[Bahia Error Code Oh]

Hello, I have a 2003 Bahia (Sweetwater) I am getting oH error code then goes into shutdown. All jets work good, Pump 1 and 2 seem good. Doesnt seem like im getting proper flow out of circulation pump. The low pressure jet where heat usually comes out seems to have less than normal flow. When I turn power on jets turn on and runs untill jets turn off. Then heater light turns on, element gets hot, I hear some clicking and tubeing comeing out of heater element seem to jump. Then I get oH signal followed by shutdown mode ---. Is this circulation pump, thermostat, hilimit sensor? I tried purging out airlock many times with no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Try running the spa without the filters for a little while to see if this stops the problem. If so, get new filters. If not, could be a bad circ pump.

[Another Gfci Tripping Problem]

I bought a 10 year old Jacuzzi Model 340 off Craigslist. It was running and hot at the seller's house, though I'm not sure he had it hooked up to a GFCI breaker, or just a regular one. I got it home and hooked it up. I wanted to flip the breaker on quickly for a second or two, before filling, just to make sure the spa would power up and that I had it hooked up correctly. Well, it trips the 50 amp GFCI breaker in the spa panel immediately. Turn on the breaker, and you can hear a click from the spa before the breaker shuts back off. Here's what I've tried (I can't be accused of not searching the forum):

1. Disconnected the spa, and made sure the breaker will stay on when energized, but not connected to the spa. Breaker is brand new, and seems fine. It doesn't trip when powered up, but disconnected from the spa.

2. Disconnected the heater from the spa pack, and checked resistance across the two lugs. I get 11.2 ohms. Seems ok. Breaker still trips immediately with heater disconnected.

3. Disconnected both pumps and the light from the spa pack. Breaker still trips immediately.

4. Disconnected the spa from the breaker. With the heater, pumps, and light all still disconnected, I checked for a short to ground by checking resistance between the spa's hot lead terminals and ground/neutral terminals. Here's what I have:

---Red to ground or neutral is infinity.

---Black to ground (green) is infinity.

---Black to neutral (white) is 41.5 ohms???

There's a jumper between where the black hot lead connects to the board (#2 slot) and the #6 slot on the board. If I disconnect this, resistance between black and neutral goes to infinity and the breaker won't trip. But, nothing comes on at all with that jumper disconnected. Here's a picture of the jumper, with the ends of it circled in yellow.

Maybe 41.5 ohms on the black circuit is fine - representing the resistance for powering up the control panel or something? But, even if so, shouldn't that circuit be between the hot and ground (green), and not between hot and neutral (white)?

Finally, there wouldn't be something in the spa that causes an external breaker to trip if you try to power it up empty, would there? I mean, if it were an internal fuse or breaker that was blowing, I might believe the spa has some kind of self-preservation feature to keep you from running it dry. But, I find it hard to believe the spa would do something like switch a circuit to include the neutral leg, counting on an external GFCI breaker to save itself.

Do you have the two neutrals in the breaker box wire nutted together or are they connected to the ground bar in the gfi breaker box? If they are If they are connected to the ground bar, remove them and wire nut them together.

[master spas service]

i bought a master spas legend hot tub 3 yrs ago. needed some service on it, found out my dealer no longer carries this brand can cannot service it...have tried for a month now to get someone from a master spa dealer to come and check it out and no one calls you back.....WATCH OUT! Master Spas are nice spas but their service is LOUSY!

Hi Paula,

If you live in the Western Pa area, I am a service center for Master Spas. Be happy to help. Please contact Phil at 412-881-6711

Thanks