I just purchased my first hot tub, a Nordic Crown II. My main criterion was to find a quiet tub and unfortunately it seems I didn't do my research as this thing makes a great deal of noise. I have three different neighbors with hot tubs that are silent, all the time, no matter how long you sit in them, so I guess I just assumed mine would be the same way. It's not. The pump comes on to heat it (and to filter every 12 hours) and makes a tremendous amount of noise, even on low speed.
So my question is: what can I do to make it silent? Here the options that come to mind:
* Switch off the breaker every time I use it and remember to switch it back on when I get out. (This is what I'm doing now.)
* Add a separate circulation pump (somehow in parallel with the factory pump or with it's own plumbing) that would run all the time and heat when necessary. (This is what the other hot tubs I've used seem to do and how I assumed they all were these days.)
* Replace the factory pump with a different 2-speed pump that has a very low speed setting and doesn't make so much noise.
* Replace the 2-speed factory pump with a small circulation pump that could run all the time. (I would lose the jet functionality but having a quiet tub is the most important thing.)
Thanks,
Emory