and Manual Operaon ............................................................................. 55
Catalina Flow Test .............................................................................................................. 57
Poor Water Quality ............................................................................................................ 59
Technical Bullens ............................................................................................................. 60
Spectra Connect Programming & Controls ...............................................................
Introducon ....................................................................................................................... 62
User Sengs & Fault Alarms ............................................................................................. 63
Dealer Access Sengs ....................................................................................................... 64
Wiring Schemac ............................................................................................................... 68
Electrical Specicaons ..................................................................................................... 70
Oponal Z-Ion Installaon and Instrucons ...................................................................... 71
Exploded Views and Part Numbers ......................................................................... 74
Owner Resources ..............................................................................................................
Warranty, Product Registraon, Installaon & Commissioning Reports ......................... 85
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Thank you for your purchase of a Spectra Catalina 340c system. When properly installed and
maintained, it will provide years of trouble free service. Professional installaon is strongly
recommended. Like any piece of mechanical equipment, the system will require inspecon
and service, so plan ahead for service access and install “service loops” in cabling. If a dealer is
installing the system for you, review the locaon of the components to ensure the installaon
will meet your approval upon compleon.
Catalina Installation Quick Start
Important Details for Installer
1. The system must have a dedicated sea water inlet to guarantee a constant ow of water to
the system. The inlet should be as low in the boat as possible with a dedicated, forward-facing
scoop-type thru-hull ng.
2. Both the Catalina 340c feed pump module and the Clark Pump/Membrane module must be
installed in a well venlated compartment where temperatures will not exceed 113°F (45°C).
Many engine compartments exceed this temperature when underway. Warranty will be void if
the installaon does not meet this requirement.
3. Follow the wire gauge charts in the instrucons! Using larger wire than specied is
acceptable.
4. If you are separang the Clark Pump/membrane assembly, please review the high pressure
tube assembly instrucons. Improper assembly will cause failure!
5. Run, test, then sea trial the complete system before assuming it is operaonal. If the boat is
in fresh or dirty water, see Dry Tesng the System. Aer tesng, make sure the ush cycle
operates properly. The water going overboard at the end of the ush should measure <1000
PPM Total Dissolved Solids.
6. The Spectra Connect control must have DC power connuously to achieve the full benets
of the fresh water ush system. The domesc fresh water pressure must be on and the fresh
water tank level maintained. Calculate about 7 gallons (27 liters) per ush.
7. The Spectra Connect control must be de-powered (DC power o) aer the system is pickled
or winterized.
8. Spectra dealers are responsible for educang the vessel owners on the operaon and
maintenance of the system. Please walk through the enre installaon with our customer.
9. The equipment owner should ll out the warranty card or register online.
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Unpack the system and inspect it for damage during shipping. Freight damage must be
reported to the carrier within 24 hours.
Refer to the shipping list for your system to ensure you received all of the components listed.
Do not discard any packaging unl you have found and idened all of the parts. The small
installaon parts are listed on the kit list.
Warning! We will not be held responsible for shortages that are not reported within thirty
days of the ship date.
Study the system layout diagram, component photos, and descripons before beginning
installaon.
Lay out the system. Before starng the installaon idenfy where each module and
component will be placed. Ensure that there is enough clearance around the components for
removal of lters and system service. Make sure you have adequate tubing and hose before
starng. Addional parts may be ordered.
Getting Started
Catalina 340c Shipping List:
• Catalina Feed Pump Module
• 10% Clark Pump and Reverse Osmosis Membrane Module
• Boost Pump and Sea Strainer Module
• Fresh Water Flush Module or Z-Ion
• Service Kit
• 3/4-inch Black Spiral Sucon Hose (25 feet)
• 5/8-inch Vinyl Hose (25 feet)
• 3/4-inch Vinyl Hose (10 feet)
• 1/2-inch Vinyl Hose (25 feet) ed with Quick Connect Fing on
one end, and John Guest stem ng on the other end.
• 1/4-inch Black Product Tubing (25’)
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Installation Basics
• Read the direcons!
• Avoid ght hose bends and excessive runs.
• Use heavy gauge wire.
• Install feed pump module as low as possible.
• Boost pump module must be installed below the waterline.
• Use a dedicated thru-hull with scoop-type strainer.
• Do not mount components over electrical devices.
• Avoid geng dirt or debris into the piping or hoses during
assembly. A small bit of debris can stop the system!
Thru-hull Locaon: The system must be connected to a dedicated 3/4” to 1” forward-facing
scoop-type intake thru-hull and seacock.
Install the thru-hull intake as far below the waterline and as close to centerline as possible to
avoid contaminaon and air entering the system. Do not install the intake close to, or
downstream of, a head discharge, behind the keel, stabilizer ns, or other underwater xtures.
Thru-hulls in the bow area are suscepble to air intake in rough condions. Sharing a thru-hull
can introduce unforeseen problems such as intermient ow restricons, air bubbles,
contaminants, and will void the warranty. For racing boats and high speed boats traveling above
15 knots, a retractable snorkel-type thru-hull ng is preferred because it picks up water away
from the hull.
The brine discharge thru-hull should be mounted above the waterline, along or just above the
boot stripe, to minimize water li and back pressure.
Avoid restricons or long runs on the enre inlet side of the plumbing from the thru-hull to the
feed pump module.
Secure the piping away from moving objects such as engine belts and hatches. Prevent chafe on
the tubing as required. Test and inspect all piping and hose clamps aer several hours of
operaon.
Pipe Fing Instrucons: To seal plasc-to-plasc ngs, wrap 6 to 8 layers of Teon tape over
their threads. Hold the ng in your le hand and ghtly wrap the threads clockwise. For
smoother assembly, do not tape the rst (starng) threads.
Wiring
• Pay aenon to wire size or system performance will be impaired
• Perform wiring to UL, ABYC, CE or applicable standards
Seawater Flow
Thru-hull
Not Supplied.
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Components
Feed Pump Module
Mount the feed pump module on a vercal surface, up to 3-
feet (1.0M) above the waterline. It is preferable to mount as
low as possible. Locate in an area that allows easy access to
both the lters, and the le hand side of the enclosure. Keep
future maintenance in mind when choosing a locaon, and do
not mount above water-sensive equipment. The feed pump
has overheat protecon and will not operate properly at
ambient temperatures over 113°F (48°C).
Sea Strainer and Boost Pump Module: Mount close to the
intake through-hull, below the waterline, in a locaon that
can handle water spillage during service. The boost pump
power cable will connect to the feed pump module.
Fresh Water Flush Module: The fresh water ush module
may be located in any convenient locaon near the feed
pump module. It should be mounted with the lter housing
vercal and accessible, with 2” below the housing for lter
changes. Do not install over electrical equipment. The unit
contains the charcoal lter, a solenoid shut o valve, and a
ush water ow regulator.
IF INSTALLING THE Z±ION, SEE Z±ION INSTALLATION
INSTRUCTIONS FOR MORE DETAILS.
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Components - Cont.
Double rubber mounts
to absorb vibraon
This module must be installed in an area that maintains a temperature below 113°F (45°C). It
may be placed as high in the boat as you desire, and mounted in any posion, even upside
down. Make sure that the area around and under the pump does not have any water sensive
equipment, as water will be spilled during any repairs or if a leak occurs. Allow for easy access
to the pressure relief valve.
The Clark pump and membrane module comes complete with a mounng system. Be sure to
use the supplied washers on the rubber feet.
Pressure Relief Valve
Clark Pump and Membrane
Remote Touchscreen
The remote control panel can be mounted anywhere dry and
convenient. Cut a 5-5/8” (12.7 cm) wide by 3-1/4” (7.62 cm)
high opening for the panel. The display needs minimum 2
1/2” deep clearance for the cable. Take care not to damage
the plugs on the ends of the cable when roung. Use only a
Spectra-approved cable.
Accumulator Tank and Feed Pressure Gauge
The purpose of the feed line accumulators is to reduce the spikes
in the feed pressure caused by the cycling of the Clark Pump. If
the accumulators are not properly charged it can lead to
pressure spikes, decoupling, and system shut down. The
accumulator has a Schrader air valve, like a car re, which allows
the internal air bladder of the accumulator to be pre-charged.
The accumulator should be pre-charged to about 60 PSI (4.1 bar)
for best results. Add air using a re pump or air compressor. The
0-200 PSI analogue pressure gauge will allow you to monitor
Feed Pressure of the inlet water as it reaches your Clark Pump.
Schrader Valve
Feed Pressure Gauge
Note: Accumulator Pressure is
read in the Schrader valve. The
Feed Pressure (Inlet water
pressure) is read on the
Pressure Gauge.
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Use the supplied 3/4” (19mm)
sucon hose (clear with black spiral)
from the inlet thru-hull to the boost
pump/sea strainer module, and from
the boost pump/sea
strainer module to the
From the Clark pump brine discharge
connector use the supplied 5/8 (16 mm)
clear braided vinyl hose with Quick
Connect ng to the brine overboard
ng.
Plumbing Schematic
Flush water from ship’s
pressure water system
25 psi (2bar) minimum
and 50 psi ( 3.5bar)
maximum.
Use part of the 25-feet (8 meters)
of 1/2-inch vinyl hose, pre-ed
with a 1/2-inch John Guest stem
ng, to connect the feed pump
to the Clark Pump feed water inlet.
(see following pages)
Use the 1/2-inch vinyl hose with
the Quick Connect ng
between the Z-Ion/fresh water
ush module and the top of the
sea strainer. (see following
pages)
The oponal Z-ION will
replace the Fresh Water
Flush module
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Catalina 340C Plumbing Diagram
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Plumbing Detail
Your system includes 25-feet of 1/2” vinyl hose with a Quick
Connect ng on one end and a 1/2” John Guest stem ng
on the other, both crimped on with ferrules. You will CUT THIS
HOSE and, using the ngs found in the installaon kit, use
one end for the feed water inlet hose and the other for the
fresh water ush hose:
Fresh Water Flush: Route a feed line from the domesc cold pressure water system to the
1/2” hose barb on the fresh water ush module. This needs to be pressurized for the fresh
water ush system to funcon properly. The domesc fresh water pump must be able to
deliver 1.5 gallons per minute (6 LPM) at 25 PSI (1.7 bar). Note: Never leave system
unaended during a ush cycle. Once cycle is complete system will sll draw power in a
standby state unl user manually pushes the ‘Stop’ buon on the controller.
Aaching 1/2” vinyl hose to Z-Ion/
fresh water ush module with the pre-
ed Quick Connect ng:
From the intake seacock to the sea strainer/boost pump module,
and from the sea strainer/boost pump module to the prelter
housing on the feed pump module, use the 3/4” black, spiral-
wound sucon hose:
Flush water from ship’s
pressure water system
25 psi (2bar) minimum
If purchased, the
optional Z-ION replaces
the Fresh Water Flush
Module
Aaching 1/2” vinyl hose to sea
strainer using the 3/8” John Guest
stem ng and hose
clamp found in
installaon kit:
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Quick Disconnect Fing
Plumbing Detail - Cont.
Brine Discharge: Route the brine discharge from the quick disconnect ngs to a thru-hull
above the waterline using the supplied 5/8” braided vinyl hose and the male Quick Disconnect
ng from the installaon kit:
From the feed pump to the Clark Pump feed water inlet, use the remaining 1/2-inch vinyl hose,
with the 1/2-inch John Guest stem ng pre-ed with a ferrule. Insert the pre-ed end into
the feed pump (Figure 1), and the 1/2” John Guest stem ng and hose clamp from the
installaon kit for the Clark Pump feed water inlet (Figure 2). Refer to John Guest assembly
instrucons on page 18:
Figure 1: Figure 2:
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Product to tank: Route the product water into the top
of a vented tank, or a tee in the water tank ll hose.
DO NOT feed into a vent line, manifold, or into the
boom of the tank. Bladder tanks will create too much
back pressure. There must be no restricon or back
pressure whatsoever in this piping.
Salinity Probe (under)
Diversion Valve
Product Water Plumbing
The 1/4”(6mm) product water tubing is pre-plumbed from the membrane into the electric diversion
valve. The diversion valve will reject product water into the overboard brine stream unl the
Connect controller determines the product water is below 750 PPM salinity. Once below 750 PPM,
the Connect controller opens the diversion valve and product water is diverted into the fresh water
tank. The salinity probe must be mounted in a vercal posion with the cable coming out the
boom. If the Clark Pump/Membrane Module is mounted vercally or upside down the diversion
valve/probe assembly MUST be remounted in the proper orientaon.
For plumbing to the fresh water tank, see the John Guest ng assembly diagram on the next
page.
Product Diversion Valve Manifold
Rotoow Meter
Accepted Product
Water Outlet
Rejected product outlet
Check Valve
Manual override buon
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John Guest Super Speedfit Fittings
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The Catalina 340c has a power inlet harness with a terminal block and cover, a boost pump
power plug with a yellow band, terminal block for the tank full switch and the oponal tank
level sensor, and a short plug with a green band for the oponal Z-Ion.
Do not install it in hot or poorly venlated locaons. Allow access to the motor speed
control.
Power inlet harness
with terminal block
Boost pump cable (Yellow)
Motor speed controller
Spectra Connect
controller (Inside
control box)
Run Auto/Manual/Service
toggle switch
Electrical
Z-ION Connector (with green band). Le
unused if your system was not ordered
with the oponal Z-ION.
Tank Full Switch
Terminal Block,
Green + Orange
Tank Level Sensor
5vdc: Red
Signal: White
Ground: Black
Standard Fresh Water
Flush connector (Blue)
Product manifold assemble (Red-
connects le of Clark Pump)
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Catalina 340C systems are pre-ed with waterproof connectors for electrical and signal
cables. Each connector is dierent, so it is impossible to connect them incorrectly, and the
connectors are color-coded. The system has a power inlet harness with a terminal block and
cover, a 2-conductor boost pump cable, a 5-conductor diversion valve and Rotoow sensor
cable, a 2–conductor fresh water ush solenoid cable, a Z-Ion power and signal cable, and a 50
-foot (15M) cable for the Connect display.
Diversion Valve and
Rotoow Cable (5-
conductor, Red).
Z-Ion power and signal
cable (3-conductor,
Green)
Cables are shown coming
out of the boom of the
Feed Pump Module.
