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The vapour barrier around the styrofoam is comprimised. Probally from oxidizing and not leaving the cover off for long enough. Unzip the cover and fix the vapour barrier more often on your new cover.

http://www.geckoalliance.com/aquaflo/produ...res.php?nom=xp3 H20 uses 2 and a half plumbing and the XP3 pump just like pacific did. H20 is owned by the guys who sold Pacific to the company that bankrupted it. The spas are silmilar. They are they only tub that I know of that use big plumbing.

Its all about the plumbing. If you take the 6bhp pump and discharge the water thru a 1 inch pipe you will get a considerly lower flow than if the water was pumped thru a 2 and a half inch line. If you really want to know the flow you need to know the head of the system and look at the pump cure. I only know of a few spas that are plumbed with 2 and a half inch plumbing. Pacific spas was one but they didnt make it thru the ressesion. Personally I think the XP 3 pump is the best and most efficent out there. If you look at the pump curve it wont even pump if the plumbing is poor(a high head)

How is shipping from California to Ohio much different than shipping from California to Ontario? Maybe it'll take another day or two to get there but other than that a US manufacturer should be able to support their Canadian dealers just as well as their US dealers and I don't see a languague barrier (we've seen Strange Brew, we know how to speak Canadian). If someone said you shouldn't buy Arctic or Beachcomber in the States for the same reason I'd scratch my head at that too. Of course the strength of your dealer is key in all situations. I think all Hotsprings parts and equipment are proprietary which means the big component manufactures make parts especially for the spa manufacture and wont sell to anybody outside the dealer network. This is a problem if there is not a local dealer around to help you in a winter emergency because you local spa repair man cant get parts at a good price. Correct me if im wrong

Have him remove it if your not happy. An inch of concrete is a bad idea. Concrete should always be 4 inches think.

Yes gekco is a big Company. Pacific hopefully will not disappear. The bank HSBC in the united states is causing all the problems. Filing for bankrupcy allows compannies time to regroup and refinance. A lot of people work at Pacific. lets hope it all works out. Somebody said it earlier about textron pulling out. A lot of manufactures are going to have a hard time moving thier spas out this year.

maybe the pump moter is running hot and when the pump stops running it heats the standing water enough to trip the high temp sensor

If you live in Canada it is illegal to say your product replaces bromine or chlorine, it can only assist it.You must use chloine or bromine. Salt water pools and chlorine are the same thing. Salt is sodium cloride