commander769

I have and it still trips if I have the circulating motor connected. Had it running again today with the ozonator and circ pump disconnected and all of the sudden it kicked into "freeze" mode and the jets turned on. I'm starting to think my circuit board is hosed, however I hate to buy a new one only to find out it's the heater and/or circulating pump. I'm starting to lean towards cutting my losses and getting rid of it altogether... Any suggestions are appreciated!

Update on my troubleshooting, I unplugged both the ozonator and recirculating pump, which are both 120 volt, and left the heater connected and the tub ran fine. When I either plug the ozonator, or recirculating pump in, the breaker trips. I hard wired the recirculating pump back into my regular GFCI 120 volt outlet, left the ozonator unplugged and the tub has been running fine now for several hours. It doesn't seem to be heating up much at all, but I'm going to let it run overnight and check again in the AM. With this being said it seems to have something to do with the lower power connections? Ran all night with ozonator disconnected and circulating pump plugged in on its own and no change in temperature, so I either have a combination of problems, or possibly a bad heater is causing all my problems? Is it possible that a bad heater would cause the other lower voltage components to trip the breaker?

Update on my troubleshooting, I unplugged both the ozonator and recirculating pump, which are both 120 volt, and left the heater connected and the tub ran fine. When I either plug the ozonator, or recirculating pump in, the breaker trips. I hard wired the recirculating pump back into my regular GFCI 120 volt outlet, left the ozonator unplugged and the tub has been running fine now for several hours. It doesn't seem to be heating up much at all, but I'm going to let it run overnight and check again in the AM. With this being said it seems to have something to do with the lower power connections?

I recently inherited a used 2003 Master Spas hot tub from my neighbor. The hot tub had leaked during the winter and then sat for some time, which led to some cracked pipes. I've had the pipes repaired and now I'm running into some electrical issues. The hot tub powers up, however after about 20 seconds there is a click, I believe this is when the recirculating pump starts up, and then the breaker trips. I disconnected the recirculating pump and the tub runs for a while, but eventually trips after a while. For troubleshooting purposes I decided to rewire the recirc pump to a standard plug so that I could connect it to my regular outside GFCI outlet and it runs just fine that way. I then left it running on the regular plug and then started the rest of the tub. It ran for a while, but eventually tripped again. I also tried removing both of the leads to the heater and it still trips. I've also tried swapping out my 50-amp breaker with a 60-amp breaker and it still trips. I'm at a loss as to what to try next. I could try to find an electrician, but I've already dump a bunch of money into this thing. Any advice/tips are greatly appreciated.