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  1. The price for the Sundance optima here in ontario is apparently cheaper than manitoba, as it's about $12600, which includes everything (stereo, GFCI, steps, lifter, and all taxes).

    I'm also considering the Sterling leisure desire, made by premium leisure. Sterling leisure is the luxury line of the premium leisure company, the model is the desire, 91"x91"x37".

    http://www.premiumleisure.com/spas/desire.html

    The price I've been quoted on this is amazing, $8400, which again includes everything (taxes, lifter, stereo with pop up speakers, GFCI). It seems to stack up well with the optima, and is 2" bigger in both length and width. It's over $4000 cheaper than the optima. Full warranty, the owner of the dealership does the warranty work himself. It says 2" foam insulation, foil barrier, ABS flooring. I'm no expert, but does this compare favourably with the full foam insulation of sundance? If the insulation on this sterling leisure desire is about as good as the sundance, then it would seem to be a no brainer to buy the sterling leisure desire over the optima given the $4200 price difference.

    Any thoughts or comments?

    Premium Liesure is a newer entity that picked up the pieces of the defunk Hydro spas in late 2007.

    There website states 32 years experience but how long have they been actually in business operating under the same name?

  2. Hey guys, the main pump motor in my old HydroSpa seized because water had been leaking onto it, and a friend of mine had a similar motor lying around. Here are the specs on the 2 motors:

    Original:

    230v, 3 HP, 3450RPM

    12.0/4.4 amp

    Spare:

    230v, 3.1 HP, 3450RPM

    17.5/8.8 amp

    I know the replacement is rated for a much higher current, so I am not surprised that when I swapped it in it ran very hot running for a few minutes before tripping the thermal cutout, then restarting. The housing becomes almost too hot to touch.

    Is there any way that I can adapt my system, or the new motor, to play nice together? I'd rather not shell out for a numbers matching replacement if there's any way I could avoid it.

    Thanks!

    The spare motor is drawing almost double the amps from the original, it's over heating because the wiring in the control pack is not a heavy enough gauge to carry the higher amp draw.

    The amps on the motor indicate how much power it draws when running. The volts on both is the same which is fine.

    A replacement motors amp draw must be the same or less then the original, it can not draw more as the system and wiring will not have been designed for it.

    It's like installing a 500 watt light bulb in a lamp that was designed for a 250 watt bulb.

  3. Hello,

    is my english soo bad ;-) or does really no one know something ?

    I don´t give up hope for some answer(s).

    Thanks a lot.

    Bye

    Tony

    Sundance uses Proprietary controls so the standard off the shelve remotes from Gecko or Balboa will not work.

    The only way to have a Sundace 880 series spa with a remote control is to order it with the stereo.

    The remote will control the pumps, lights and stereo.

    Hope that helps.

    Sundance Dealer

    London Canada

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