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I got everything re-assembled back together again. Flipped the breaker on, turned up the thermostat and waited for the sparks ;P. Measured 240V across the heater coil, so for now, everything is working properly as it should. Dialed in the thermostat to not quite as high of a setting. Now its...

Spent 2 hours after work taking the spa pack end apart, so I could get to the heater element. What a major pain in the butt. Anyways, after getting it all out I measured it with the ohm meter and it reads ~9.8 ohms, which per this page is within spec. No continuity with the metal casing either...

Ended up going with BaquaSpa (before I read the reviews online) which is what the local spa dealer carried... well that or chlorine. Enjoyed the spa for about a week of real usage with temps 100+ F. Seems the heater element died now though. Noticed this weekend temps started to drop into the...

Anyways, finally got the coil and time to install it tonight. The new one looks a wee bit different than the old, as it has two sets of umm poles it appears. Even though the part states its a Siemens 45CG10AFA [attachment=0:2o2j90nm]SIEMEAC00005_413_TN_001.jpg[/attachment:2o2j90nm] Took off the...

Yup, I've been looking at spadepot.com for prices/parts the past weeks. Seems decent enough to me. Will order it up tonight. ah, so the coil basically regulates how much the heating element is heated? Sounds sort of like a mechanical PWM (pulse width modulation)

Yea sorry for the delays, life is busy with a new house and job these days. Yup, it's the coil which is making all the noise. Took a wood paint stick and touched each to my ear while it was on. Coil is part number a77-306652a-1, which from looking online is a single pole, 120V 25A. While I...

The buzzing noise is coming from the left side of the spa pack. I opened it up, but it's so loud, unsure which component is making the noise. [attachment=0:2gy85ztj]EP2-internal2.jpg[/attachment:2gy85ztj] [attachment=1:2gy85ztj]EP2-internal3.jpg[/attachment:2gy85ztj] I talked with the service...

Appears the heater works, at least somewhat. That buzzing sure is annoying though. I turned the spa on this evening and dropped in a temp probe into the water. It warmed it up from 46F to 54F in ~1hr. Then next time I came out to check on it, the whole system was off. Eventually I realized it...

Yes, the buzzing is coming from the spa pack (aka EP2 unit from the pictures above). No idea if the heater is working as I haven't left the spa running for long enough. Besides leaving the spa running for 24/7, any way to quickly know if the heater element(s) are properly working? I don't own...