Hello.
I recently acquired a j-315 Jacuzzi that has not been turned on in about a year.
According to the website, and the manual it should require 15a. I have it temporary plugged into a 20a outlet that is inside my house with a 12AWG 20Amp extension cord.
When the Jacuzzi starts - it runs fine for about 10-15 seconds. The jets are running and everything sounds good - but there are 2 error codes displaying (COL and FL1) however I do not think that is related to this issue.
After about 10-15 seconds the spa suddenly turns off. It appears to trip the GFCI that is on the electrical cord - I am assume that is the case because I can wait about 20 seconds and hit the reset switch on the GFCI and the spa will turn back on.
If I unplug the heater from the main board the spa will turn on fine (and will display just a COL error) and stay on for as long as I want it to be on (and I can have the jets on full blast during that time period without the spa shutting off).
My question is - do you think that is some sort of ground fault or short in the heater that is tripping the GFCI - or do you think that when the heater is plugged in and the jets are on that is is drawing too much juice and trips the GFCI?
A new heater is around $200 so it wouldn't be too big of a deal....I just want to make sure it is the correct thing to be fixing.
I recently acquired a j-315 Jacuzzi that has not been turned on in about a year.
According to the website, and the manual it should require 15a. I have it temporary plugged into a 20a outlet that is inside my house with a 12AWG 20Amp extension cord.
When the Jacuzzi starts - it runs fine for about 10-15 seconds. The jets are running and everything sounds good - but there are 2 error codes displaying (COL and FL1) however I do not think that is related to this issue.
After about 10-15 seconds the spa suddenly turns off. It appears to trip the GFCI that is on the electrical cord - I am assume that is the case because I can wait about 20 seconds and hit the reset switch on the GFCI and the spa will turn back on.
If I unplug the heater from the main board the spa will turn on fine (and will display just a COL error) and stay on for as long as I want it to be on (and I can have the jets on full blast during that time period without the spa shutting off).
My question is - do you think that is some sort of ground fault or short in the heater that is tripping the GFCI - or do you think that when the heater is plugged in and the jets are on that is is drawing too much juice and trips the GFCI?
A new heater is around $200 so it wouldn't be too big of a deal....I just want to make sure it is the correct thing to be fixing.