pondgirl07 Posted November 19, 2009 Report Posted November 19, 2009 Own a Great Lakes Sunlighter 2006 hot tub for 3 years. Never a problem. We were in the tub and it simple shut down. There was no noise or nothing happened unusual. THe breaker kicked off and it will not reset. Opened the panel when trying to reset the breaker, the tub cliks but no go! No water, no animals underneath. This manuel I have is pretty worthless. Doesnt show a reset or a diagram of the componets. I hate to say this but I dont know where to start. I prefer not to call for service if I can check things out for myself. I need help. What do I need to check first. Boy, do I need a manual instead of this "how to get started" paperwork!! Quote
Roger Posted November 20, 2009 Report Posted November 20, 2009 Own a Great Lakes Sunlighter 2006 hot tub for 3 years. Never a problem. We were in the tub and it simple shut down. There was no noise or nothing happened unusual. THe breaker kicked off and it will not reset. Opened the panel when trying to reset the breaker, the tub cliks but no go! No water, no animals underneath. This manuel I have is pretty worthless. Doesnt show a reset or a diagram of the componets. I hate to say this but I dont know where to start. I prefer not to call for service if I can check things out for myself. I need help. What do I need to check first. Boy, do I need a manual instead of this "how to get started" paperwork!! With the power shut off take off the cover for the control panel and check the fuse in there for continuity. Quote
pondgirl07 Posted November 20, 2009 Author Report Posted November 20, 2009 Own a Great Lakes Sunlighter 2006 hot tub for 3 years. Never a problem. We were in the tub and it simple shut down. There was no noise or nothing happened unusual. THe breaker kicked off and it will not reset. Opened the panel when trying to reset the breaker, the tub cliks but no go! No water, no animals underneath. This manuel I have is pretty worthless. Doesnt show a reset or a diagram of the componets. I hate to say this but I dont know where to start. I prefer not to call for service if I can check things out for myself. I need help. What do I need to check first. Boy, do I need a manual instead of this "how to get started" paperwork!! With the power shut off take off the cover for the control panel and check the fuse in there for continuity. Quote
pondgirl07 Posted November 20, 2009 Author Report Posted November 20, 2009 Own a Great Lakes Sunlighter 2006 hot tub for 3 years. Never a problem. We were in the tub and it simple shut down. There was no noise or nothing happened unusual. THe breaker kicked off and it will not reset. Opened the panel when trying to reset the breaker, the tub cliks but no go! No water, no animals underneath. This manuel I have is pretty worthless. Doesnt show a reset or a diagram of the componets. I hate to say this but I dont know where to start. I prefer not to call for service if I can check things out for myself. I need help. What do I need to check first. Boy, do I need a manual instead of this "how to get started" paperwork!! With the power shut off take off the cover for the control panel and check the fuse in there for continuity. Thanks-you-I will try that yet tonight. Again -thanks! Quote
djousma Posted November 20, 2009 Report Posted November 20, 2009 Own a Great Lakes Sunlighter 2006 hot tub for 3 years. Never a problem. We were in the tub and it simple shut down. There was no noise or nothing happened unusual. THe breaker kicked off and it will not reset. Opened the panel when trying to reset the breaker, the tub cliks but no go! No water, no animals underneath. This manuel I have is pretty worthless. Doesnt show a reset or a diagram of the componets. I hate to say this but I dont know where to start. I prefer not to call for service if I can check things out for myself. I need help. What do I need to check first. Boy, do I need a manual instead of this "how to get started" paperwork!! With the power shut off take off the cover for the control panel and check the fuse in there for continuity. Thanks-you-I will try that yet tonight. Again -thanks! Full owners manuals can be found here. I had a similar scenario with a GL tub, and it turned out to be that the heating element went bad tripping the GFCI immediately. A reset of othe GFCI, would trip it again immediately too. I had the service guy replace the element, but I could have easily done it myself. As a test, you could try disconnecting the heater, and see if the tub will start, and stay on. Only do this if you are comfortable with electricity and wiring however. Quote
Roger Posted November 21, 2009 Report Posted November 21, 2009 Full owners manuals can be found here. I had a similar scenario with a GL tub, and it turned out to be that the heating element went bad tripping the GFCI immediately. A reset of othe GFCI, would trip it again immediately too. I had the service guy replace the element, but I could have easily done it myself. As a test, you could try disconnecting the heater, and see if the tub will start, and stay on. Only do this if you are comfortable with electricity and wiring however. Good dj, after checking the fuse in the control panel my next move would be to dissconect each component one at a time and fire up to determin which is shorting the system. Start with heater, ozone then air blower and each pump if it has 2. Quote
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