Fresh water ush
solenoid cable (2-
conductor, Blue)
50’ (15M) cable with
connectors for the
connect display
The Catalina 340c has three ports
that can be viewed when looking
down inside the Feed Pump Module;
one for the display, one for
networking, and one for the salinity
probe. The Salinity probe is a 5 pin
cable with RJ-12 connectors (phone
jack) on both ends this cable runs in
parallel. The Display cable is a
standard Cat 5e ethernet cable.
Electrical - Cont.
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Electrical - Cont.
Wire Size Guide for the Catalina 340c 12 Volt:
8 Gauge (10mm²) up to 15 feet (4.5M)
6 Gauge (16mm²) up to 20 feet (7.6M)
4 Gauge (25mm²) up to 35 feet (14M)
Wire Size Guide for the Catalina 340c 24 Volt:
8 Gauge (10mm²) up to 30 feet (10.6M)
6 Gauge (16mm²) up to 45 feet (14M)
Wire Size Guide for the Catalina 340c 48 Volt:
14 Gauge (2.5mm²) up to 30 feet (10.6M)
12 Gauge (4mm²) up to 50 feet (15.2M)
Note: All wiring to be done to applicable ABYC, Marine UL, or CE standards.
Distances at le represent the total
ROUND TRIP wire length (DC posive
length plus DC negave length), NOT
the length of the pair of wires
together. Size cables accordingly.
Mount the main power terminal block in a juncon box or on a bulkhead adjacent to the feed
pump module. Make sure that this is a dry locaon well above bilge level and not subject to
water spray. Be sure to install the terminal block cover.
Check the wire size chart for appropriate wire sizes. DC power feeds should be uninterrupble
to insure proper operaon of the auto store feature. Avoid house breaker panels that could be
accidentally tripped.
Component Sizing:
• 12-Volt: Use a 32A-35A breaker and size the wiring for 25 Amperes.
• 24-Volt: Use a 15A breaker and size the wire for 13 Amperes.
• 48-Volt: Use a 8-10A breaker and size the wire for 7 Amperes.
• Provide circuit protecon at the source! Undersized wiring will reduce system
Connect the yellow boost pump connector from the boom of the feed pump housing to
the corresponding connector routed from the boost pump.
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Installing a Remote Display
Route the cable through the vessel in the most direct route possible. Avoid kinking the wire,
or sharp corners where the wire can chafe through while the vessel is under way.
Turn power OFF to the system.
Connect the ethernet cable to back of the display in the open jack.
Connect the opposing end of the ethernet cable to the RJ12 port labeled “DISPLAY” in the feed
pump module.
Remote Display
Plugin
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Factory Supplied Tank Full Switch
Installing the supplied tank full oat switch at the top of your water tank
allows the Spectra Connect to ll your water tank then automacally stop,
fresh water ush and return to Auto Store mode with no addional user
commands.
Note: The oat may need to be ipped 180 degrees to work properly. The
oat can be easily ipped by removing the clip opposite the wire.
Drill and tap a 1/8” npt port into the top of the fresh water tank that is being lled by the
watermaker. This can be installed on a tank access cover, or directly into the water tank. If
installing on an access cover, be sure to leave a service loop on the oat switch wiring to allow
removal of the tank access cover.
For Instrucons on ‘Auto Fill’ mode and installing a Tank Low switch, see ‘Auto Fill’ mode
instrucons later in this manual.
Watermakers should never be run unaended.
Your watermaker comes with the top-mounted Tank Full Switch (EL-SWT-LV) and is designed
to be mounted to the top of the water tank. The side-mounted oat switch (EL-SWT-SMLV)
can be sourced from your local dealer or Full Service Provider if you cannot access the top of
your tank.
If you do not install the Tank Full switch in your tank, you MUST DISABLE the Tank Full
Switch in the system sengs. See System Sengs instrucons later in this manual.
Tank Switch Installation
The supplied oat switch must be connected to the Green and Orange conductors at the
Feed Pump Module, labeled Tank Full Switch. There is no polarity. Connect to Tank 1 termi-
nals.
Use 18/2 nned wire or larger. Wire is not included in the installaon kit.
Drill and Tap
Connect to Gr/Or
wires
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Oponal Tank Low Switch
Installing the tank low oat switch about 2/3rds down from the top of your water tank allows the
Spectra Connect to run in Auto Fill mode; automacally lling your water tank, stopping itself,
fresh water ushing, returning to Auto Store mode, and then turning itself on again to ll the tank
when the water level drops below the Tank Low Switch with no addional user commands.
Drill 5/8” hole into the side of the fresh water tank that is being lled by the watermaker. This can
be installed wherever there in convenient access to the tank, approximately 2/3rds of the way
down from the top of the tank.
Drill 5/8” hole
Tank Switch Installation
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The oat switch must be connected to the Tank Switch 2 terminals on the Spectra Connect
control board at the Feed Pump Module. There is no polarity.
For Instrucons on enabling the ‘Auto Fill’ mode see the System Sengs instrucons later
in this manual.
Watermakers should never be run unaended!
Tank Switch 2
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The oponal Tank Level sensor allows even greater control of your ship’s fresh water systems. This
unique level monitoring system requires no holes to be drilled into your tank while measuring tank
volume with greater accuracy than a standard resisve oat.
Turn o the ship’s domesc water system, close the fresh water supply valve at the water tank,
then bleed o the pressure by opening a tap in the galley or head sink.
Install a tee in the water supply hose at the boom of the tank, or at inlet to the domesc water
pump. Connect open leg of the tee to the Tank Level Sensor. Note: The tank level sensor requires
a 1/4” npt connecon. We recommend installing a minimum 1/2” tee, and using a reducing
bushing to connect the sensor.
Tank Level
Sensor
Fresh Water
Tank
Domesc
Water Pump
Connect:
Red to Red
White to White
Black to Black
If a 2nd Tank Level Sensor is going to be installed, it should be installed at the base of the
second tank. If monitoring 2 water tanks, they must be isolated from each other with a
valve to read properly.
The wiring connecons for the second Tank Level Sensor are located inside the Spectra
Connect control box. See System Sengs secon of this manual for instrucons on enabling
the second Tank Level Sensor.
See the Tank Level Calibraon (pg. 31) in the Commissioning secon of this manual.
Optional Tank Level Sensor Installation
Route the 3 conductor cable back to the Spectra Connect control board at the feed pump
module. Extend the wires as necessary. If you must extend the wires beyond 50’ contact the
factory to ensure proper operaon.
Connect the Tank Level Sensor cables to the 3 conductors label Tank Level Sensors at the feed
pump module. Polarity must be maintained!
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Commissioning
New System Start-Up and Tesng
Use this procedure when starng a new watermaker for the rst me and whenever the
system contains preservave or cleaning chemicals.
Avoid running the system if the vessel is in contaminated water, such as a dirty harbor or
canal. The system should be fully run tested before leaving on an extended journey. It is
preferable to sacrice a prelter by tesng the system briey in turbid water rather than
waing to get oshore to discover a problem or deciency in the installaon. If the locaon or
weather prevents proper tesng refer to the secon Dry Tesng with an Arcial Ocean.
1. First Check That:
• Seacock is open
• Toggle switch on the Feed Pump
Module is in the Run Auto posion
• Domesc fresh water pressure system
is on.
2. Open pressure relief valve 1/2 turn and remove the
Green Tag and washer!
• Alarm will sound
• Display will read “Has the
system been stored with
chemicals?”
• Conrm the Pressure Relief
Valve is open
• Press ‘Yes’ to start the Purge
sequence
Warning! Damage may occur if the purge sequence is bypassed and
the membrane is pressurized with storage chemical in it.
3. Turn on the power to the system and the Spectra Connect screen will display, “Has the
system been stored with chemicals?” Press ‘Yes’, to start the Purge sequence. Note: The
watermaker will shut down if the pressure relief valve is le closed during the Purge mode.
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Note: If you must stop the purge sequence for any reason, the control will default back to
the beginning of the purge mode to protect your system.
5. Aer the purge sequence the display will alarm with the message “Close pressure
relief valve.” Close the valve and proceed by pressing Ok to resume the Purge Cycle.
If the system is new from the factory, or stored with Propylene Glycol, addional purging me
may be required.
6. The system will now run under pressure and
desalinate water. This mode diverts the product water
overboard in case there is any residual chemicals in
the membrane. Carefully inspect for leaks over the
enre system! Shut down the system and repair any
leaks you nd.
Check the strainer and the brine discharge for water ow. The system should fully prime
within 60-90 seconds and all air should be out of the feed water hoses. The feed pump will
sound smooth.
There should be no bubbles anywhere in the intake hoses. If the feed pump connues to
sound rough, nd the reason before connuing! Inspect the system for leaks.
4. The system will start purging and the display will
show the progress and me remaining
New System Start-Up and Testing - Cont.
7. Aer the Product Purge cycle completes, the system will prompt to Restart, then advance
to the Main Menu. If this is a NEW INSTALLATION, connue to the Calibraon
Instrucons to nalize the installaon. If you are pung your watermaker back into
service, your system is now ready for use.
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Dry Testing with an Artificial Ocean
If it is not possible to test run the system with the boat in the water, you may test the system
with an arcial ocean. You will need 1.3 lbs. of non-iodized salt (rock salt, sea salt, or aquarium
salt) to make a 5 gallons (33 grams of salt per liter) of water that is about 33,000 PPM salinity
(average seawater salinity). Make sure the domesc water system is powered up and the boat’s
tank has at least 60 gallons (230 Liters) of water to purge the storage chemicals from the system.
Conrm that the charcoal lter is installed in the feed pump module, and the domesc water
line is connected.
1. Open the pressure relief valve on the Clark Pump. Remove the green tag and spacer.
2. Power up the system. When the Spectra Connect displays “Has the system been stored with
chemicals?”, select “No” to bypass the purge mode.
3. Press the Fresh Water Flush buon to run a full ush cycle. Do this six mes to purge the
storage chemicals, a 36 minute process.
4. Replace the brine overboard hose with the brine service hose per gure 1.
5. Push the Fresh Water Flush buon again to ll the bucket with fresh water from the brine
discharge service hose (hose aached to Clark Pump). Press Stop when the bucket is full.
6. Mix the salt to the proper proporon or use an aquarium hydrometer to adjust the salinity
level to a specic gravity of 1.025.
7. Disconnect the quick release ng from the pigtail coming from the charcoal lter housing
outlet and connect the intake service hose per Figures 2. Route both service hoses into a 5
gallon (20 liter) bucket. Disconnect the product tube from the diversion valve manifold, and
using another small piece of tube, route it into the bucket.
8. Push the Start buon, then press Auto Run and program the Connect to make 10 gal (38 L)
of water, roughly 45 minutes of operaon.
9. Allow the system to prime and then close the pressure relief valve. The system should build
pressure shortly and start making water, with the brine and product water recombining in
the bucket to be cycled again. This will gradually heat the water. Do not let the water
temperature exceed 120 deg. F (49 deg. C).
10. Run the system under pressure, checking for proper operaon and leaks. Aer tesng the
system, re-install the brine discharge hose, product tube, and fresh water hose from the
strainer. You can now ush the system by pressing the Fresh Water Flush buon.
Remove tag
and washer
OPEN PRESSURE
RELIEF VALVE
Fig. 1
Fig. 2
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3. When the Calibraon Sequence is complete, press the
buon in the upper le corner to return to the
Main Menu.
When prompted by the display, Click Save to make
sure that the Calibraon is stored in the system
memory.
4. The Filter Condion has now been calibrated to match your installaon.
1. During the calibraon sequence the system will automacally start, begin to make water
for several minutes and then shut itself down. Make sure that the lters have been
replaced for new, the strainer is clean, and all thru-hulls are open before proceeding.
2. Follow the steps in Figures 1-4 below to iniate the Calibraon Sequence.
Sensor Calibration
Many of the sengs on your system have been pre-calibrated during standard factory tesng,
however, there are a few sengs that will vary based on the installaon, vessel, and other
onboard condions. If the system has just been installed you must calibrate the Prelter
Condion before proceeding.
This procedure does not need to be done with each lter change under normal operaon, it
should ONLY BE DONE IF THE FILTER CONDITION WON’T RESET TO 100% WITH NEW FILTERS
AND A CLEAN/NEW STRAINER SCREEN.
Prelter Condion Calibraon
Fig. 1 Fig. 2
Fig. 3 Fig. 4
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Flush Adjustments
Adjustments for your Catalina 340c are typically calibrated from the factory to ensure that sea
water is thoroughly ushed out of the watermaker using the least amount of fresh water.
However, due to dierent lengths of hose runs, dierent rates of ow, and dierent pressures
in shipboard fresh water systems, the ush duraon should be opmized for your boat. The
ush cycle is adjusted with 2 sengs: the pump speed and the ush duraon.
Check the pump speed
1. Close the thru-hull for the raw water inlet.
2. Push the Fresh Water Flush buon. The ush valve will open and the feed pump will start
at Flush Speed. If the ush completes normally, then the Flush Cycle is set properly.
3. If the display alarms ‘Service Prelters’ then the fresh water pump is not supplying enough
water, and the feed pump needs to be slowed down.
Slowing down the pump during a Fresh Water Flush
Inside the feed pump module, under the Conn box, is the pump
speed controller. On the speed controller board are two magnec
reed switches for adjusng the pump motor speed. The switches are
narrow black bars, 5/8” (16mm) long. The increase speed switch is
labeled S2; the decrease speed switch is labeled S3. Each me a small
magnet is placed near the switch with the pump
is running, the speed will change slightly.
1. Open the thru-hull for the raw water inlet.
2. Push the Fresh Water Flush buon.
3. Gently tap a magnet on the S3 Reed Switch (Decrease Speed Switch). Wait 3 seconds
between each pass of the magnet.
4. Gently tap the magnet 3 mes, then go back to step 3. Repeat
this process unl the Spectra Connect controller no longer
alarms Service Prelters.
Once you’ve adjusted the speed correctly, the speed controller will
stay programmed for this speed during fresh water ushes.
Calibration - Cont.
Increase
speed
switch
Decrease
Speed
switch
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3. Check/Adjust the ush duraon
Run the watermaker for 10 minutes to ll the system with seawater, conrm that the
diversion valve opens and water is diverted to the tanks.
Press the ‘Stop’ buon. The system will automacally fresh water ush.
Allow the fresh water ush to connue to compleon. At the end of the ush cycle capture
some of the ush water at the brine discharge in a clean cup. Measure the salinity of the brine
discharge and conrm that it is below 1000ppm using a calibrated hand held TDS meter.
If the ush duraon needs to be increased, seek the Spectra Connect programming
instrucons in this manual.
