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FYI: I am having a $100 or so increase in
my electric bill, in the 20 - 40 degree NJ winter. Way more that I
thought. Looking to insulate this hot tub with something.
The spray foam is not working to my satifaction.
Purchase
this at a local pool store, on sale, end of year model. Got it
delivered and the old Jacuzzi removed. There it sat, and sat and
sat. So after a long time I finally got time to get it going.
Big number one that is not listed on any website. The whole side
of the hot tub comes off to get to the power cable (mine is 120v, and is
by the top control panel ), so 10 screws have to be removed. I
would leave the two top center screws as last.
That PEG in the center
bottom, that is to hold the side when dropping the side off or
installing it back on. You need a lifting board under the edge of the
cover to help lift it as the top of the panel slides under the
fiberglass edge. It's not awful heavy, but there is not much to grab onto.
HINT: MARK with a permanent pen or scratches where the side and
edges match. That way you can find the correct side screw holes
when you have to take the side off.
The motor marking by the mauf.
says 1 hp.. Water's Edge say my mode has two... maybe they upgraded ? ?
This 1 HP REALLY pumps water. On low it's pumping a lot, on high
it really moved the water.
(Info: If you have this type of tub. I would get some
grease, unscrew the front of the pump screws one screw at a time and
grease them and put them back. It's metal they are screwed into,
so if they rust after 5+ years you'll never get them out.)
(update Sat. Oct
17th. '20) I have to remove the pump, to do that I
have to take off
the other side cover to get to the two back screws holding the
motor. Looking for number the Waters's Edge person said
should be there to identify what pump is there. There are no "numbers" on the body of the front
pump cover to find replacement parts. And there are no
"parts listing" as it seems whatever parts are available at that
time are installed. After removing the motor, I
find the source of my leak. I can now see straight into
the pump front connection. There is a crack where the threads meet the
body. This is thick plastic, how did that crack ?
So
now searching for a front pump part now that I have some
"numbers" from inside the pump. It seems they make many,
many variations of this style pump. A YouTube video (see link
below) of a Hot Tube company finally identifies the pump.
A Chinese Guangdong LX knockoff that looks like a standard
"Waterway" brand, that is used in many quality Hot Tubs.
You can tell by the large screws that look like they have washers on front of the wet ends.
The Waterway have regular size screws. |
Update: Oct.
24th. I received the wet end (whole thing - $86, with seal
and impeller) on Friday night 7PM. So I popped off the
cover I needed from the replacement (no place had just the
front). No lube was on the rubber gasket, so I stole some
from the old one. I also lubed the screws with oil and it
slipped right on. This has the 3 plugs in front so I took
off the old barb for the cracked front.. .NOPE. The
replacement has "fine thread" for the barb, of course on the old
one "regular thread". So remember that if you need to
order this part.
So I doubled over the
pipe from a jet that goes to that barb and vice gripped it.
I put on a gasket (2" inside) I bought off Amazon as that fit
better then another 2 silicon type I bought from the Hot Tub
place. Put it all together and plug it in... nothing.
Hit the reset.. nothing. I hit the "on" button on the control
(top left) and it starts !
Let it run... no leaks, also
checked that plastic jet tube that is to go to the barb I need
to replace, no leaks. I let it go to "heat mode - ECO"
flashing... it went two degrees in about 2 hours.
TWO
STUPID FEATURES on this model:
1. You can hit a button and
turn this thing off ? ? ? ? Not a good feature. Will
test that later.
2. ECO mode. When you start it goes to
ECO mode. This will drop your set temp by 20 degrees.
So at 101 degree set, it will go to 81... forever !
Figuring it take an hour for each degree. That's 20 hours
to bring it up to temp !
So the next morning I go
outside, and it's 81 degrees, pump in slow. I read the
control panel directions and programming. There is a clock
on the panel.
ONE: I turn off ECO. Nice
feature, but 20 degree drop. Maybe if you are going away
for a week or more. No way to set the ECO to only drop 5
or 10 degrees. You can set when ECO goes on and for how
many hours in that mode. Nice, but 20 degrees !
So
right now it's running, up to 87 degrees (I turned off ECO 6
hours ago). The area by the motor is now dry. Spent
15 min getting the side panel to match the edge screws.
I'm going to mark those panels. REMINDER: if you
take off two of the same sides, the edge panel drops off. |
| Update Nov. 8th:
I finally got time to add the barb that was "fine thread" I
ordered for $8. A 10 min replacement to the plug that was
there. Turn on the pump, no leaks. Still not sure
how all these jets work, but no leaks. I did mark the side
panels with a black felt tip. After some 20 min of
watching for leaks, it was easy to put back the side correctly.
I did notice that at the bottom, there is a good gap at the
bottom of the side panels for cold air to enter. Something
to think about. |
The hot
tub company says they have insulation surrounding the tub. It's
thin reflective foil stuff. Looking to get some thin, real
insulation that I saw surrounding a hot tub at the store I bought this
from.
I cleaned
it and filled it with water. I then find out the power plug is in the
wrong place (it's on the left side facing the controller panel) so I have to
use an extension cord for now. So after filling it, I plug
it in and it starts..... great... wait. What's this water.
The big white connector in the front of the pump is leaking. After
trying a few things I remove the connector.
Factory
defect: The glue used to connect the flexible hose to the
shutoff-connector was laid on to much and it leaked to the rubber seal.
That glue did not let the connector go flat to the pump hosing.
Hoping to just cut off that hard glue, I would fix the leak. I
removed the glue, but the glue deformed the rubber seal. I
tried flipping the seal, nope.
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