Hey Scott, It's Tony from Idaho. Thank you so much for your information and direction in diagnosing my no heat issue with my Tuff Spa. After performing the diagnosing steps you mentioned, I verified that the the heating tube and element were bad. I replaced the tube and things are working fine now! Thanks again!
My spa stopped heating. I was going to just pull the heater out and replace until I saw your video. Going back in for more troubleshooting. Thank you for the video!!
If those heater wires were as loose as it looked that could have been a big part of the problem. Shouldn’t have affected the pump, though. Iv seen loose connections burn out boards especially on balboa heater terminals. Loose wires cause fires.
Totally agree, looking at the wires and the terminals on the board i'm leaning towards a loose connection, the connector heated up and started melting. The marks on the relay are from heat and or smoke from the burning wire/terminal.
Agreed, looks like a loose wire...it could have been the relay also...if it was a power surge the gfci should have tripped. Id test the gfci also... Ive had lightning storms that have fried circuit boards though...👍
These Hot Tubs are notorious for not tripping the breaker during a storm Had several dozen from this storm with the same problem it usually happens several time a year. Thanks for Watching & SUBSCRIBING
Hey scott, Fellow desert dweller here in chandler. The board in my spa pack needs to be replaced. Its a 137 MAAX SUV M7 made by Balboa. Is there a genetic board thatwill replace it or do i have to buy the exact same board? Thanks!
@@spaman5440 thanks, Scott. Out of curiosity, how much does it cost to have a board programmed and how would one go about it? Maybe a good topic for a video? 😎 Wink wink, nudge nudge. 🤣
@@stevemclean5787 Boards can cost from a couple hundred to several hundred depending on the the manufacturer... I have done a couple videos on how to replace a board and programming Thanks for Watching & SUBSCRIBING
Hey SM, Fellow Arizonan here. When I first turn the breaker on the display cycles through a bunch of 2 digit error codes before the circ pump starts and then shows the temp. After that no codes are shown and the tub works as designed. Is this normal?
I have an older tub with a Balboa pack. The temp is displaying in C instead of F. I have triple checked the dip switch is in correct position. Any suggestions? Thanks.
@@barryklein6521 Yeah, I tried changing it using the dip switch but no joy. I was hoping you knew a trick to get it resolved or knew if it was a quirk with older Balboa boards.
Have an 03 tub with balboa m7 board. Is it normal for it to run on low 'all the time', even when i set it to economy mode? Only owned it bout a month and it wasn't run for about 10 years b4 I bought it out in Goodyear.
Check the filter setting... If its set on economy mode but you have it set on an 8 hour filter setting it will run for what seems like ...None Stop. Hope this Helps Thanks for Watching & SUBSCRIBING Set the tub in Standard Mode on a 2 hour filter setting that should fix the problem
@spaman5440 thx much! Will try to find those settings. I'm in north suncity, if I can't get this figured out I will have you come out to square it away. Have a good new year and God bless!
@spaman5440 got it! Was able to get into the settings and changed to f2, looks like it was default to fc. Thinking that's filter continuous. Turned off within 10 seconds of changing the setting. Life saver
It could mean that your heater is trying to heat up the water but cant because the heater element is going bad...Check your filter cycles and anytime its heating. But the pumps shouldent be running 24/7
very nice well done SPA MAN you are my go to guy
Hey Scott, It's Tony from Idaho. Thank you so much for your information and direction in diagnosing my no heat issue with my Tuff Spa. After performing the diagnosing steps you mentioned, I verified that the the heating tube and element were bad. I replaced the tube and things are working fine now! Thanks again!
Thats great Good for you, Thanks for Watching & SUBSCRIBING
Happy New year.... Keep up the good work ...
My spa stopped heating. I was going to just pull the heater out and replace until I saw your video. Going back in for more troubleshooting. Thank you for the video!!
If those heater wires were as loose as it looked that could have been a big part of the problem. Shouldn’t have affected the pump, though. Iv seen loose connections burn out boards especially on balboa heater terminals. Loose wires cause fires.
Totally agree, looking at the wires and the terminals on the board i'm leaning towards a loose connection, the connector heated up and started melting. The marks on the relay are from heat and or smoke from the burning wire/terminal.
Agreed, looks like a loose wire...it could have been the relay also...if it was a power surge the gfci should have tripped. Id test the gfci also... Ive had lightning storms that have fried circuit boards though...👍
These Hot Tubs are notorious for not tripping the breaker during a storm Had several dozen from this storm with the same problem it usually happens several time a year. Thanks for Watching & SUBSCRIBING
My dusplay us showing 15 9n the display. I cant find anyrhing about this code. Any iseas?
Hey scott,
Fellow desert dweller here in chandler.
The board in my spa pack needs to be replaced. Its a 137 MAAX SUV M7 made by Balboa.
Is there a genetic board thatwill replace it or do i have to buy the exact same board?
Thanks!
I would replace it with the same board so it can be programed the same and the top side control works as well Thanks for Watching & SUBSCRIBING
@@spaman5440 thanks, Scott.
Out of curiosity, how much does it cost to have a board programmed and how would one go about it?
Maybe a good topic for a video? 😎
Wink wink, nudge nudge. 🤣
@@stevemclean5787 Boards can cost from a couple hundred to several hundred depending on the the manufacturer... I have done a couple videos on how to replace a board and programming Thanks for Watching & SUBSCRIBING
Hey SM,
Fellow Arizonan here.
When I first turn the breaker on the display cycles through a bunch of 2 digit error codes before the circ pump starts and then shows the temp.
After that no codes are shown and the tub works as designed. Is this normal?
Yeah that is your initial start up sequence when you turn the power on to the hot tub...
@@barryklein6521 Thanks Scott.
That makes me feel better.
I have an older tub with a Balboa pack. The temp is displaying in C instead of F. I have triple checked the dip switch is in correct position. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
You should be able to change it on your settings on the control panel...depends on the year...
@@barryklein6521 Yeah, I tried changing it using the dip switch but no joy.
I was hoping you knew a trick to get it resolved or knew if it was a quirk with older Balboa boards.
Have an 03 tub with balboa m7 board. Is it normal for it to run on low 'all the time', even when i set it to economy mode?
Only owned it bout a month and it wasn't run for about 10 years b4 I bought it out in Goodyear.
Check the filter setting... If its set on economy mode but you have it set on an 8 hour filter setting it will run for what seems like ...None Stop. Hope this Helps Thanks for Watching & SUBSCRIBING
Set the tub in Standard Mode on a 2 hour filter setting that should fix the problem
@spaman5440 thx much! Will try to find those settings. I'm in north suncity, if I can't get this figured out I will have you come out to square it away. Have a good new year and God bless!
@spaman5440 got it! Was able to get into the settings and changed to f2, looks like it was default to fc. Thinking that's filter continuous. Turned off within 10 seconds of changing the setting. Life saver
@@dwsmith7072 That is awesome
It could mean that your heater is trying to heat up the water but cant because the heater element is going bad...Check your filter cycles and anytime its heating. But the pumps shouldent be running 24/7