Flush Adjustments - Cont.
Tank Level Sensor Calibration
1. Press the Menu Buon 2. Press the Calibrate Sensors Buon
3. Press the Tank Level 1 buon
4. Fill the fresh water tank to be monitored.
Fig. 1 Fig. 2
Fig. 3 Fig. 4
Follow the steps in Figures 1—4 laid out below to enter the calibraon sequence for the
oponal Tank Level Sensor(s).
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Tank Level Sensor Calibration - Cont.
5. Measure the approximate height of the water tank in feet and inches (or in meters and
cm’s).
6. Press the Feet (Meter) eld to enter the tank height in feet (meters). Press the Inch (cm)
eld to enter the height in inches.
Ex: If the Tank height is 150cm:
Enter ‘1’ in the eld labeled ‘Meter’
Enter ‘50’ in the eld labeled ‘cm’
7. Press ‘Submit’ and conrm your entry matches your measurement.
8. You must save all changes when prompted aer exing the sengs menu.
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3. Press the Salinity—Product Buon 4. Press Connue to acknowledge the warning
5. The system will run for a minimum of 5 minutes to stabilize the product water salinity.
6. Using a calibrated handheld TDS meter measure the salinity of the product water at a
sampling port, or a convenient locaon if no sampling valve was installed.
7. Touch the ‘PPM’ eld and enter the reading taken above.
8. Press ‘Proceed’ to store the new calibraon value. You must save all changes when
prompted aer exing the sengs menu
Fig. 1 Fig. 2
Fig. 3 Fig. 4
Salinity Calibration
1. Press the Menu Buon 2. Press the Calibrate Sensors Buon
The Salinity probe has been calibrated at the factory during tesng and is not normally
required during commissioning. If the product quality is not reading accurately, follow
calibraon steps.
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4. Once the system has started and a steady stream of water is owing from the product
water tubing, me in minutes and seconds, how long it takes to ll a container of a known
volume.
5. Touch the ‘Gal’ (’Liter’) eld to enter the volume of the container used.
6. Touch the ‘Minutes’ eld to enter the minutes it took to ll the container. Only enter the
minutes, ex: 3 min 15 sec should be entered as 3.
7. Touch the seconds eld to enter the seconds it took to ll the container. Only enter the
seconds, ex: 3 min 15 sec should be entered as 15.
8. Press ‘Proceed’. You must save all changes when prompted aer exing the sengs menu
3. Press the Product Flow Buon
The Product Flow sensor has been calibrated at the factory during tesng and isn’t normally
required during commissioning. If the product ow is not reading accurately, conrm the
product ow rate by following the Product Flow calibraon steps.
Product Flow Calibration
1. Press the Menu Buon
2. Press the Calibrate Sensors Buon
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Networking
Your Spectra Connect is equipped with state of the art networking opons to allow the
maximum user control in a wide variety of installaons. The instrucons below will help you
get the most out of your Spectra Connect.
Connecng to the exisng Network
1. Turn power to the system o.
2. Connect a standard Cat5e or Cat6 ethernet cable from the control board located inside
the feed pump module to your ship’s router or networking switch.
3. Turn power to the system back on.
4. Follow the screen prompts below:
5. Note the line ‘Device IP’ shown in Fig. 3 and record the 10 digit numerical address on the
front of this manual.
Fig. 1 Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Note: Your Spectra Connect is only available when your device is connected to the same local
network as the Spectra Connect control board. If you have diculty connecng to your
watermaker control applicaon, double check the that your device network is the same as your
Spectra Connect
Ethernet Jack
Note: If you are connecng directly
into a wireless router, DO NOT
CONNECT TO THE WLAN (Wireless
Local Area Network) ethernet port.
You must connect to one of the router
ports labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.
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8. Your computer should now show the same image as shown on your local Spectra Connect
7. On the computer, tablet or smartphone, open a web browser such as Firefox, Chrome, or
Safari. In the web address bar at the top, type the ‘Device IP’ address previously recorded.
Press ‘Enter’.
Note: Internet Explorer may not be compable with your Spectra Connect web app. If
formang issues occur, use another browser such as Firefox, Safari, or Chrome.
Ex: Address Bar—Firefox
9. Your web browser is now synced with your Spectra Connect. Any buons you press on
your web browser will be controlling your watermaker.
Cauon! If operang your watermaker from a computer, phone, or tablet, you must keep
the tab open while the system is in operaon and the volume turned up on your device in
order to hear any audible alarm faults.
Connecting to the existing Network - Cont.
Ship’s Router or Switch
6. Connect your computer, tablet or smart phone to the local network your Spectra Connect
is plugged into.
Wired Connecon: simply plug your computer’s ethernet port directly into the router
or switch where you connected the watermaker.
Wireless Connecon: make sure your device is connected to the same local wireless
network as the Spectra Connect
Wired Connecon
Wireless Connecons
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Spectra Connect — MFD Integration
To connect your Spectra Connect system to a Garmin, Raymarine, or Navico/Simrad MFD, follow steps 1
and 2. Step 3 varies depending on your MFD model, so follow the specic instrucons for your device.
Step 1: First, connect the Ethernet cord between the Spectra "Network" port and the MFD Ethernet
port. Some Spectra models have this port on the control box, while others require a direct connecon to
the circuit board, as seen below (circled in yellow).
Step 2: Ensure the MFD rmware is up to date using the appropriate method for your device (Acve
Captain app/SD card for Garmin, internet/SD card for Raymarine, or internet/Simrad mobile app for
Navico/Simrad).
• On the Spectra display, press the Menu buon and select "Support" to check for an IP Address. If it
shows "NILL", restart the system via Menu Icon > Restart. Next, on Spectra Connect, select the ap-
propriate MFD vendor (Garmin, Raymarine, or Navico) from the Menu.
• On the MFD, look for the Spectra logo app to automacally appear, which may take a few minutes,
and tap the icon to complete the setup. This process allows for a duplicate screen connecon, en-
suring seamless integraon between your Spectra Connect system and the MFD. For further trou-
bleshoong, refer to the manual or contact Spectra technical support.
GARMIN
Step 3: On the Spectra Connect, press Menu icon > Select MFD Vendor > Garmin
•On Garmin, tap “Vessel” and look for app with Spectra logo that should automacally populate. This
can take a few minutes.
•Tap “Spectra” Icon that has appeared.
This will allow a duplicate screen connecon, and completes the setup.
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Spectra Connect — MFD Integration Cont.
RAYMARINE
Step 3: On the Spectra Connect, press Menu icon > Select MFD Vendor > Raymarine
•On Raymarine, tap “Apps” and look for app with Spectra logo that should automacally populate.
This can take a few minutes.
•Tap “Spectra” Icon that has appeared.
This will allow a duplicate screen connecon, and completes the setup.
Step 3: On the Spectra Connect, press Menu icon > Select MFD Vendor > Navico
•On Simrad, tap “Apps” and look for app with Spectra logo that should automacally populate. This
can take a few minutes.
•Tap “Spectra” Icon that has appeared.
This will allow a duplicate screen connecon, and completes the setup.
NAVICO/SIMRAD
See below for troubleshoong ps and things to check.
• Ethernet cord is plugged into correct “Network” port, as seen in Step 1 (circled in yellow).
-Most models also have a network port on the outside of the control box labeled "Network"
• Verify your specic MFD rmware is up to date with latest package.
• Stuck on “Selecng MFD” Screen?
-Restart the system and retry your selecon. Ensure ethernet cord is installed prior to selecng
MFD vendor on the display.
• Ensure your Spectra Connect shows rmware rev v3.1 or newer
-(Menu > Support).
• Check that your Wireless Access is enabled (by default this should already be enabled)
-Menu > Dealer Access > User “admin” Password “admin” > Network Setup
• Combinaon screen compability depends on vendor & display size specics.
-Below350px will return a message of “Resoluon Not Supported”.
For further assistance, contact Spectra technical support at techsupport@spectrawatermakers.com or
call 415-526-2780, opon 3.
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If the system has been pickled or stored with chemicals, use the New System Startup
procedure on page 26.
Your watermaker will fresh water ush aer every use. Remember that you need to run the
system approximately half an hour to make enough fresh water for one ush.
You may noce that the system output is higher when charging your baeries. This is normal.
1. Check to see that the inlet and brine discharge seacocks are open and the domesc
pressurized water system is turned on.
2. Press the ‘Start’ buon, then select the desired operang mode.
Runs your watermaker unl the Tank Full switch closes, fresh water ushes the
system, then goes into ‘Auto Store’ mode and the Flush Interval mer starts.
This is the default mode of operaon.
Gives you the opon to run for a preset amount of me, or a preset volume of
water to be produced. If no tank switches are installed, and they have been
disabled in the system sengs, this is the only Operang Mode available.
Normal Operation
Standard Operang Modes
Enter Volume or Time
desired
Select Gallons/Liters or Hours
Starts the
Watermaker
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3. The system will now begin the start sequence. Pressing ‘Stop’ will bring you back to the
Main Menu.
4. Once the Boost Pressure reaches the minimum threshold, the system starts operang and
you will be taken directly to the Main Dashboard.
Page
Le
Page
Right
Run Mode
(High)
Operang
Mode
Current
Screen
Diversion
Valve Status
(CLOSED)
Diversion
Valve Status
(OPEN)
6. When the Product Water Quality is below the programmed threshold, the Diversion Valve
opens, allowing water to enter the tanks and the screen image changes.
7. Pressing the < (Page Le) or > (Page Right) arrows will show a dierent screen with
dierent operang informaon for your watermaker.
Verify that the system is operang according to the factory specicaons detailed on p.36.
See the Troubleshoong secon to idenfy any anomalies.
Normal Operation - Cont.
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To access this informaon about your watermaker while it is running press the < or > buons
to scroll through the pages.
Nominal Operang Parameters
8. When the Run Cycle completes, or by pressing ’Stop’, the system will start to Fresh Water
Flush. You MUST FRESH WATER FLUSH the watermaker AFTER EACH USE, or serious damage
can occur
8. Aer Fresh Water Flushing the system will enter the ‘Auto Store’ mode, and the interval
mer unl the next scheduled ush will show on the screen.
Normal Operation - Cont.
For Spec Producon:
12V Systems: Run at 13.2 VDC min
24V Systems Run at 26.4 VDC min
48V Systems Run at 48 VDC min
System
AMPS Feed Pressure Static * Total Flow/Feed Flow Product Flow
Product
Quality
12V MAX 24V MAX 48V MAX PSI bar PSI GPM LPM
GPM
(min)
LPM
(min)
GPH LPH
GPH
(min)
LPH
(min)
TDS
Catalina 340 19.5 21.5 9.75 10.75 5.2 5.7 90-100 6.3-7 25-35 2.8 10.6 2.7 10.2 14 52.9 13.5 51.0
< 300
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Other Operang Modes
Run Low Mode
You can toggle back and forth between Run
High Mode and Run Low Mode by tapping the
‘High’ toggle buon.
Run Low Mode may be selected to reduce
power consumpon or to lower the feed
pressure.
Note: The system will automacally drop to Low Mode when it senses high feed pressure, or
dirty prelters.
Normal Operation – Cont.
Auto Fill Mode
If your vessel is equipped with a Tank Low and a Tank Full switch, and both are enabled in the
system sengs, then your Start Menu will allow the system to be operated in Auto Fill mode.
WARNING: NEVER RUN YOUR WATERMAKER UNATTENDED. EQUIMENT CAN BE SERIOUSLY
DAMAGED, AND IT IS POSSIBLE TO SINK THE VESSEL! Use extreme cauon when operang in
Auto Fill mode!
In Auto Fill Mode the Spectra Connect will automacally ll your water tank, stop itself, fresh
water ush, return to Auto Store mode with the ush interval mer running, and then turn
itself on again to ll the tank as soon as the water level drops below the Tank Low Switch with
no addional user commands.
Addionally, if power is interrupted at any stage of operaon, the Spectra Connect will return
to Auto Fill mode, ensuring that your tanks will always have water.
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Warning! Proper understanding of the Spectra ush system and the vessel’s fresh water system is
mandatory for extended use of Auto Store. The ush cycles must not be allowed to drain all the
fresh water from the tank or damage to the vessel’s systems and the watermaker may occur.
The Auto Store funcon ushes the watermaker at programmed intervals. As long as the
watermaker is ushed with fresh water every 5 days (30 days with the Z-Ion) you need not store
the system with chemicals.
• Make sure there is enough water in the fresh water tanks to supply the watermaker for more
than the expected me of operaon in the Auto Store mode. If there isn't enough fresh water
in your tank, seawater will be drawn in and the system will not be ushed with fresh water.
The Catalina 340c requires about 7 gallons (26 liters) for each ush. The boat’s pressure water
supply must be on and stay on while the system is in Auto Store mode. If these condions
cannot be met, then pickling with SC-1 storage chemical or propylene glycol is preferable.
• Make sure the pressure relief valve on the Clark Pump is closed.
• The system must be connually powered on during the Auto Store mode. Turning o the
power will disable the automac fresh water ush and damage may occur.
Auto Store:
Flushes the system with fresh water, then
acvates the ush interval mer:
Normal Operation - Cont.
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Maintenance
General
Periodically inspect the entire system for leakage and chafing. Repair any leaks as soon as you
find them. Some crystal formation around the Clark Pump blocks is normal. Wipe down any salt
encrusted areas with a damp cloth.
Watermakers are at their best when run regularly. Biological fouling in the membrane is more
likely when a watermaker sits idle. A warm environment will cause more growth than a cold
environment. A fresh water flush every five days (30 days with the Z-Ion) will greatly reduce
biological growth, but may not stop it completely. The Z-Ion system protects the membrane
from bio-fouling without the use of storage chemicals.
The Seawater Strainer
The seawater strainer’s stainless steel element should be inspected, removed, and cleaned as
needed. Ensure that the thru-hull is closed before disassembly and the gasket is in place before
reassembly. When the system is put into storage, remove the strainer, rinse with fresh water,
and reassemble dry to impede corrosion. Check frequently during operation.
The Prefilters
Service the prelters as soon as possible aer the prelter condion graph begins to rise. If the
lter condion graph gets all the way to “Replace” the machine will slow down. When display
reaches “Replace” a second me, the alarm will sound and the system will shut down to prevent
damage. Prelter elements must be changed frequently. The rate is solely dependent on the
input water. A 5-micron lter might last you a 4-6 weeks in clear open ocean seawater, or be
ruined in minutes in a dirty harbor. Spectra does not advise to aempt to clean dirty prelters.
