Dreammaker Eclipse Spa Resetting

[tykris99]

I have an eclipse spa that I noticed was not running as much the other day. It is set for 100 degrees and was only at 87 yet does run occasionally. I unplugged it and plugged it back in as it was saying I was set at 65 and reset to 100 degrees it did kick on and I thought i was good until this morning again the same thing. ? if the electronic panel is confused as it does kick on and run and although it appears to be set at 100 when i do the control panel, once i step back and look it goes right back to 65 for a temp. The water is staying mid 80's any help please would be great

[ps558]

I have an eclipse spa that I noticed was not running as much the other day. It is set for 100 degrees and was only at 87 yet does run occasionally. I unplugged it and plugged it back in as it was saying I was set at 65 and reset to 100 degrees it did kick on and I thought i was good until this morning again the same thing. ? if the electronic panel is confused as it does kick on and run and although it appears to be set at 100 when i do the control panel, once i step back and look it goes right back to 65 for a temp. The water is staying mid 80's any help please would be great

I have seen the GFCI plug end cause problems with Dream Maker spas. If it plugged into a GFCI recepatcle you install a regular 15 amp plug. It won't trip the GFCI to shut the tub off but can cause what you are descibing.

How old is the spa? If it is new like 3 months they were having problems with the CE Control packs

[THE SPA GUY]

I have an eclipse spa that I noticed was not running as much the other day. It is set for 100 degrees and was only at 87 yet does run occasionally. I unplugged it and plugged it back in as it was saying I was set at 65 and reset to 100 degrees it did kick on and I thought i was good until this morning again the same thing. ? if the electronic panel is confused as it does kick on and run and although it appears to be set at 100 when i do the control panel, once i step back and look it goes right back to 65 for a temp. The water is staying mid 80's any help please would be great

I have seen the GFCI plug end cause problems with Dream Maker spas. If it plugged into a GFCI recepatcle you install a regular 15 amp plug. It won't trip the GFCI to shut the tub off but can cause what you are descibing.

How old is the spa? If it is new like 3 months they were having problems with the CE Control packs

I have seen this also on a 3 year old dreammaker, same description the gfci cord, also had a board cause this also..

[tykris99]

thanks for the input right now i do have it running again for some reason but when i try to put the temp increase it decreases instead. I will check the plug as it is a few years old

[Peteyboy]

IMO it's a bad temp sensor.

Do you think when it's running it's on a filter cycle? Set the filter cycle to zero and see if it kicks on to heat.

Those sensors don't cost much and take about 2 minutes to change out.

[ps558]

IMO it's a bad temp sensor.

Do you think when it's running it's on a filter cycle? Set the filter cycle to zero and see if it kicks on to heat.

Those sensors don't cost much and take about 2 minutes to change out.

Its not a bad sensor, It give you a SN Error on the spa would never run

[Peteyboy]

IMO it's a bad temp sensor.

Do you think when it's running it's on a filter cycle? Set the filter cycle to zero and see if it kicks on to heat.

Those sensors don't cost much and take about 2 minutes to change out.

Its not a bad sensor, It give you a SN Error on the spa would never run

I disagree - the temp sensor could be sensing the wrong temp. I don't think it will say sn if it's just sensing the wrong temp.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

[ps558]

IMO it's a bad temp sensor.

Do you think when it's running it's on a filter cycle? Set the filter cycle to zero and see if it kicks on to heat.

Those sensors don't cost much and take about 2 minutes to change out.

Its not a bad sensor, It give you a SN Error on the spa would never run

I disagree - the temp sensor could be sensing the wrong temp. I don't think it will say sn if it's just sensing the wrong temp.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

The Balboa sensors are not that erratic. At most they will read 3 degrees apart before the board start s giving error messages. Since Balboa started making thier own sensors to failure rate is darn near 0. I can't remember ever replacing sensors that were reading wrong or making erratic spa operation. They either work or don't. The older sensors from the 90's sometimes you could turn them 90 degrees in the housing and the temp reading would change. That is the reason Balboa took them in house.

Most Dreammaker spa problems are the GFCI Cords they use. Only had 1 board failure in the 3 years selling them.

The new dreammaker spa are coming with consumer engineering products and they have been a pain in the butt. i hope they go back to Balboa

[Steve Hill]

I have a Dream Maker round spa. I moved it and now the control panel isn't functioning properly. It heats to 103 and cuts off. When temp drops below 103 it activates jets. Doesn't let me turn jets on or off. Doesn't let me adjust temp. Could my outlet not be powerful enough? Is my control panel bad? Do I need to hit red reset button?

[RDspaguy]

Hi Steve. I am not sure why you would ressurect a thread that has been dead for 10 years. Please start a new thread with some basic info about your spa and a pic of the topside controller, control box with cover off, and equipment area. We will be happy to help.