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Rectangular and Custom Pools
Place safety cover box on long side of pool. Remove cover from box and carefully unfold. Cover is folded lengthwise at the factory.
Place cover carefully on pool. (Keeping water levels up, supports the cover during installation.)
Temporarily secure straps with weights such as water buckets. Place objects on straps only. Do not place weights or buckets on cover material, as damage may occur.
If the cover you are installing is solid be careful to keep water from getting on top of it. If the solid cover came with a pump, set it up as soon as possible. To set up the pump, screw the base onto the pump and screw a hose to the connector on the pump. Plug the pump into an extension cord and plug the extension cord into a grounded outdoor outlet. Slide the pump out to the middle of the cover. CAUTION: Merlin strongly recommends that the pump is up and running at all times. Failure to do so will result in voiding the cover warranty.
Adjust the cover so that it overlaps the pool evenly on all sides and corners. Generally, rectangular covers up to 1200 square. ft. will overlap the pool by 12" , rectangular covers between 1200 square. Ft and 1800 square. ft. will overlap the pool by 15", and rectangular covers over 1800 square. ft. and freeform pool covers will overlap the pool by approximately 18". Solid Covers usually have at least 15" to 18" of overlap. Overlaps may vary slightly. CAUTION: Be sure to check that the overlap is even on all sides of the pool, before each particular cover installation. Attach springs to all straps of the pool cover. The illustration below shows proper buckle assembly. This suggested set up, will make forward and backward adjustment possible in the least amount of time. For the cover may stretch in its first two years of use, it will be easy to adjust.
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