Prelters are a consumable item and should be changed for new when in queson. Please
review prelter bullen to page 60. prior to running your system.
To service the lters close the thru-hull, open the housings, remove the old lters, clean out the
housing bowls, and reassemble the housings with new 20 and 5 micron lter elements. The 5
micron lter goes downstream from the 20 micron. Leave dry unl next startup.
Note: Use only Spectra-approved lters or you may void your warranty. Occasionally, lightly
lubricate the O-rings with silicone grease.
Oil/Water Separator (Optional)
To install oil water separator capability, add a second lter housing UPSTREAM of the 20 and 5
micron housings. Service as you would per the instrucons above.
The Charcoal Fresh Water Flush Filter
Replace the charcoal filter element at least every 6 months. This filter protects the membrane by
removing chlorine from the flush water. Use only a Spectra-approved replacement.
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Leaking Fings
The system has eight high pressure ngs, two on each cylinder on the Clark Pump, two on
the pressure vessel end caps, and two 90-degree elbows on the back of the Clark Pump. As the
compression ng is ghtened, it compresses a ferrule onto the stainless tubing, xing the
ferrule permanently to the tube and holding the compression nut capve.
The body of the ng seals to the underlying component with an O-ring. On the Clark Pump
cylinders and the end caps this O-ring is compressed by ghtening the enre ng. The O-
rings on the 90-degree ngs on the back of the Clark Pump have capve nuts and washers,
which compress the O-rings without turning the enre ng.
If a tube ng leaks it can somemes be resealed by just ghtening. You must use two
wrenches, a 13/16-inch wrench to hold the base, and a 7/8-inch wrench to turn the
compression nut. The 13/16-inch wrench will need to be thin so as not to interfere with the
compression nut. If this doesn’t work, disassemble the ng, grease liberally with silicone
grease (the ferrule and the threads) and re-ghten rmly.
The base O-rings should be gently compressed to achieve a good seal, and may be damaged
by overghtening.
Maintenance - Cont.
Connector O-RING
PL-MTE-3/4S1/2SL
Stainless Steel High Pressure Elbow
Stainless Fing
Hex Nut
PL-MTS-3/8X1/2S
Stainless Steel High Pressure Straight Fing
Ferrule
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The Feed Pump and Clark Pump
The feed pump and the Clark Pump require no routine maintenance except inspection for
leaks. Tighten any hose clamps or fittings that show signs of leakage. The high pressure fittings
threaded into the Clark Pump have O-ring seals with a straight thread. These should never leak
and should never be over-tightened. If one of the tube nuts starts to leak, it can be un-
threaded, sealed with a bit of silicone grease or oil, and tightened with two wrenches very
tightly.
The Membrane
Membranes are susceptible to mineral scaling, biofouling and oxidation damage. The leading
cause of fouling is biological growth that forms when the system is left unused without
flushing or pickling. Fouling from mineral scaling can happen under certain seawater
conditions, or from rust. Oxidation damage can occur if the membrane comes into contact
with any strong oxidant, such as Ozone, Chlorine, etc. Monitor the product salinity and feed
pressure for higher than normal readings, take environmental conditions into consideration.
Note:
• Cold feed water or a higher salinity seawater source can cause high pressure.
• Low product flow is usually due to low voltage, a worn feed pump, or worn Clark Pump.
Due to the unique design of your Spectra system, low product water volume is typically not a
membrane problem, but frequently related to low voltage, a worn feed pump head, or a worn
Clark Pump. Always perform a flow test before cleaning your membrane.
Test to see if biological growth has occurred: Before running the system, remove the
prelters and examine their condion. If the lter housings are full of smelly, discolored water,
the system was not properly stored. Install clean prelters.
Next check the membrane. Detach the brine discharge hose, aach the brine service hose, and
lead it to a bucket. Open the pressure relief valve 1/2 turn, and manually run the system for 30
seconds (metal toggle switch on feed pump module). Examine the brine water: If it is
discolored and smells bad, perform an SC-2 cleaning with unchlorinated water before running
the system pressurized. If the brine is fairly clean, follow the New System Startup procedure
on page 26 and run normally. Check for performance. Clean the membranes only if
performance is reduced.
See the Cleaning Procedure for complete instructions.
Maintenance - Cont.
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Introducon to Spectra Chemicals
We use four types of chemicals: SC-1, SC-2, SC-3, and propylene glycol anfreeze. SC-1 and
propylene glycol are for system storage, while SC-2 and SC-3 are for membrane cleaning. Do
not use sodium-bisulfate, citric acid, or any other storage chemical not supplied by Spectra.
These chemicals, used to store other watermaker brands, will damage the Clark Pump,
membrane end plugs, manifolds, and other components. Using non-Spectra chemicals will
void the warranty.
Note: Never use any chemicals with the system pressurized! Always open the pressure relief
valve 1/2 turn. Always follow the instrucons for purging the chemicals as shown in the New
System Startup secon (page 26) of your owner’s manual.
Storage
SC-1 prevents biological growth when your system is idle. It should not be used as a cleaning
chemical, nor will it protect your system from freezing. A jar of SC-1 is mixed with 1 to 2
gallons of product or dechlorinated fresh water in a bucket and circulated through the system
for 10 minutes. This treatment will protect the system for six months, aer which the SC-1
treatment must be repeated. To use SC-1, follow the instrucons for Storage Procedure.
Spectra systems should be stored with propylene glycol if freezing is likely to occur. Propylene
glycol can be used instead of Spectra SC-1 storage chemical for storage in any climate, and
treatment is eecve for one year. Propylene glycol is a food-grade anfreeze used to
winterize RV’s, boats, and cabins. Do not use ethylene glycol automove anfreeze, which is
toxic and will damage the system.
The propylene glycol formulaons sold in marine and RV stores are usually diluted with water.
The water remaining in the watermaker before the storage procedure will further dilute the
anfreeze, reducing the microbial protecon and increasing the temperature at which the
mixture will freeze.
Anfreeze labeled “Minus Fiy” is a 25% soluon and will begin to form an icy slush at about
+15Degrees F (-10C) and will only provide burst protecon to about Zero F (-18C). Aer a
further 50% percent diluon by water remaining in the watermaker, “Minus Fiy” anfreeze
will only protect from bursng down to about +25F (-4C). Therefore if low temperature
freezing protecon is required a 60% or stronger anfreeze should be used. 60% soluons are
labeled “Minus 100” and will provide burst protecon to -15F (-27C) even aer a y percent
diluon with residual water. “Minus 200” formulaons are pure propylene glycol.
Maintenance - Cont.
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Introducon to Spectra Chemicals - Cont.
Complete microbial protecon requires a 25% soluon of propylene glycol, so care must be
taken that the soluon remaining in the watermaker during long term storage is at least 25%,
even if freeze protecon is not required. For these reasons Spectra recommends that all
pickling be carried out with a 60% or greater concentraon.
See Winterizing with Propylene Glycol.
Propylene glycol can be dicult to ush from a membrane, especially aer extended storage
periods. This results in high salinity water (high PPM) and residual avor in the product water.
We recommend ushing the system WITH THE PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE OPEN for 4-6 hours
aer storage with propylene glycol—the longer the beer. If, aer extended ushing, you sll
experience low product water quality, cleaning with SC-2 usually removes all traces of
propylene glycol and returns the salinity to the level it was before storage with propylene
glycol. See the Membrane Cleaning Procedure.
Cleaners
Avoid unnecessary cleaning, and avoid cleaning as a diagnosc tool.
SC-2 is an alkaline cleaner used to remove light oil, grime and biological growth. It is most
eecve if heated to 120 deg. F (49 deg. C). In most cases the water quality will increase in
PPM (salinity) aer an SC-2 cleaning. Aer a few hours it should recover to near the level it
produced before the cleaning.
SC-3 is an acid cleaner used to remove mineral and scale deposits. In most cases this is used
rst and if there is no improvement, go on to the SC-2 cleaning. SC-3 will in most cases lower
the product PPM and overall pressures. Scaling is a slow process that may take several months
or years.
For cleaning with either SC-2 or SC-3, see Membrane Cleaning Procedure.
Maintenance - Cont.
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Storage Procedure
1. Close the intake seacock.
2. Push the Fresh Water Flush buon to fresh water ush the system. Perform a second fresh
water ush in the same way.
3. Remove the quick disconnect ng from the brine discharge outlet of the Clark Pump, per
photo below, and replace it with the quick disconnect brine discharge service hose. Lead the
brine service hose into the bucket.
4. Push the Auto Store/Flush buon and run the feed pump unl you have one gallon of fresh
water in the bucket from the brine discharge service hose, then press Stop.
5. Mix 1 container of SC-1 storage compound with the water in the bucket. It may not dissolve
completely, which is normal, and any undissolved parcles will be caught by the prelter.
6. Remove the hose from the “to strainer” pigtail on the feed pump module and install the inlet
service hose from the service kit, per photos below. Lead
this hose into the 5 gallon (20 liter) bucket as well.
7. Make sure the pressure relief valve on the Clark Pump is
OPEN (un-pressurized) by turning 1/2 turn
counterclockwise
8. Turn on the feed pump by moving the manual control
switch on the control box to ‘SERVICE’. The soluon will be
drawn from the bucket with the service hose, and
returned to the bucket from the brine discharge service
hose. Circulate the storage chemical in the system for
approximately 20 minutes. Stop the feed pump by moving the switch back to the ‘RUN
AUTO’ posion.
Clean Up
Remove the brine discharge service hose from the Clark Pump, and replace the brine discharge
hose that leads to the thru-hull. You may now pump the bucket dry by moving the manual
control switch on the Control Box back to ‘SERVICE’. Stop the feed pump by moving the switch
back to RUN AUTO.
Remove the inlet service hose and reaach the hose from the sea strainer to the “To Strainer”
pigtail on the manifold at the Feed Pump Module. Drain and clean the strainer and any lters in
the system. Reassemble dry. Leave the pressure relief valve open, since the next me you run
the system you will need to purge the storage chemicals with the system unpressurized. Turn o
the power to the system.
Connecng brine discharge
service hose
Aaching intake service hose to
the hose connecng to the sea
strainer.
Removing hose to sea strainer
from the “to strainer” pigtail.
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Winterizing with Propylene Glycol
See descripon of propylene glycol formulaons, and purging from system, on pages 47-48.
1. Close the intake seacock.
2. Push the Fresh Water Flush buon to fresh water ush the system. Perform a second fresh
water ush in the same way.
3. Remove the hose from the “To Strainer” pigtail, install the inlet service hose from the service
kit, and lead the hose to the boom of a bucket. Connect the brine service hose, and run it
into a second container.
4. Pour 1 gallon (4 liters) of propylene glycol of appropriate
concentraon (see pages 45-46) into the bucket with the
intake service hose.
5. Make sure the pressure relief valve on the Clark Pump is
OPEN 1/2 turn (un-pressurized).
6. Run the feed pump by switching the manual switch on the
control box to ‘SERVICE’ unl about a gallon of water has
owed from the brine discharge service hose, or anfreeze
appears. Propylene glycol will look slightly dierent, and
feel more slippery, than water. Stop the pump by moving
the switch back to ‘RUN AUTO’. Add more propylene glycol to the intake bucket if necessary.
7. Lead the brine discharge service hose into the intake bucket of propylene glycol. Move the
switch back to ‘SERVICE’. The service hose will now draw propylene glycol soluon from the
bucket, and the brine discharge service hose will return it. Run the feed pump and circulate
the propylene glycol for 20 minutes.
8. Stop the feed pump by switching the toggle switch back to ‘RUN AUTO’. Drain the seawater
strainer, the hose leading to the boost pump module, and the hose between the boost pump
module and the feed pump module. Disconnect the product tubing from the membrane
housing and blow residual water out of the tubing. Empty the charcoal lter housing and ush
water lines. Leave the pressure relief valve open, since the next me you run the system you
will need to purge the system unpressurized.
Your watermaker is now protected from freezing and biological growth and freezing for one year.
Connecng brine discharge
service hose
Removing hose to sea strainer
from the “to strainer” pigtail.
Aaching intake service hose to
hose to sea strainer.
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Membrane Cleaning Procedure
Spectra cleaning compound (SC-2 or SC-3) must be mixed with fresh water at a rao of 1 container of
compound to 3 gallons (12L) of unchlorinated water. A Catalina 340c system requires one container of
compound per cleaning.
1. Close the intake seacock.
2. Push the Fresh Water Flush buon to fresh water ush the system. Perform a second fresh
water ush in the same way.
3. Remove the quick disconnect ng from the brine discharge outlet of the Clark Pump, and
replace it with the quick disconnect brine discharge service hose. Lead it into a 5 gallon (20
liter) bucket. Push the Fresh Water Flush buon and run the feed pump unl one gallon of
fresh water runs into the bucket from the brine discharge service hose. Press Stop.
4. Remove the hose from the “To Strainer” pigtail and install
the inlet service hose from the service kit. Lead both hoses
into the bucket.
5. Make sure that the pressure relief valve on the Clark Pump
is open (un-pressurized).
6. Mix the cleaning chemical in the bucket. If possible, heat the
soluon to 120 F (49 C).
7. Move manual switch on the Feed Pump Module to SERVICE
SYSTEM. The intake service hose will draw soluon from the
bucket and the brine discharge service hose will return it. Circulate the soluon through the
system in this manner for 45 minutes. Stop the pump by moving the toggle switch back to ‘RUN
AUTO’.
8. If the soluon cannot be heated, allow the soluon to sit overnight before proceeding to the
next step.
9. Replace the brine discharge overboard hose and run the pump unl the bucket is empty by
moving the manual switch to ‘SERVICE’. Return the switch to ‘RUN AUTO’.
10. Follow the New System Startup procedures to ush the chemicals out of the system (DO NOT
CLOSE the pressure relief valve!)
11. The system may now be restarted, ushed, or stored.
Connecng brine discharge
service hose
Removing hose to sea strainer
from the “to strainer” pigtail.
Aaching intake service hose to
the hose connecng to the sea
strainer.
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Suggested Spares for the Catalina 340c
Short term cruising, weekends etc.
We suggest two treatments worth of preservave chemicals (either 2 bags of SC-1 or 2
gallons of Propylene Glycol). A basic Cruise Kit A which consists of six 5-micron lters and
one Carbon lter.
Cruising 2 to 6 months at a me.
Two basic cruise kits, enough preservave chemicals for 4 treatments, one replacement
feed pump head.
