Alan D
I have a "lower end" spa that sits out on my outside deck. It seems to have very little insulation because during our "harsh" Fall and Winter season down here in Louisiana (lol) the spa just can't seem to hold the temperature long. It always kicks on and cycles to bring the temp back up to wherever I have it set. I use to have a Colman spa and I do not remember the temperature fluctuating like this! I know you get what you pay for, I have a DreamMaker portable 6 person spa. When I empty the water out and tip it up I do not notice a whole lot of insulating materials. I am tempted to go to Home Depot and by that expanding foam and spray that stuff all underneath up along the underside of the tub to give it some insulating properties. I can get way up in there so I could cover a lot of area doing this, I really don't care what the underside looks like as long as my water temp holds better. Also, I do have a standard cover but was thinking about getting a floating blanket also.HELP?
Answer
Dream maker is a very poorly insulated spa. You can use a soray foam and we do but make sure your prepared for the diggin out of the foam when the day comes that their glue fails and the plumbing starts to leak in places. I think it is well worth doing and we do it often to a lot of hot tubs. It also makes it harder for snakes to live under your spa. Do leave room around yout pump and spa pack for it to be worked on in the future. Also make sure you hard wire that tub. I have seen a lot of melted GFI cords from that company with the plug in cords. As far as the blanket, that will pretty much be a waste of money.
Dream maker is a very poorly insulated spa. You can use a soray foam and we do but make sure your prepared for the diggin out of the foam when the day comes that their glue fails and the plumbing starts to leak in places. I think it is well worth doing and we do it often to a lot of hot tubs. It also makes it harder for snakes to live under your spa. Do leave room around yout pump and spa pack for it to be worked on in the future. Also make sure you hard wire that tub. I have seen a lot of melted GFI cords from that company with the plug in cords. As far as the blanket, that will pretty much be a waste of money.
hot tub troubleshooting?
J T
Last night I was in my hot tub and it just shut off on me and there was no power to the tub. I switched the breaker off and back on and nothing. i just bought a house that had a hot tub and i know they recently replaced the heater...there has been no problems for 2 months. Any help on why it would just shut off? did it get too hot and have a auto shut off mode?
Mountain Springs Yukon 500 GAL TUB. ANY HELP? THanks.
JT
Answer
It blew the Sc-25 or Sc-30 fuse located inside the spa pack. Open it up located the orange or green fuse and take it to Lowe's and get a new one. Be sure to turn the main breaker off so no electricity is flowing to the tub to zap you. Some tubs blow these little guys as often as every six months for the only reason is too much amps coming into your tub from your friendly power company. By the way all of the other 3 have good answers also to read. If this fuse still does not do it, you need to disconnect each item from the spa pack that is connected to it it flipping the power off each time before you unplug each line. Keep doing this until you find the item that doesn't blow the GFI when power is applied to it. Even though the heater is brand new I am betting on it if it is not the fuse....would I bet it is a fuse? Sure let's start at a hundred.... If you have unplugged everything and it is still tripping the GFI then it most like is the new heater. It will be under warranty. It better be! If you have any questions just call us and leave a message if we don't get to the phone fast enough.
It blew the Sc-25 or Sc-30 fuse located inside the spa pack. Open it up located the orange or green fuse and take it to Lowe's and get a new one. Be sure to turn the main breaker off so no electricity is flowing to the tub to zap you. Some tubs blow these little guys as often as every six months for the only reason is too much amps coming into your tub from your friendly power company. By the way all of the other 3 have good answers also to read. If this fuse still does not do it, you need to disconnect each item from the spa pack that is connected to it it flipping the power off each time before you unplug each line. Keep doing this until you find the item that doesn't blow the GFI when power is applied to it. Even though the heater is brand new I am betting on it if it is not the fuse....would I bet it is a fuse? Sure let's start at a hundred.... If you have unplugged everything and it is still tripping the GFI then it most like is the new heater. It will be under warranty. It better be! If you have any questions just call us and leave a message if we don't get to the phone fast enough.
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