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The spa will run for
a while, and may or may not reach the temperature
requested, but will suddenly stop heating and
flash OH. We then have to unplug it, and plug it
back in, before it will try to begin heating
again. A spa repairman replaced the pump in 2001,
thinking that might help, but we continued to have
problems. He said he was going to order a new
control panel (or something like that) but we
never heard from him again |
First, try this
test: Turn off
power. Turn on and
LISTEN. If you hear
bubbling before the
pump comes on, you
need a new pcboard.
IF there is a delay
of about 8 secs and
then the pump comes
on and then the
heater, you probably
need a new OH sensor
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my jacuzzi only has
one pump when i replaced the circuit board nu#
2600-019 which is the that was recommended for
control box f-109 every thing works fine except
the pump only runs on low and heats the water.
when i switch to high it continues to run on low
but it also turns on the switch for pump nu# 2 but
there is no pump # 2 there is only one pump. i
have check the pump it runs fine on high but i can
not get it to run by the control topside . I have
replaced the topside it does the same thing . i
have disabled pump nu# 1 it does the same thing
.is there any way to jump pump#2 high to pump #1
high to make the jets come on |
You might have not
have told the
pcboard which setup
you have. To do
this, turn off main
power and remove the
control box cover.
Look up at the top
center of the
pcboard. You will
see a "jumper"
switch labeled:
"Pump 2 Enable".
It's either set one
of 2 ways; either
there is a jumper
dangling on one of
the 2 wires OR the
jumper connects to
the 2 wires.
Whichever you have,
change. If the
jumper is only on
one wire, connect
them both. If the
jumper is on both
wires, pull the
jumper off.
On last thing to
also check: on the
left center of the
pcboard you will see
another jumper with
a 20a/50a label.
That tells the board
whether you are
running the spa on
110v (20a) OR 220v
(50a). That IS
important. If you
are running on 110,
the top and center
wires should be
connected by the
jumper. IF you are
running on 220v, the
center/bottom wires
should be connected.
One last thing to
look at: on the
upper left corner
are 4 wires that
come out of the
board that just sit
there. Make sure
these 4 wires are
not touching each
other.
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The spa will run for
a while, and may or may not reach the temperature
requested, but will suddenly stop heating and
flash OH. We then have to unplug it, and plug it
back in, before it will try to begin heating
again. A spa repairman replaced the pump in 2001,
thinking that might help, but we continued to have
problems. He said he was going to order a new
control panel (or something like that) but we
never heard from him again. Can you help us?
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First, try this
test: Turn off
power. Turn on and
LISTEN. If you hear
bubbling before the
pump comes on, you
need a new pcboard.
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During a thunderstorm this weekend lighting
knocked out my alarm system, answering machine,
etc. Also did something to my hottub. After the
storm I went to turn on the hot tub and nothing
happened. So I checked the breakers and they
seemed not to have been triped, though I manually
turned them off and then back on. Went back to
the hot tub and pushed the button to turn it on
and the motors and light turned on for about one
second then went off and would not come back on.
So I manually turned the breaker off and then on
again. Turned the hot tub on and it ran for about
one second then went off again and would not come
back on unless I triped the breaker again, and
then only for one second. The orange colored light
that indicats the heater is on lights up so I
assume that there is power to the tub.
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There's a high
likelihood that the
zap took out the spa
but lets test a
couple things.
Open the wood
access. Now have
someone turn on main
power while you
stand next to the
spa. When the power
is first turned on,
you should HEAR a
CLICK and the heater
light should come on
for about 5 secs.
Then the heater
light should go off.
About 5 secs later,
there should be
another CLICK; that
would be the #1
pump. What do you
hear?
Typically, lightning
takes out the
pcboard and often
the heater.
Sometimes the
topside but that's
rare and I have seen
the low pump go, but
again, rare. So I
thinking you will
need a new pcboard
and probably a new
heater.
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my
jacuzzi only has one pump when i replaced the
circuit board nu# 2600-019 which is the that was
recomended for control box f-109 every thing works
fine except the pump only runs on low and heats
the water.when i switch to high it continues to
run on low butit also turns on the switch for pump
nu# 2 but ther is no pump # 2 there is only one
pump. i have check the pump it runs fine on high
but i can not get it to run by the control topside
. ihave replaced the topside it does the same
thing . i have disabled pump nu# 1 it does the
same thing .is there any way to jump pump#2 high
to pump #1 high to make the jets come on. |
You might have not
have told the
pcboard which setup
you have. To do
this, turn off main
power and remove the
control box cover.
Look up at the top
center of the
pcboard. You will
see a "jumper"
switch labeled:
"Pump 2 Enable".
It's either set one
of 2 ways; either
there is a jumper
dangling on one of
the 2 wires OR the
jumper connects to
the 2 wires.
Whichever you have,
change. If the
jumper is only on
one wire, connect
them both. If the
jumper is on both
wires, pull the
jumper off.
On last thing to
also check: on the
left center of the
pcboard you will see
another jumper with
a 20a/50a label.
That tells the board
whether you are
running the spa on
110v (20a) OR 220v
(50a). That IS
important. If you
are running on 110,
the top and center
wires should be
connected by the
jumper. IF you are
running on 220v, the
center/bottom wires
should be connected.
One last thing to
look at: on the
upper left corner
are 4 wires that
come out of the
board that just sit
there. Make sure
these 4 wires are
not touching each
other.
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