Longer than 6 months
Addional lters, oshore cruising kit consisng of Clark Pump seals, O-rings, tools and
membrane cleaning chemicals. One replacement strainer screen, replacement O-ring for
strainer screen, and replacement O-rings for the lter housings.
Common Parts:
Item Part Number
SC-1 STORAGE CHEMICAL KIT-CHEM-SC1
SC-2 CLEANER KIT-CHEM-SC2
SC-3 CLEANER KIT-CHEM-SC3
BASIC CRUISE KIT A KIT-BCK-A
OFFSHORE REBUILD KIT KIT-OFFSH
5 MICRON FILTER FT-FTC-5
CHARCOAL FILTER FT-FTC-CC
5” STRAINER SCREEN FT-STN-5S
OIL/WATER FILTER FT-FTC-OW
FEED PUMP HEAD PL-PMP-140MAG
5” STRAINER O-RING SO-STN-5SS
FILTER HOUSING O-RING SO-FHS-10H
SALINITY PROBE EL-MPC-SP4
CHARCOAL FILTER HOUSING O-RING SO-FHS-3PCS10
1/2” TUBE STEM X 1/2” NPT ADAPTER (x2) PL-STA-12TX12NJ
All sales are made through Spectra’s network of full service providers. Contact your local
full service provider for addional suggesons and support.
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Feed pump runs constantly,
will not turn o
• Turn o manual switch on feed
pump module
• Manual switch in on or
service posion
Display acvates, but pump
will not run
• Loose or broken pump
wire connecon
• Tanks are full (if equipped
with tank switch)
• Check wiring at terminal block
inside Connect Controller Box
• Check tanks– system cannot
be started if tanks are full.
System runs, no product
water delivered to water
tanks, GPH bar graph shows
OK, “reject” LED acvated
• High salinity of product
water, causing system to
reject water
• Salinity probe out of
calibraon or defecve,
bad cable
• Chlorine damage to
membranes
• Pressure relief valve open
• Check for low feed pressure
• Check for leaks at high pressure
hoses
• Test product water with hand-held
tester– if over 500 PPM for 1 hour,
contact factory
• Close pressure relief valve
No lights or display, system
does not operate
• Remote display not
connected
• No power to control box
• Check display cable connecons at
back of display and at control box
• Check and reset main DC supply
breaker
• Check for voltage (12 or 24 VDC) at
control box power input studs
• Try manual toggle switch: If pump
runs, then control or display is defec-
ve
System runs, no product
water delivered to water
tanks, GPH bar graph
shows OK, “Good” LED
acvated
• Diversion valve inoperave
or wiring fault.
• Disconnected or broken
product tubing
• Diversion valve plunger
stuck
• Check wiring at diversion valve and
inside control box
• Check product tubing
• Disassemble and clean diversion
valve plunger or replace valve
Feed pump runs with loud
noise
• Intake blocked
• Air in system
• Check thru-hull valve
• Check sea strainer for leaks
• Check fresh water ush module for
leaks
• Re-prime system (restart)
Troubleshooting Catalina Systems
SYMPTOMS
PROBABLE CAUSE
REMEDY
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“Salinity High”
• High product water salinity
• Chlorine damage to
membranes
• Defecve salinity probe or
cable, cable disconnected
• Check for low feed pressure
• Check for leaks at high
pressure hoses
• Remove and clean probe
contacts. Check calibraon
• Check cable connecons
• Clean membrane
SYMPTOMS PROBABLE CAUSE REMEDY
“System Stalled”
(“system stalled” may alarm
when using the control
panel to run system for
servicing with the pressure
relief valve open– use
manual override switch
instead)
• Pressure relief valve open
• Intake thru-hull closed
• Airlocked system
• No signal from Rotoow
meter
• Close pressure relief valve
• Check thru-hull
• Purge air
• Clean or replace Rotoow
meter
• Check brine discharge
• Clean membrane
“High Pressure”
• Blocked brine discharge
• Fouled membrane
“Voltage Too High”
“Voltage Too Low”
• Baery voltage too high or low
• Loose wires or poor
connecons
• Charge baeries
• Check charging voltage
• Check power connecons
“Check Fuse” (followed by
fuse number)
• Blown fuse at circuit board
• Check rst for cause, then replace
fuse (mini automove type ATM).
“Service Prelter”
• Clogged lters
• Intake restricon/
obstrucon
• Loose or defecve
pressure sensor wires
• Install new lters
• Check sensor wiring
• Check Sea Strainer, thru hull, intake
hose for grass or clog
• Check operaon of boost pump
• Check black check
valve at sea strain-
er intake
• If error persists,
follow Prelter Condion Calibraon.
Catalina 340c Fault Alarms
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“Boosng Pressure”
(see boost pressure set up
p 61)
• Boost pump not pumping
• Intake/seacock not open or
clogged
• Collapsed or kinked hose
• Boost pressure sensor
unplugged
• Check boost pump impellor.
Check Boost pump Fuse
• Check for overboard ow in
run manual
• Examine hose from boost
pump to manifold aer lters.
• Plug in yellow banded
connector
SYMPTOMS PROBABLE CAUSE REMEDY
Catalina 340c Fault Alarms Cont.
“Low Pressure System
Stopped”
• No incoming Freshwater Flush
ow
• Freshwater Flush Solenoid Mal-
funconing
• Freshwater Flush Solenoid not
receiving voltage
• Incoming pressurized freshwater
out of spec (20-50psi)
• Air Lock
• Ensure ship's pressurized freshwater
system is powered on & connected to
ush module inlet
• Probe Flush solenoid for proper voltage
(12v on all systems)
• Ensure Flush solenoid is free of rust &
debris
• Check house pump spec. Add pressure
regulator kit if pump is out of spec and
above have been ruled out
• Aempt with pressure relief valve open
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In the event of a sensor failure resulng in a shut down due to a false alarm, the failed sensor can
be overridden using the programming funcon on the display (page 74). High Pressure, Service
Prelter, System Stalled (airlock), and Salinity Probe Failed can all be overridden and the system
will sll run automacally with all other funcons intact. Be absolutely certain that the alarm is
false before overriding the automac controls.
In the event of complete Connect control failure, the system may be operated manually as
follows:
• Switch on the feed pump by turning the toggle switch to RUN MAN. The automac safety
controls are disabled in manual mode. Shut the unit down if the Clark pump does not cycle, if
air is connuously present in the intake line, or if the feed pump is excessively noisy.
• Always discard the product water for the rst few minutes of operaon as the inial product
water may not be potable. Take a water sample by loosening the 1/4-inch product tube ng
at either the feed pump module or the membrane outlet. Check it with a handheld salinity
meter or taste it.
• The diversion valve is an electrically operated three-way valve, which is normally energized by
the Connect controls in order to send water to the tank. It will not open automacally in
manual mode, and must be opened using the mechanical override buon. The buon is
located on the side closest to the Clark pump cylinder. Push the manual override buon in
and rotate 1/4 turn clockwise to open the valve.
Alarm Override and Manual Operation
Diversion valve
manual override
buon
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Catalina 340c Flow Test
The ow test is the most useful diagnosc test for system performance, and should be done
before replacing or cleaning your membrane. Changes in producon or water quality are
normally caused by something other than the membrane, unless the system has been le
unused for a long me.
Before the ow test, change all lters and clean the sea strainer. Carefully check for water or
air leaks, as air in the system will cause low producon and errac salinity. Look for air bubbles
in the product ow meter, feed water hoses, and brine overboard hose.
Run the system and watch the feed pressure very closely. If the feed pressure to the Clark
Pump is asymmetrical from one stroke to another, this impedes performance. A dierence of
a few PSI is acceptable, but anything over that is an issue. If the pump is asymmetrical, Clark
Pump repairs should be done before connuing with these tests.
If no asymmetry is noted, connue with this test.
You will need a graduated bucket, either a graduated pitcher or large measuring cup, and a
stopwatch. Log the voltage at the feed pump at the same time. Confirm at least 12.5 Volts at
the feed pump on 12-Volt DC systems; 25 volts on 24-Volt DC systems.
Take two measurements and compare them with the table on the following page. The first
measurement is the product flow alone. The second is the product flow combined with the
brine discharge flow to get the total flow or feed flow. You may take these measurements by
two methods:
1. Time the product flow into a graduated pitcher, then divert both the product flow and brine
discharge together into a bucket, timing them to measure total flow.
OR
2. Divert the product flow into the pitcher while diverting the brine discharge into the bucket.
Time the flow of both at the same time. After calculating the product flow, pour the pitcher of
product into the bucket of brine to measure total flow.
The ratio of product flow to total flow gives us our recovery rate, as a percentage. If the
percentage is below the minimum it indicates an internal leak in the Clark Pump.
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1. Product Flow: Product flow is expressed in Gallons Per Hour (GPH) or Liters Per Hour (LPH),
by this equation:
3600 ÷ time in seconds x quantity of water in gallons or liters=GPH or LPH
There are 3600 seconds in an hour.
Example: It took 3 minutes and 35 seconds to collect 1 gallon of product water.
3600 ÷ 215 x 1 = 16.74 GPH (3 minutes, 35 seconds is 215 seconds)
Example: It took 2 minutes and 25 seconds to collect 2.5 liters of product water.
3600 ÷ 145 x 2.5 = 62.07 LPH (2 minutes, 25 seconds is 145 seconds)
2. Total Flow or Feed Flow: Feed flow or total flow (brine + product) is expressed in Gallons
Per Minute (GPM) or Liters Per Minute (LPM) , by this equation:
60 ÷ time in seconds x quantity of water in gallons or liters = GPM or LPM
Example: It took 1 minute and thirty-seven seconds to collect 5 gallons of total flow.
60 ÷ 97 x 5 = 3.09 GPM (1 minute, 37 seconds is 97 seconds)
Example: It took 53 seconds to collect 12 liters of total flow.
60 ÷ 53 x 12 = 13.58 LPM
3. Recovery Rate: Product Flow ÷ Total Flow = Recovery Rate %
Example: 6.5 GPH product flow = .063 or 6.3%
1.7 GPM total flow x 60
(you must first multiply total flow by 60 to convert from GPM to GPH)
*pressure relief valve open ½ turn
In order to make good quality product water, you need the proper amount of feed water ow,
as in the table below. Compare the product ow to the total feed ow. Product ow should be
9.0% of total ow for a Catalina 340c. If product percentage is low, you may have an internal
leak in the Clark Pump.
For every
1
/
10
th
of a GPM feed water ow loss, we will lose about
1
/
2
gallon per hour of product
ow and the salinity will go up 100 PPM.
Low feed ow combined with low system pressures is most frequently caused by a worn pump
head.
System
AMPS Feed Pressure Static * Total Flow/Feed Flow Product Flow
Product
Quality
12V MAX 24V MAX 48V MAX PSI bar PSI GPM LPM
GPM
(min)
LPM
(min)
GPH LPH
GPH
(min)
LPH
(min)
TDS
Catalina 340 19.5 21.5 9.75 10.75 5.2 5.7 90-100 6.3-7 25-35 2.8 10.6 2.7 10.2 14 52.9 13.5 51.0
< 300
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Poor Product Water Quality
With any product water quality issue, you must ensure accurate calibraon if you are using a
salinity meter. For general quality evaluaon, your taste is always good enough.
Membranes are not an exact science and two idencal systems can have dierent product
quality. World health standards deem water of up to 1000 PPM of total dissolved solids
acceptable for drinking. We consider any thing below 750 PPM acceptable but not ideal, and
anything below 500 PPM excellent. Factors that could aect water quality are addressed
below.
LOW SYSTEM FLOW OR PRESSURE will equate to lower product quality (higher PPM).
Catalina systems, which have a higher feed to output pressure rao (See nominal
pressures under Flow Test, as well as a higher feed ow/membrane area rao, will
produce water in the 150-300 PPM range.
DAMAGE TO THE MEMBRANE by chlorine contaminaon. Flushing the system with
chlorinated water will irreparably damage the membrane. Charcoal lters are used to
absorb any chlorine which might be present in ush water. They must be of proper
specicaon to be suitable. There is no test for chlorine damage except the process
of eliminaon of other causes.
DIRTY OR SCALED membranes. A dirty (foreign material), scaled (mineral deposits), or
contaminated (bacterial growth) membrane can result in poor water quality and
abnormal operang pressures. If operang pressures are above normal, then cleaning
is indicated. If the system pressures are within operang normal range, cleaning may
have lile result. Avoid cleaning as a diagnosc tool. Low water quality aer storage
with propylene glycol can usually be remedied by extended ushing or an SC-2
cleaning.
MECHANICAL LEAKAGE within the membrane pressure vessel. This is an unlikely but
possible cause of poor water quality. A pinched or damaged O-ring within the
pressure vessel, a scratch on the product tube on the membrane, a scratch within
one of the end caps, or a seal fouled by contaminaon could allow sea water into the
product water.
If system total ow (product plus brine) is 2.7 GPM (10 liters) or above, the membrane is
clean, the product ows are consistent with the system ow and the water quality is sll not
acceptable, then replacement of the membrane is indicated.
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PREFILTERS
It is important to remember that your Spectra Watermaker is designed to process clean, open-ocean sea-
water. Any departure from that standard for your seawater intake runs the risk of causing excessive wear or
damage to internal pump parts and/or the vulnerable reverse osmosis membrane. Addional preltraon
consideraons and/or extremely frequent prelter replacements may be required in any deviaon from open-
ocean seawater. Your local service provider or installer may have specic recommendaons based on their ex-
perience with water condions unique to your region.
Observe the seawater around your vessel. Is it clean enough to use for your seawater intake? There are several
things to avoid feeding to your watermaker:
• petroleum products, such as oil, fuel, thinners, paints, paint removers, etc.
• chlorine-treated water; e.g., most “dock” water
• silty water — water contaminated by ne, hard, suspended parculates
• putrid water, “red des”, or any seawater that smells or looks contaminated
• harbor/marina water that you cannot see through or that shows visible signs of
contaminate (neighboring boats docked nearby may be discharging contaminaon!
Sewage, chemicals, etc.)
Judging the quality of seawater input always involves a certain calculated risk. We know of watermaker systems
that have been destroyed far oshore by intaking fresh whale excrement or oil contaminants from natural seep-
ages. The chance of such things happening is normally small but should be considered. On the other hand, reg-
ularly running a watermaker in an enclosed marina or harbor runs a much higher risk of harmful contamina-
on. If you need to test a new installaon while in a marina or harbor, monitor the water quality around your
vessel carefully while tesng. Oen mes you should be able to run the watermaker safely for enough me to
briey check out the system if you are mindful of external feed condions. If this is not possible, an arcial
ocean is a useful alternave (see Page 28 for arcial ocean tesng/instrucons). Don’t sail away without
tesng a new installaon or repair!
