Am a new pool owner with Pentair Easy touch remote for pool and spa. When I push button on remote to turn spa on, the water is not heating up. Could I have a setting wrong on the remote? Also the temp reading on the remote is off, it says the spa temp is 186 degrees.
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I think you just answered your own question. The EasyTouch thinks that the spa is 186, so clearly there is no need for the heater to be on. There must be something wrong with the temperature sensor. It might be mis-configured, but more likely there is some kind of hardware problem, a lose connection on the temperature sensor or something like that.
I think you just answered your own question. The EasyTouch thinks that the spa is 186, so clearly there is no need for the heater to be on. There must be something wrong with the temperature sensor. It might be mis-configured, but more likely there is some kind of hardware problem, a lose connection on the temperature sensor or something like that.
that makes sense...but where exactly is the sensor in the hot tub? and is this something i can check out myself?
Thanks
Thanks
In my setup (Jandy Aqualink RS), there is no sensor in the spa itself. The sensor is in the plumbing right after the pump and before the filter. It is inserted into a hole in the PVC and held with a clamp. It monitors the water circulating through the system when in spa mode (or pool mode) and turns the heater on/off accordingly.
It should not be a big deal to replace the sensor if that is the problem. In the meantime look through the manual for the heater to disable the automatic mode so you can manually turn it on to heat the spa.
Jim
It should not be a big deal to replace the sensor if that is the problem. In the meantime look through the manual for the heater to disable the automatic mode so you can manually turn it on to heat the spa.
Jim
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RinRMD said:
This is the same setup I have. It works well, but it is usually 1 degree off for the spa and 2 degrees off for the pool. It is easy to compensate for so it's no big deal. The only problem is having to explain it to other people if Im not going to be there.
Spa temps are funny. You can totally tell the difference of just a single degree. Sometimes I am in there at night and the spa is 101 and I just need it to be 102
Or if its cooler out and it is 102, I can tell that 103 would be perfect. Then if it is 1 degree over you feel like you are going to melt. LOL.I am going to make a guess here that whoever installed the system put the water temp sensor right after the heater outlet instead of BEFORE it! You want to monitor the water temp before the heater heats it up so you know what temperature is going into the heater but a lot of pool installers don't seen to have this simple fact down! I've seen this problem more than once!
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waterbear said:
I dont know why I didn't notice this a YEAR ago when you wrote it, or why I decided to read old posts randomly, but you are a genius!!! Thanks!
