Greetings.
This is my second spa and the first time I've even encountered this situation. My spa is running a Balboa PVS500Z control pak/heater and a few weeks ago the spa was going way beyond the heater set point. As in the spa was hitting 108 degrees plus. Nothing I tried would cool it down so eventually I cut the GFCI to let it cool. Then it would not power up a bit.
Because of time constraints, I called a tech out. First off he said we were not getting any power off the GFCI (fair enough I installed that in 2003) we we replaced that breaker ($90).
Then as he started reading the codes on the Balboa he told me it appeared the board must have been hit by a surge. And it was shot. He mentioned possibly getting a used board but then called back and said $885 installed. I mentioned I thought I could get the controller for less and he grumbled about spaguts selling remanufactured stuff. Anyway...
Now, I have replaced everything in my past spa with stuff from spaguts.com, and certainly see that as a more economical way to go. (they even sell the pack for $379) Plus they have their own brand for 430 with a 3 year warranty.
Has anyone ever experienced that overheating issue?
Do you think it was really a surge/lightning? Nothing else in the house seems to be affected.
This is my second spa and the first time I've even encountered this situation. My spa is running a Balboa PVS500Z control pak/heater and a few weeks ago the spa was going way beyond the heater set point. As in the spa was hitting 108 degrees plus. Nothing I tried would cool it down so eventually I cut the GFCI to let it cool. Then it would not power up a bit.
Because of time constraints, I called a tech out. First off he said we were not getting any power off the GFCI (fair enough I installed that in 2003) we we replaced that breaker ($90).
Then as he started reading the codes on the Balboa he told me it appeared the board must have been hit by a surge. And it was shot. He mentioned possibly getting a used board but then called back and said $885 installed. I mentioned I thought I could get the controller for less and he grumbled about spaguts selling remanufactured stuff. Anyway...
Now, I have replaced everything in my past spa with stuff from spaguts.com, and certainly see that as a more economical way to go. (they even sell the pack for $379) Plus they have their own brand for 430 with a 3 year warranty.
Has anyone ever experienced that overheating issue?
Do you think it was really a surge/lightning? Nothing else in the house seems to be affected.