During normal operaon, the feed water is ltered in two stages. First it passes through a ne mesh metal sea
strainer, which protects the feed pump from foreign materials and sea creatures. Aer passing through the
feed pump, the feed water passes the lter housings containing 20 and 5 micron elements, removing very ne
parcles that could damage the Clark Pump and shorten membrane life. An addional carbon lter prevents
the entrance of chlorine during fresh water ushing (see next page).
Prelter maintenance schedules will vary widely depending on how and where the system is used. If large
amounts of feed water are run through the system over a relavely short period of me in biologically ferle
near-shore waters, the prelters will plug up, water producon and quality will drop, and the system pressure
will change dramacally. In blue water condions the prelters may only need to be changed every week or
two.
When operated for only an hour or two a day in inland or near-shore waters, the trapped plankton will begin
to decay in the lters long before the elements plug up. The decaying plankton and bacteria will cause a roen
egg smell in the product water. This decay will set in overnight in tropical waters, or aer a week or two in
higher latudes
Technical Bulletins
The following pages include Spectra’s most commonly-used technical bullens, covering tests,
adjustments, troubleshoong, and common points of confusion. Many more technical bulle-
ns are available on the Spectra website, support.katadyngroup.com.
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CHARCOAL FILTERS
The charcoal lter element (FT-FTC-CC) removes chlorine from the fresh water ush water supply, as
the RO membrane can only handle small amounts of chlorine without permanent damage.
The charcoal lter used for the fresh water ush system will not plug up unless you have very dirty
domesc water in your boat’s supply tank.
The charcoal lter we supply removes 99.7% of the chlorine. Beware when buying other charcoal
lters. If they don’t specify the percentage of chlorine removed, don’t use them. Cheap ones may
remove only 60% or 70%. Also, there are aermarket lters which are very close to, but not exactly,
the right dimensions, and they will not seal in the housing. If you skimp on the charcoal lter you risk
damaging a $600.00 membrane on the rst ush. The other factor is the ow rate that the lter can
handle. Because the chlorine is adsorbed by the charcoal, it must remain in contact with the charcoal
for a sucient period of me for the all of the chlorine molecules to be captured. The lters we use
can handle 1.5 gallons (6 liters) per minute ow, and are good for 3000 gallons (12,000 liters) at 1.5
GPM, or six months, whichever comes rst. Regardless of the amount of water treated, the charcoal
loses its eecveness aer six months.
5 Micron
20 Micron Optional Oil/Water Separator
Charcoal lter, Spectra part number FT-FTC-CC
PREFILTERS CONT.
Our lter element part numbers are FT-FTC-XX, where the last digits indicate the micron rang. FT-FTC
-5 is for a 5 micron element, FT-FTC-20 is a 20 micron element.
The oponal oil/water separator is FT-FTC-OW.
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Spectra Connect Settings
Your new Spectra Connect is designed to make your watermaker easier than ever to operate,
maintain and enjoy. This secon will guide you through some of the more advanced sengs
opons available.
Always use cauon when changing any factory default sengs, as serious damage can
occur.
The Spectra Connect automacally monitors the operaon of the system to ensure a long and
trouble-free service life. If an operang parameter changes, the Connect can switch operang
modes, shut itself down, or automacally store itself in order to protect your watermaker.
It includes advanced calibraon sequences to make proper setup and maintenance of your
watermaker easier than ever.
The onboard me clock feature allows for temporary power interrupons without detrimental
eects on the system. In some cases your watermaker will connue to funcon in its last
known operang state.
The Spectra Connect has built in data logging, allowing for easy access to historical operang
data—which can indicate a wearing component or spares to be carried along before a failure
occurs.
Built in warnings for preventave maintenance automacally alert a user of pending
maintenance items, helping to keep your watermaker’s up-me to 100%! Advance warnings
are pre-programmed for Prelter Life, Clark Pump rebuilds, feed pump heads, membranes, Z-
Ion reactor rod life, and carbon lter life. These warnings are reseable, allowing you to
perform the maintenance before a catastrophic failure, then reset the interval—so you’re
always on top of the maintenance cycle!
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LCD Brightness: Set brightness of the hardwired display(s) from 10—100%
System Units: Change from US Standard units to Metric
Factory Reset: Resets any changed parameters a user has made back to the factory defaults for that
conguraon.
CAUTION! Never disable a Fault Alarm without being certain that the issue is with a bad sensor.
Disabling a fault and running the system can cause serious damage or injury.
High Pressure Fault: Disables the ‘High Pressure’ shutdown fault in the event of a feed pressure sensor failure.
System Stall Fault: Disables the ‘System Stalled’ shutdown fault in the event of a failed rotoow sensor. System
stalled alarms occur when the control board does not sense any product water being produced, and shuts down
to protect the pump from running dry.
Poor Quality Fault: Disables the ‘High Salinity’ shut down fault in the event that the salinity probe has failed or
cannot be calibrated within range. NOTE: The diversion valve will always be acve when this fault is disabled.
ALWAYS VERIFY PRODUCT QUALITY BEFORE DRINKING. Serious health risks may occur.
Prelter Fault: Disables the ‘Service Prelter’ shut down fault in the event that the boost pressure sensor has
failed or cannot be calibrate within range. CAUTION: Permanent damage to the feed pump can occur if this
fault is disabled, use cauon when operang this system with this fault disabled.
User Sengs
Spectra Connect Settings - Cont.
Fault Alarms
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Settings
Dealer Access Sengs
It is highly recommended that users consult with a factory trained technician before altering any sengs behind
the ‘Dealer Access Point’. Changing this sengs without understanding the full eect of each change can void
the warranty of your system, and cause irreparable damage.
If any sengs are inadvertently changed, they can be reverted back to the defaults by using the ‘Factory Reset’
feature.
Default Login: admin
Default Password: admin
System Model: Congures the Spectra Connect for a dierent system model from a preset list of opons.
Clear Stascs: Resets all of the Esmated Maintenance Intervals back to 100%. This feature should only be
used on a brand new system.
Change Username/password: Changes the default username and password. If you forget your changed
username and password, a Factory Reset will revert back to the default username and password.
Set MFD: Changes the Manufactured Date on the system. This should only be adjusted if a control board is being
replaced on an older system.
Set Serial ID: Changes the Serial Number recorded in the Spectra Connect. This should only be adjusted if a
control board is being replaced on an older system.
Limit Runme: Limits the maximum run me for the system before shung down and fresh water ushing.
Disabling this seng allows the watermaker to be operated 24/7.
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Settings - Cont.
Dealer Access Sengs
It is highly recommended that users consult with a factory trained technician before altering any sengs behind
the ‘Dealer Access Point’. Changing this sengs without understanding the full eect of each change can void
the warranty of your system, and cause irreparable damage.
If any sengs are inadvertently changed, they can be reverted back to the defaults by using the ‘Factory Reset’
feature.
Purge Setup: Adjusts the me and maximum feed pressure allowed for the Purge Mode. CAUTION: Permanent
damage to the membrane can occur if this seng is adjusted. Consult the factory before making any
adjustments.
Fresh Water Flush Sengs: Allows adjustment of the fresh water ush duraon and the interval between
ushes. If the Z-Ion is installed, the Flush Interval should be changed to 30 days.
Conducvity Setup: Allows for enabling or disabling conducvity sensors on the feed water and product water.
Set the threshold for the diversion valve to divert water to the tanks.
Flow Setup: Allows the user to adjust the ow sensor sengs, or disable a ow sensor circuit altogether. DO
NOT USE THIS SETTING TO CALIBRATE THE PRODUCT FLOW. Follow instrucons on calibrang the ow sensor in
this manual.
Tank Level Monitors: Enable and disable the Tank Level Sensors, which read the % remaining in the tank, and
the tank switches, which allow the system to turn on/o automacally.
Boost Pressure Setup: Enable alternate Boost Pressure sensors, change the Low Vacuum Limit, or Boost Pressure
Setpoint. CAUTION: Permanent damage to the pump can occur if this seng is adjusted. Consult the factory
before making any adjustments.
Low Vacuum Limit: The minimum boost pressure required at the inlet to the pump. This seng pre
vents the pump from geng damaged by running under high vacuum. Adjusng it to a lower number in
creases the risk that the pump will suer damage during normal operaon.
Boost Pressure Setpoint: During startup the controller turns on the boost pump and waits for the Boost
Pressure to reach the Boost Pressure Setpoint. If the boost pressure fails to reach this setpoint, then the
main pump won’t turn on. Reducing the Boost Pressure Setpoint may cause the system to start, then
immediately shut down due to low boost pressure.
Outlet Pressure Setup: Set High Pressure Limit, enable alternate high pressure sensors, select pressure sensor
scaling. CAUTION: Permanent damage to the pump can occur if this seng is adjusted. Consult the factory
before making any adjustments.
Network Setup: Enabling the Spectra Connect Wireless access turns on a Power Over Ethernet feature on the
wired connecon. ENABLING THIS FEATURE CAN CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE TO YOUR SHIP’S NETWORK. DO
NOT ENABLE THIS FEATURE WITHOUT CONSULTING A QUALIFIED TECHNICIAN OR THE FACTORY.
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Settings - Cont.
Dealer Access Sengs
It is highly recommended that users consult with a factory trained technician before altering any sengs behind
the ‘Dealer Access Point’. Changing this sengs without understanding the full eect of each change can void
the warranty of your system, and cause irreparable damage.
If any sengs are inadvertently changed, they can be reverted back to the defaults by using the ‘Factory Reset’
feature.
Automac PRV: Enables an oponal Automac Pressure Relief Valve, aer it is installed. This seng should
remain o unless you are certain that you have this feature installed on your system.
Power Sensor: Enables or disables an oponal power sensor, aer it is installed.
PH/ORP: Enables an oponal pH or ORP meter, aer it is installed.
Z-Ion: Enables or Disables the oponal Z-Ion system, aer it is installed. If the Z-Ion is enabled, you should also
adjust the Flush Interval to 30 days.
Tank Level Monitors
Tank Setup - Enable/disable tank sensors.
Enable Tank Switch High - Enable/disable tank switch high. If this is disabled Auto Fill and Fill Tank
run modes will not be available.
Enable Tank Switch Low - Enable/disable tank switch low. If this is disabled Auto Fill mode will not
be available. Both High and Low tank switches must be enabled for Auto Fill mode.
Enable Tank Level 1 - Enable/disable tank level sensor 1. If this is disabled there will be no tank level
reading and tank level gauge will read “!”.
Enable Tank Level 2 - Enable/disable tank level sensor 2..
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Fault Handling
Faults are hazardous condions that might occur during running of your watermaker. The control board has the
ability to monitor these faults in real me and take necessary acons to prevent damaging your equipment.
HIGH PRESSURE FAULT
High pressure fault is triggered if
Outlet pressure (Feed/Membrane pressure) > Pressure Limit
If a high pressure fault is triggered, the system goes to low producon mode if it is running in high producon
mode, or stops the operaon if it is already running in low producon mode. Then the system will begin
the Auto Store mode.
Resoluons
Check for kinked or blocked hoses.
Conrm “#3 Sensor PSI High limit” and “#3 Sensor PSI Oset” opons on Outlet Sengs.
Clean membrane.
SYSTEM STALL FAULT
System stall fault is triggered if
There is no product ow for 1 minute connuously.
If system stall fault is triggered, machine will stop the current run cycle and will prompt to restart. If restarted
it will retry the previous running mode. If the stall condion persists even aer restart, the system will
begin the Auto Store mode.
Resoluons
Conrm product water at membrane endcap.
Check intake line for restricons, blockages or air leaks.
Close Pressure Relief Valve on Pump.
Conrm controller sengs correct.
SERVICE PREFILTER FAULT
The Service Prelter fault is triggered if
Inlet Pressure(boost pressure) < Low Vacuum Limit
If the Service Prelter fault triggers, the system goes to low producon mode if it is running in high
producon mode or stops the operaon if it is already running in low producon mode. Then the system
will begin the Auto Store mode.
Resoluons
Change prelters and the sea strainer screen.
Conrm adequate boost pressure in inlet pressure sengs.
Check for obstrucons in intake line.
Check sensor for proper operaon
POOR QUALITY FAULT
The High Salinity fault triggers if
The Salinity of the product water is above the threshold (measured salinity > Salinity 1 threshold) for
more than 8 minutes.
If the High Salinity fault is triggered, the machine will stop the current run cycle and will prompt to restart. If
restarted it will retry the previous running mode. If the High Salinity fault condion persists even aer
restart, the system will begin the Auto Store mode.
Resoluons
Check pump operaon - Clark Pump (pressure relief valve closed), Feed Pump (moving water).
Conrm product water quality.
Membrane damage - clean or replace.
Salinity probe out of calibraon.
Clean or replace salinity probe.
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Catalina 340C 12V / 24V Wiring Schematic
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Catalina 340C 48V Wiring Schematic
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Catalina 340C 12V:
Power Supply Voltage: 12 VDC
Bench Test: 13.8 V / 19.5 A
Power Consumption: 270 W
Efficiency: 19 Wh/gal
Catalina 340C 24V:
Power Supply Voltage: 24 VDC
Bench Test: 27.2 V / 9.6 A
Power Consumption: 262 W
Efficiency: 18 Wh/gal
Catalina 340C 48V:
Power Supply Voltage: 48 VDC
Bench Test: 48.2 V / 5.4 A
Power Consumption: 268 W
Efficiency: 18.3 Wh/gal
Catalina 340C W/ Short Membrane 12V:
Power Supply Voltage: 12 VDC
Bench Test: 13.9 V / 20.4 A
Power Consumption: 285 W
Efficiency: 20 Wh/gal
Catalina 340C W/ Short Membrane 24V:
Power Supply Voltage: 24 VDC
Bench Test: 27.2 V / 9.9 A
Power Consumption: 270 W
Efficiency: 20 Wh/gal
Catalina 340C Electrical Specifications
Catalina 340C W/ Short Membrane 48V:
Power Supply Voltage: 48 VDC
Bench Test: 48.0 V / 5.9 A
Power Consumption: 285 W
Efficiency: 20.1 Wh/gal
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Optional Z-Ion Protection System
The Z-Ion, developed by Spectra, protects the enre system from fouling for extended periods
without fresh water ushing or storage chemicals (pickling).
