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Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Hot Tub Heater problem...

Question:

"A hot tub reaches 100 degrees - it shuts off - cools down - resets - starts again. Is this a heating element or control panel problem?"

Answer:

I'm going to assume that you do not have the hot tub set to an "economy" or "sleep" mode to conserve energy.

This sounds as though it is more likely a control panel problem than a heating element problem. The control panel is telling the heater to shut off when it senses that the water has reached 100 degrees. Then, the control panel senses that the water temperature is low once it has cooled off, so it starts the cycle all over again.

However, it could also be that the heating element shuts itself off when it reaches a certain point and then resets itself when it is cool enough. This scenario is not nearly as likely, but it is still possible.

My advice is to contact a service technician who is familiar with your particular brand of hot tub. These problems are rarely isolated to a single unit and tend to be inherent to the components that are used, so a pattern develops over time. In other words, if a control panel fails more often in this manner, a service technician who is familiar with your brand of hot tub will know this and spend a lot less time trying to figure out what is wrong (like I am doing right now).

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