geoffkhall

I have an Aquarius Spa, 3 person (triangle shaped) hot tub I purchased from Sam's club about 6 years ago. It's been a great hot tub. Last year I had to replace the housing and seals. After doing so my hot tub pump now randomly shuts off. The pump on indicator led is lit but the pump wont come on. If I reset the hot tub (trip gfi turn on) I can hear the relay click when I toggle the pump switch. The temp shows 103-104, the high cut off is 106. If I wait long enough the pump will come back on. The water temp will stay where I set it, but when the pump isn't running its about as enjoyable as a bath. I want my bubbles when i want them dang it! When I did the housing swap I had one notable difference. The old house had 2 barbs that were blocked/plugged. The new housing has those barbs open. I didn't have anything to hook them to so I simply looped them together with a small piece of tubing. one bard on inlet and one on outlet. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it but I wanted to make note of it. Is it possible that the thermostat is giving a false reading and preventing the pump from coming on? Does the pump have a overheat safety the could be triggering? Any ideas how I can test? Thanks, Geoff

So makes a good "corner spa" cover? Most of the website i have looked at are square covers only. Anyone else out there have one of these Keys Corner spas? Pics would be great! -Geoff

I was looking at a large tank to do the spray insulation. Perhaps something like http://www.fomofoam.com/. I was also thinking of using bags of insulation like packing peanuts to fill the larger spaces. I don't know what the inside of the corner tub looks like so I don't know what I would need just yet. Anyone have any pics? My main question is, is it worth it to try to insulate myself?

I was wanting to buy a small cheap spa. Home Depot has the Keys 330T 3 person corner spa for $1999. I read a few posts about people not liking theses brands because of the lack of insulation and the related energy costs. My question is would it be worth it to spend a little extra and buy some spray insulation, pipe insulation and insulate it myself? I'm not expecting this $2k spa to perform the same at a $5k spa. I know I get what I pay for. I just can't justify spending $5k if I only use it a few times a week. Thanks, Geoff