The Z-Ion achieves this end by introducing a stream of metallic ions into the fresh water ush
water, thus ooding the enre system with ions that prevent biological growth for up to thirty
days. If you are going to let your system sit idle for longer than thirty days, you will sll need to
treat it with SC-1 storage chemical or propylene glycol.
The Z-Ion will not prevent freezing, so in freezing climates pickling with propylene glycol is sll
required. Even with the Z-Ion there may sll be cases when you need to pickle your system
with SC-1 storage chemical or propylene glycol, so we recommend you carry one of these
products at all mes.
If your system was ordered with the Z-Ion, it will require only some basic wiring and
commissioning, laid out in the following pages.
If you didn't order you system with the Z-Ion, it can be retroed to any Spectra system.
NOTE: Contact Spectra for more informaon at: techsupport@spectrawatermakers.com
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Z-Ion Installation
If you ordered your system with a Z-Ion, the feed pump module will come with the Z-Ion
installed in place of the standard fresh water ush module, as shown, with a separate Z-Ion
electronic control box:
Connecon from generator bowl to control
box:
The pigtail form the control box has a water-
ght connector, which connects to the
pigtail from the generator bowl:
(Green) Generator bowl connector
On/O switch
The oponal Z-ION will replace
the Fresh Water Flush module
that came with your system.
FWF Module
DANGER
Control Box:
Z-ION Connector
(with green band).
Le unused if your
system was not
ordered with the
oponal Z-ION.
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The Z-Ion should be energized at all mes, but will only consume power when operang. Upon
inial power-up the LED will ash red/green and then will turn solid green.
Follow the instrucons for Normal Operaon and Fresh Water Flush. For treatment with the
Z-Ion, the process is idencal, only the Z-Ion will release silver and copper ions into the ush
water when you turn on the generator with the on/o switch. Turn on the ion generator at the
same me that you open the ush valve.
The operaon cycle begins and the LED will ash green/amber. The cycle will connue unl you
turn o the ion generator or the adjustable mer mes out (factory set for 15 minutes).
Turn o the ion generator at same me that you close the ush valve. If you forget to turn o
the ion generator, the Z-Ion will me out aer 15 minutes, so no harm will be done to the unit.
If the voltage is out of range, below 10V or above 56V, the LED will ash red every two seconds
and the unit will shut down.
Each fresh water ush with the Z-Ion will protect your watermaker for up to 30 days, aer
which the process must be repeated.
Aer 720 cycles the service light on the front of the control box will light up, indicang that the
probes on your Z-Ion may be wearing down, and should be tested. The service light is just a
reminder, and the Z-Ion will go on funconing while it is lit.
DANGER: To reset the service counter, touch two magnets, at the same me, to the two red
reed switches on the Z-Ion circuit board, labeled Switch 1 and Switch 2 below.
Z-Ion Operation
Z-Ion Circuit Board Layout
Switch 1
Switch 2
Pin 1
Figure 1
Pin 7
Z-Ion Operaon – LED Status Lights & Pinout Info
• Power-up indicaon – Fast red/green ash for a few seconds
• Ready/Idle – Solid green
• Generang (during a ush) – The LED will quickly ash at a pro-
grammed interval (factory set to 17 seconds between ashes) The
ash color with alternate between green and amber and will be o in
between voltage spikes. The color change symbolizes the polarity al-
ternang from posive to negave.
• Bad power – Fast red ash followed by shut down
• High temperature – Fast red ash
• Service/Cycle Counter Limit - Slow red ash
There are 7 pins on the phoenix connector from le to right in Figure 1.
Pin 1 Supply Voltage-
Baery ( + )
Pin 2 Ground
Pin 3 Trigger
Pin 4 Auxiliary Output 1
Pin 5 Auxiliary Output 2
Pin 6 To Zion generator (bowl). No polarity.
Pin 7 To Zion generator (bowl). No polarity.
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Parts I.D.
FT-PV-40
40” High Pressure Vessel
PL-MTS-3/8X1/2SL
3/8"NPTX1/2"Tube Fitt. St.
SO-HPP-CT
Connector O-ring
PL-HP-1/8
1/8NPT Nylon Hex Plug
PL-TB-HPTPVUL
Pump to Pressure Vessel
Upper SS Tube Long
SUB-CT-Z-HPILHA
CT 340R Quick Disconnect
PL-TEE-1/2TJG
John Guest 1/2-inch swivel tee
PL-STA-12Tx38NJ
1/2”Tube Stem x 3/8” NPT
adapter John Guest
Accumulator Hose:
20 inches 1/2-inch vinyl hose PL-HS-1/2VN
(2) brass ferrules PL-HF-.75lDX1BR)
(2) 1/2-inch hose barb tube adapters PL-HBA-1/2Tx1/2
5 inches of 3/4-inch spiral wrap EL-LT-3/4SW
Hose clamps may be substituted for the brass ferrules,
which are crimped on.
High Pressure Module
PL-TB-HPTPVLL
Pump to Pressure Vessel
Lower SS Tube Long
PL-SWF-1/8X1/4J
1/8” NPT to 1/4”
Tube Parker Elbow
FT-PV-ER
Pressure Vessel
End Ring
PL-ACC-TK
Accumulator Tank
PL-SWF-1/2x1/2
1/2”NPT x 1/2” Tube
John Guest swivel elbow
Accumulator
KIT-PV-25EP1
Pressure Vessel
End Cap Kit
PL-BSH-1/2X1/4N
1/2” X 1/4” Nylon Hex
Bushing Reducer
PL-MFF-1/4X1/4
1/4” NPT X 1/4” Nylon
Elbow Fitting
PL-PSG-LP2.5
2.5""D,1/4""NPT GAUGE
0-200PSI/BAR UC
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Parts I.D.
High Pressure Module (Compact)
PL-TEE-1/2TJG
John Guest 1/2-inch swivel tee
PL-STA-12Tx38NJ
1/2”Tube Stem x 3/8” NPT
adapter John Guest
PL-TB-HP-HPTVUS
Pump to Pressure Vessel
Upper SS Tube
Accumulator Hose:
20 inches 1/2-inch vinyl hose PL-HS-1/2VN
(2) brass ferrules PL-HF-.75lDX1BR)
(2) 1/2-inch hose barb tube adapters PL-HBA-1/2Tx1/2
5 inches of 3/4-inch spiral wrap EL-LT-3/4SW
Hose clamps may be substituted for the brass ferrules,
which are crimped on.
FT-PV-ER
Pressure Vessel
End Ring
PL-SWF-1/2x1/2
1/2”NPT x 1/2” Tube
John Guest swivel elbow
PL-ACC-TK
Accumulator Tank
FM-PVB-PBE
Plate Bracket End
FT-MB-20F
20-Inch Hi Rejection
Membrane (2x)
SUB-CT-Z-HPILHA
CT 340R Brine Discharge
Quick Disconnect
Stainless Steel High Pressure Fittings
Stainless Fing Hex Nut
PL-HWR-1/2HN
1/2” Stainless Ferrule
PL-HWR-1/2FR
Stainless Steel High Pressure
Straight Fing
Stainless Fing Hex Nut
PL-HWR-1/2HN
1/2” Stainless Ferrule
PL-HWR-1/2FR
3/4”-16 Straight
Thread O-RING
SO-FT-STF
PL-MTS-3/8X1/2SL
3/8" NPT X 1/2" TUBE FITTING
ST. SS316L
PL-MTE-3/4SX1/2SL
4"-16S X 1/2"TUBE 90DEG.
SS316L
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Parts I.D.
EL-MTR-1/6D12
12 VDC MOTOR
(For 12V Systems)
Or
EL-MTR-1/6D24
24VDC MOTOR
(For 24V & 48V Systems)
PL-PMP-140MAG
MAG DRIVE PUMP
EL-PS-24V240WDC
Boost Pump Voltage Booster
(For 12V Systems)
Or
EL-PS-720W48/24
720W DC-DC STEP DOWN
48V/24V 30A
(For 48V Systems)
EL-MTR-PWM
Motor Speed
Controller
FM-MPC-MPCB
MPC BOX
EL-TM-RJ12COUP
RJ-12 Modular
Coupler Panel
FT-FTC-5
5 MICRON FILTER ELEMENT
FT-FTH-10L3PCS
3 PIECE 10” FILTER HOUSING
PL-HBE-3/4X3/4
3/4” NPT X 3/4” HOSE
BARB ELL NYLON
PL-BSH-3/4X1/2N
3/4" X 1/2" HEX BUSH-
ING REDUCER NYL
FT-FHB-3PCSHSS
MOLDED FILTER
BRACKET
EL-SWT-TSBHC
TOGGLE SWITCH BOOT SEAL
EL-SWT-TG-DPDT
TOGGLE SWITCH DP/DT
PL-SWF-1/2X1/2
1/2"NPT X 1/2” TUBE
SWIVEL ELBOW
PL-NLT-1/2LP
1/2" LOW PRESSURE
TUBE
HD-OTH-1/4TS1D
1/4"-20 x 9/16” NYLON
THUMB SCREW 1D
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PL-HBS-3/4X3/4
3/4" NPT X 3/4" HOSE
BARB ST. NYLON
PL-CKV-1M3/4FWS
1"MPT X 3/4" FPT
CHECK VALVE W/S
EL-FP-BPLDC824
300-1K BOOST PUMP
8-24VDC 1/2"NPT
PL-FHB– 1/2x3/4E
1/2"FPT x 3/4” HOSE BARB NYLON
FM-ZION-SBPBRK
Z-ION STRAINER BOOST
PUMP BRACKET
PL-BHF-3/8TSTJG
3/8T BULKHEAD FITTINGNST. JG
PL-BHF-3/8TPIEJG
3/8” TUBE PLUG-IN ELBOW
PL-CLP-114CAR
1-1/4” CARLON CLAMP
SUB-STN-6WBH3/8
6" STRAINER WITH BULK
HEAD FITTING 3/8" TUBE
PL-BSH-1x1/2N
1” NPT x 1/2” FPT HEX REWDUCER NYLON
Parts I.D.
Sea Strainer & Boost Pump Module
KIT-NP-M2Z-SBPH
Not pictured here:
EL-FUS-15AMICHD 15A MICRO FUSE HOLDER
EL-FUS-5AMIC2 5A MICRO2 FUSE
Raw Plastic Sea Strainer
KIT-STN-6P
*not pictured below
FT-STN-6SP
6" STRAINER SCREEN PLASTIC
FT-STN-6NS
6" STRAINER NO SCREEN
FT-STN-6S
6” Strainer Screen (Inside)
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Parts I.D.
Fresh Water Flush Module
Note: The Fresh Water Flush
module without Z-Ion will
have the same parts, minus
the modified filter bowl,
sticker, and control box.
PL-BSH-3/4X1/2N
3/4" X 1/2" HEX BUSHING
REDUCER NYLON
PL-MFF-1/2X1/2
1/2” NPT X 1/2"FPT ELBOW
FITTING NYLON
PL-FRG-1/2MF1.5
1/2" NPT –FPT FLOW REGULATOR
1.5 GPM 20-80 psi
FT-FTC-CC
CHARCOAL FILTER
(filter catridge not shown)
PL-HBS-1/4X1/2
1/4" NPT X 1/2" HOSE
BARB ST. NYLON
PL-MFF-1/4X1/4
1/4"NPT X 1/4"FPT
ELBOW FITTING NYL
PL-BSH-3/4X1/4N
3/4" X 1/4" HEX
BUSHING REDUCER NYLON
PL-NP-1/4N
1/4" NPT CLOSE
NIPPLE NYLON
PL-SLN-1/4O12SV
12V FRESH WATER
FLUSH SOLENOID
PL-UNN-1/2N
1/2" FPT COUPLER NYLON
PL-QDC-1/2CP
1/2" NPT COLDER COUPLER
FT-FTH-10L3PCS
10" LOW PRESS. FILTER HOUSING
3 PCS (without Z-ION)
PL-HBS-1/4X1/2
1/4" NPT X 1/2" HOSE
BARB ST. NYLON
PL-MFF-1/4X1/4
1/4"NPT X 1/4"FPT
ELBOW FITTING NYL
PL-BSH-3/4X1/4N
3/4" X 1/4" HEX
BUSHING REDUCER NYLON
PL-NP-1/4N
1/4" NPT CLOSE
NIPPLE NYLON
PL-SLN-1/4O12SV
12V FRESH WATER
FLUSH SOLENOID
PL-BSH-3/4X1/2N
3/4" X 1/2" HEX BUSHING
REDUCER NYLON
PL-MFF-1/2X1/2
1/2” NPT X 1/2"FPT ELBOW
FITTING NYLON
PL-FRG-1/2MF1.5
1/2" NPT –FPT FLOW REGULATOR
1.5 GPM 20-80 psi
FT-FTC-CC
CHARCOAL FILTER
(filter catridge not shown)
PL-UNN-1/2N
1/2" FPT COUPLER NYLON
PL-QDC-1/2CP
1/2" NPT COLDER COUPLER
FT-FTH-10L3PCS
10" LOW PRESS. FILTER HOUSING
3 PCS (without Z-ION)
Not Pictured: Z-ION Control Box
Z-ION Congured Fresh Water Flush Module
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Diversion Valve Manifold Assembly
EL-MPC-SP4
SALINITY PROBE
EL-SSR-IFM
INLINE FLOW METER
(0.5-5 L/M)
PL-MTE-1/4x3/8J
1/4”x3/8” TUBE FITT. ELBOW
PL-UNN-3/81/4N
REDUCING COUPING
PL-SLN-1/4D12M
DIVERSION VALVE SOLENOID
PL-MNF-DVMBK1P
DIVERSION VALVE MANIFOLD
PL-MTE-1/4x1/4J
1/4”x1/4” TUBE FITT. ELBOW
PL-CKV-1/4M-F
1/4" PLASTIC CK VALVE (M-F)
Parts I.D.
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EL-SSR-ABS
ABSOLUTE
PRESSUR SENSOR
EL-SSR-150
150 PSI PRESSURE SEN-
SOR
PL-UNN-3/8x1/4N
3/8”FPT x 1/4” FPT
COUPLING NYLON
PL-TEE-1/2TJG
1/2” TUBE TEE JG
PL-STA-12TX38NJ
1/2” TUBE STEM x 3/8” NPT
ADAPTER
PL-HS-3/4SH
3/4" REINFORCED
SUCTION HOSE
PL-HS-3/4VN
3/4" VINYL HOSE
PL-HS-5/8VN
5/8" VINYL HOSE
PL-NLT-1/4LP
1/4” Low Pressure Tube
(Product)
Hoses and Tubes
Note: Hose clamps may be substuted for brass ferrules, which require a special crimper.
