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* DON'T PLUG IN AND SWITCH ON WITHOUT WATER - you'll burn the heating element | * DON'T PLUG IN AND SWITCH ON WITHOUT WATER - you'll burn the heating element | ||
* Put the bath somewhere stable and don't move it while full, it's got 10L (10kg) of water inside | * Put the bath somewhere stable and don't move it while full, it's got 10L (10kg) of water inside | ||
* Keep a thermometer dipped in the bath to keep an eye on the temperature | * Keep a thermometer dipped in the bath to keep an eye on the temperature | ||
* If you load the bath with cold water, it will take at least 1hr to warm up to the proper temperature. Try to mix cold & hot water to get the bath close to the right temperature from the beginning, and then just let the heater maintain that temperature. Try 2x2L jugs of cold water and 3x2L jugs of hot water as a starting point. | * If you load the bath with cold water, it will take at least 1hr to warm up to the proper temperature. Try to mix cold & hot water to get the bath close to the right temperature from the beginning, and then just let the heater maintain that temperature. Try 2x2L jugs of cold water and 3x2L jugs of hot water as a starting point. | ||
