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The house I bought last year has an older model Lesiure Bay spa. It's an outdoor installation and is wired directly into my breaker box inside the house. I moved in during July and got the thing running after it had been dormant for a couple of years. Right after Labor Day we had a bad thunderstorm. I think lightning might have zapped it because after the storm I had no power at all (I checked the breaker but it hadn't tripped). I didn't have time to fool with it so I emptied it. Now that the weather is nice, I wish I had it working. But not so much that I want to pay an arm and a leg to get a 20(?) year old spa fixed. I was wondering if I could convert it to a summertime "cool" tub by hooking up one of those small pool pumps that come with those vinyl "fill and swim" pools you see at WalMart. Any thoughts about this? Or should I simply fill it with dirt and turn it into a giant planter?

Hello, By default, I'm a first-time spa owner. I bought a house that included an older Leisure Bay hot tub. (BTW, what's the difference between a "spa" and a "hot tub"? Or is there one?) The sellers never really used it and it was there when they bought the house in 2002. They had no information on it which means no owners manual. I found the model number label on the motor but can't make heads nor tails of the information. It's nearly identical to the current "Gibraltar" model except the canister filter is accessed from the top of the unit. The touch pad control has "Technology Smart" and "Precision Comfort Control" printed on it. It has touch pad type controls for Temperature (+/-), Jets, Light, and Turbo Air. I emailed Leisure Bay about 3 weeks ago to see if they could provide me with an owner's manual. I guess they're not interested in helping me because I never got a response. Can anyone here help me figure out the confusing model number label and/or tell me how I can get a copy of an owner's manual for this unit? I cleaned it out (it's an outdoor installation-when I filled it, I dislocated a family of black ants from one of the jets!) and it seems to operate properly, but I don't want to do too much more until I have more infomation on it. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide! Mark