Inlet/Flush Hose Assembly (SUB-CT-Z-HPIBHA):
PL-HS-1/2VN
1/2" VINYL HOSE
PL-QDC-1/2HBDWV
1/2” HB QUICK DISCT. BODY
WITH VALVE
PL-HBA-1/2TX1/2
1/2” TUBE x 1/2” HB ADAPTER
(PL-HF-.75lDX1BR)
Brass ferrules for 1/2-inch hose
Parts I.D.
KIT-SC-RMPNL SPECTRA CON-
NECT REMOTE CNTRL.
DISP.4.3" (REMOTE, comes
with 100’ of cabling)
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HP-TB-VEB-B1
HP-TB-VB
HP-TB-VEB-A1
HP-TB-BV
HP-CB-CB10
HP-CYL-SST
HP-CYL-R
HP-CYL-EC
HP-CYL-CCA
Not used
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HD-CPS-5/162.75
SO-HPP-SP
HP-TB-VSP
HP-TB-SR
SO-HPP-VB
SO-HPP-PLP
SO-HPP-VP
HD-CPS-5/16X3
KIT-HP-10VSA
HP-TB-ARP
SO-HPP-AR1
SO-HPP-RV
HP-TB-BV
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Parts
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PL-MTS-3/8X1/2B
HP-CYL-SST
HP-CYL-CCA
SO-HPP-ECCB
HP-CYL-EC
HP-CYL-R
HP-CYL-PT
Parts
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SPECTRA WATERMAKERS LIMITED LIFETIME WARRANTY
THIS LIMITED WARRANTY APPLIES TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE WATERMAKER AND IS NOT TRANSFERRABLE
For warranty information regarding products sold within the European Union please contact
europe@spectrawatermakers.com.
This limited product warranty is provided by Katadyn Desalination LLC, a Business Unit of the Katadyn
Group. (“Manufacturer” of “We” or “Our”) to the original, consumer owner of the product (“You” or
“Your”) with which this limited product warranty is provided (the “Product.”)
The Manufacturer warrants to You that the product will be free from defects in material and workmanship
under normal use and regular service and maintenance, subject to the exclusions described below, for a period
of year (the “Warranty Period”) after date of installation, or 15 months after the shipment date, whichever
comes first. This warranty will be extended for an additional 12-month period when the product is installed
and commissioned by a Katadyn Desalination Authorized Installer. A Spectra Watermakers Commissioning
Report must also be returned and approved by the factory. The Spectra Clark Pump has a Limited Lifetime
Warranty on Marine systems to the original consumer owner of the product, not inclusive of repair or
replacement parts due to wear over time. If the Spectra Clark Pump is used in a Landbased application, the
product warranty is provided for a period of year (the “Warranty Period”) after date of purchase (if purchaser
is installing system) or date of commissioning (if Spectra dealer is installing system).
You will be required to show written documentation supporting the date of purchase or date of
commissioning. If you are unable to provide documentation supporting the date of purchase or
commissioning, the warranty period shall be based on the product’s date code and will be determined by the
Manufacturer’s sole and absolute discretion.
WHAT IS COVERED
Katadyn Desalination LLC. warrants, for the period defined above, that the Product will be free from defects
in materials and/or workmanship and will conform to Manufacturers published specifications if installed
and maintained in accordance with the Manufacturers Instructions.
WHAT IS NOT COVERED
The Warranty does not include service, repair, or replacement to correct damage caused by improper
installation, maintenance, improper connection with water systems, external electrical fault, accident,
alteration, misuse, abuse, neglect, negligence, (other than Manufacturer’s), acts of God, failure to install or
maintain the product in accordance with the Manufacturers instructions.
DAMAGED OR MISSING PRODUCT
You must examine the Product upon receipt and notify Katadyn Desalination LLC. if any item is damaged or
missing within 30 days from the date of the delivery. Damage due to freight must be reported to Katadyn
Desalination LLC. and to the freight carrier within 24 hours of delivery.
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SOLE WARRANTY
THE PRODUCTS AND ARE IN LIEU OF AND
EXCLUDE ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARISING BY OPERATION OF LAW OR
PRODUCTS ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED AND/OR MANUFACTURED BYMANUFACTURER FOR
YOUR USE OR PURPOSE.
WHAT WE WILL DO TO CORRECT PROBLEMS
If You return the defective product during the warranty period and in accordance with the instructions
contained herein, shipping prepaid, the Manufacturer shall, at its option and as Your exclusive
remedy, repair, correct or replace the product at no charge if the product is found by the
Manufacturer to be a valid warranty claim, in Manufacturer’s sole discretion. Replacement product
may be refurbished and/or different models but will be functionally equivalent to the product or
hardware being replaced. Product repaired or replaced during the warranty period shall be covered
by the foregoing warranty for the remainder of the original warranty period or ninety (90) days from
the date of shipment or purchase, whichever is longer. Contact your Dealer or the Manufacturer’s
Customer Service at 415-526-2780 to obtain a returns materials authorization (RMA #).
HOW TO MAKE A WARRANTY CLAIM
If You discover any warranty related issues after 30 days, or You have questions concerning Your
product or how to determine when service is needed, please contact your local dealer or contact the
Manufacturer’s Technical Support at 415-526-2780 or email the Manufacturer at
techsupport@spectrawatermakers.com. The following information must be provided as part of Your
warranty claim: your name, address, phone number, Your products’ model number, Your product’s 4-
digit serial number, and if necessary, upon request, written confirmation of the date shown on Your
purchase receipt and the purchase price paid for the product. All products being returned to the
Manufacturer must have a return material authorization (RMA) number to be processed. Any item
returned to the Manufacturer without an RMA number will not be accepted by the Manufacturer
Contact your Dealer or Customer Service to obtain an RMA number. Once we have received Your
returned product, we will determine, in our sole and absolute discretion, whether Your claim is covered
by, or excluded from, this limited warranty. Repairs or modifications made to the product by other than
the Manufacturer will nullify this limited warranty. Coverage under this limited warranty is
conditioned at all times
upon the original purchaser’s compliance with these required notification and repair procedures.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT, SHALL
MANUFACTURER OR ITS AUTHORIZED SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES BE LIABLE FOR ANY
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY ECONOMIC
LOSS, WHETHER RESULTING FROMNONPERFORMANCE, USE, MISUSE OR INABILITY TO USE
THE PRODUCT OR THE MANUFACTURER'S OR ITS AUTHORIZED SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE’S
NEGLIGENCE. THE MANUFACTURER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY DELAY
IN PERFORMANCE AND, IN NO EVENT, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE CLAIM OR CAUSE OF
ACTION (WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, INFRINGEMENT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY,
OTHER TORT OR OTHERWISE), SHALL MANUFACTURER’S LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED THE
PRICE PAID BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER FOR THE MANUFACTURER’S PRODUCT.
The term “consequential” damages shall include, but not be limited to, loss of anticipated profits,
business interruption, loss of use or revenue, the cost of capital or loss or damage to property or
equipment. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential
damages, so the above limitation may not apply to you. This limited warranty gives you specific legal
rights, and you may also have may other rights which vary from State to State.
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Spectra Product Registration Form
Registration (To be completed by owner)
Boat model or type (i.e. Leopard 44, Beneteau 55' powerboat, catamaran, powercat, 42’ sailboat…)
______________________________________________________________________________
What type of boating will you be doing and what will the watermaker primarily be used for:
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Submission for Approval:
Please submit this document along with the Installaon and Commissioning Reports to Spectra
Watermakers for approval. Submissions can be submied online, scanned and emailed, or mailed directly
to the factory. Spectra Watermakers Technical Support will email the original owner and the authorized
distributor with the status of submission.
Web-Based Format (Preferred opon):
spectrawarranty.formstack.com/forms/product_registraon
spectrawarranty.formstack.com/forms/spectra_install_commissioning_report
Email: TechSupport@SpectraWatermakers.com
Phone: +1(415) 526-2780
Address: Katadyn Desalinaon
Technical Department
2220 S. McDowell Blvd Ext
Petaluma, CA 94954
USA
Please keep a copy of these reports for your records.
Any commissioning/install report (and additional 12 month warranty) may be rejected at the
sole discretion of Spectra Watermakers if the system is not installed correctly.
System Details:
Model ________________________ Date of install: ______________________________
4-digit S/N___________ Clark Pump S/N: _____________ Voltage_______
Dealer/distributor:____________________ Boat Location:___________ max speed:______
Original Owner Details:
Name:_________________________________ Phone Number:________________________
Email Address:________________________________________________________________
Address (Optional):____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
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Spectra Watermakers Installation Report
(To be completed by authorized installer)
INLET
□ Inlet Seacock is below waterline
□ Inlet Seacock is dedicated
□ Inlet Seacock is shared
□ Inlet Thru-Hull forward facing scoop
□ Has strainer
□ Has diving snorkel
□ Has sea chest
□ Other
Thru Hull Size: ____________IN/CM
Approximate location on vessel and notes:_____________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
SEA STRAINER/BOOST PUMP MODULE
□ Module is below waterline
□ Clearance for filter sea strainer servicing
Notes:__________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
FEED PUMP MODULE
□ Feed pump module is mounted upright
□ Clearance for filter cartridge changes
□ Intake hoses are free of kinks
Distance from waterline: ________FT/M above/below the waterline
Hose length from boost pump module: _____FT/M
HIGH PRESSURE MODULE and BRINE DISCHARGE
□ Pressure relief valve is accessible
□ Brine discharge has no obstructions and vents to atmosphere
Notes:___________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
PRODUCT WATER TUBING
□ Product water flows into top of freshwater tank
□ Freshwater tank is vented
Notes:____________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
The following checklist is designed to confirm that the watermaker installation meets Spectra
standards. Fill out the checklist as completely as possible. Check any boxes that apply and
note any concerns. Please document any discrepancies or concerns with photos.
INSTALLATION SIGN OFF
Technician’s Name: __________________________________________ Date: ________
Technician’s Signature: __________________________________________________________
Distributor/Dealer_______________________________________________________________
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Spectra Watermakers Commissioning Report – Page 1
(To be completed by authorized installer)
Fill out the below checks as completely as possible. Check any boxes that apply and note any concerns.
PURGE
□ Storage Chemicals have been purged with PRV open
Length of purge: _______Minutes
□ Diversion Valve is up, in reject position
□ Filter condition has been calibrated
□ “Run Manual” switch engages full speed
□ “Service” switch engages flush speed
RUN HIGH MODE CHECKS
Product Flow: _____________ GPH/LPH
Confirmed Product Flow Rate ___________GPH/LPH
□ Technician Flow meter. Brand________________
□ Hand Measurement _______Gal/Liters in _____SEC/MIN
Product Quality: __________ PPM
□ Confirmed product quality with handheld TDS meter
Feed Pressure: __________ PSI/BAR
Boost Pressure (with clean prefilters): ________PSI/BAR
Brine Flow Rate: _______________ GPM/LPM
Measurement taken with:
□ Technician Flow meter. Brand_________________
□ Hand Measurement: _______Gal/Liters in _____SEC/MIN
□ Boost Pump runs
□ Output and motor speed decrease when low mode is engaged
Notes:__________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
FRESHWATER FLUSH
□ Freshwater Flush solenoid valve opens
□ Feed Pump is not cavitating when system flushes with seacock closed
Ship's pressurized freshwater pump flow & pressure rating ________ GPM/LPM ________ PSI/BAR
When seacock is open, what is the ppm of brine discharge at the end of the flush_______
Flush duration is ________Minutes
□ Needed to change flush time
□ Needed to change speed of feed pump during flush
Notes:__________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
*If the system does not have a dedicated forward-facing scoop type thru-hull or will be on a vessel that
moves faster than 15 knots the system needs to complete the following sea trial checks. Spectra
Watermakers reserves the right to require a sea trial from any customer before approving a
commissioning report.
SEA TRIAL
□ Watermaker will flush while underway
□ Watermaker will start while underway
While the vessel is underway moving _______KNOTS/MPH/KPH the watermaker is producing
_______ GPH/LPH at ______PPM
The following checklist is designed to confirm that the watermaker installation meets Spectra
standards and that the system is performing at specification.
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Spectra Watermakers Commissioning Report – Page 2
OWNER EDUCATION
Owner has been trained on the following:
Know locations of
□ Seacock/Thru-hull
□ Sea strainer module
□ Prefilter (and/or) Feed Pump Module
□ Freshwater Flush Module
□ High Pressure Module
□ Clark Pump Pressure Relief valve
□ Product water inlet to Freshwater Tank
□ Brine Discharge location
□ Service hoses and storage chemicals
□ User Manual
□ How to power the watermaker off and on at the main breaker.
□ How to run the watermaker.
□ How to freshwater flush and the importance of freshwater flushing.
□ Knows when the ships domestic freshwater pump is on.
□ Knows which prefilter cartridges to use and how to change them.
□ Knows how to service the sea strainer module.
□ Knows where the carbon block filter is and is familiar with (6 months) service frequency.
□ Knows how to run the system via “RUN MANUAL.” Including knowing how to bypass the diversion valve and
sample the product water before it enters the tank.
□ Understands the risks of running the system in run manual.
□ Have visually seen the overboard brine discharge (Should know when the system is pumping water).
□ Know where freshwater enters the tank, would be able to manually sample/taste water if necessary.
□ Understand when the Clark Pump is under pressure and cycling.
□ Has felt the boost pump when the system is on and when the system is off.
□ Understand the relationship between the boost pump and filter condition as well as feed pump health. Note the
filter condition change when boost pump cable is disconnected.
□ Be able to identify feed pump cavitation (this is the sound the feed pump makes when the system is running,
and the seacock is closed momentarily.)
□ Have seen how the service hoses and bucket are used to circulate seawater or freshwater through the system.
□ Have heard the difference speeds of the vane pump (the difference between Run Hi and Service speed.)
Notes:_____________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
COMMISSIONING REPORT SIGN OFF
Technician’s Name: ____________________________________________________________
Technician’s Signature: _________________________________________________________
Owner’s Name________________________________________________________________
Owner’s Signature_____________________________________________________________
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