TL;DR: Solid FLO error on Sundance Altamar y2000 spa after ahh-some purge and refill. FLO error first appeared when the jet cycles turned off during ahh-some purge. Water was swapped and spa was powered on. Everything was good - jets went and heater went on to heat water to desired temperture. Once temperture was reached and jets turned off, FLO error came back. Cycling power on and on breifly removes FLO error - all jets can be operated but once they are off, the FLO error eventually comes back.
I have an old Sundance Spa Altamar year 2000 that has been running flawlessly lately.
Yesterday I decided to swap out the water, but first did a purge with ahh-some following their instructions - remove filter and throw it in the water, add ahh-some, run all jets and bubbles with air open for 30mins to get the crud out of the plumbing.
After the cycle stopped I noticed I got a FLO error on my display. I flipped on and off the circuit and the FLO error went away.
I proceeded to swap out the water. Added fresh water by adding it into the tube where the filter attaches to so that water is filling the plumbing as it fills the tub. Once completely filled I turned the power to the spa on and everything was fine (display was showing me Cool, heater was on and some jets were running to heat up the tub).
I checked again this morning and I now have the FLO error again. The tub has heated up properly to the correct set temperature. When I flip the breaker on and off, the FLO error goes away and I can run jets, etc. When the jet cycle turns off, the tub eventually will show the FLO error again.
My thought is that during the purge with the filter being off, either I got some air bubbles in the lines or more plausible, there were some tree seeds in the tub when the purge was happening and some of these tree seeds entered the lines and clogged something during the purge when the filter was completely removed?
Any suggestions on why this happened and what I can do to remedy it? I'm thinking going in with the water hose and trying to blow water into the outlet that circulates out the hot water to try to release any crud or air bubbles? Any other things I can do?
Edit: the FLO on the display is solid and not flashing which from my understanding mean different things.
I have an old Sundance Spa Altamar year 2000 that has been running flawlessly lately.
Yesterday I decided to swap out the water, but first did a purge with ahh-some following their instructions - remove filter and throw it in the water, add ahh-some, run all jets and bubbles with air open for 30mins to get the crud out of the plumbing.
After the cycle stopped I noticed I got a FLO error on my display. I flipped on and off the circuit and the FLO error went away.
I proceeded to swap out the water. Added fresh water by adding it into the tube where the filter attaches to so that water is filling the plumbing as it fills the tub. Once completely filled I turned the power to the spa on and everything was fine (display was showing me Cool, heater was on and some jets were running to heat up the tub).
I checked again this morning and I now have the FLO error again. The tub has heated up properly to the correct set temperature. When I flip the breaker on and off, the FLO error goes away and I can run jets, etc. When the jet cycle turns off, the tub eventually will show the FLO error again.
My thought is that during the purge with the filter being off, either I got some air bubbles in the lines or more plausible, there were some tree seeds in the tub when the purge was happening and some of these tree seeds entered the lines and clogged something during the purge when the filter was completely removed?
Any suggestions on why this happened and what I can do to remedy it? I'm thinking going in with the water hose and trying to blow water into the outlet that circulates out the hot water to try to release any crud or air bubbles? Any other things I can do?
Edit: the FLO on the display is solid and not flashing which from my understanding mean different things.
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