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zliminator
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Post subject: 10A wire and GFCI hooked up  Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:55 pm |
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Location: Lakeland, FL
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and its drawing 15A in slow speed and around 8A on high. It doesn't seem to be putting out any heat, but its drawing 15A so I guess it takes a while.
Dan
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:37 pm |
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Location: Albert Lea, MN
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15A is probably about right if you are running on 120V. At that rate, the spa will take a long time to heat. prolly 3-5 degrees an hour.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:40 pm |
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I'm wondering what these holes are for.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:42 pm |
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Everything's working. I had to buy a new blower and filter cannister. A total of about $250 for everything. Just waiting for it to heat up for its breakin.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:44 pm |
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those "holes" are the air control knobs for the jets... controls how much bubble action you get at the jets.
Looks good! Congrats!
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Post subject: so what do you do turn 'em or take 'em off? Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 6:32 am |
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There's a seal around it and its kinda hard to get the cap back in let alone turn it. Thanks for your blessing, BTW.
Dan
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:50 pm |
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put some petroleum jelly on the o-ring seal and see if that helps
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Post subject: my GFCI keeps tripping Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 10:30 am |
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Location: Lakeland, FL
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when the temp gets up to around 95F the GFCI socket trips. I measured the ohms from either prong of the plug to the ground prong and got a resistance of around 8M ohm. I thought, this is not good. I then unplugged each appliance that plugs into the control box and still got the same reading. So am I to assume there's something wrong with the controller box? A short to ground?
Dan
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:01 pm |
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Location: Albert Lea, MN
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I want to be sure I'm understanding this correctly.
The GFI doesn't trip anytime the temperature is below 95 degrees?
Is it possible it is the high limit that is tripping out?
8M (Meg) Ohms is no where near a short circuit. 8 Ohms, however, would be. I can't see 8M Ohms causing a GFI fault. Please verify this reading.
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:14 pm |
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Location: Lakeland, FL
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Thanks Charger, I just took the wiring from the controller box to the heater and measured ~6M ohms to ground. I'm not sure how the limit sw. works quite yet, but I remember the first couple times it quite on me I reset the limit switch and then reset the GFCI and it worked. Hope that helps.
Dan
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