Jasper44

Alright, so I did all of that and it was causing the ready light to flash so I went ahead and got a new control panel and all is well now. I don't quite get it because you would think if it was a faulty control panel then it would heat to say 101 and think it's at 104 or something but not freak out and turn off when the spa hits 100 because that's the hi limit thermistors job. But oh well, it works now so that is good enough for me. Thanks.

Okay, I will give that a try when I can get to it. Thanks.

Oh, umm, thanks for the rude and inaccurate response. I don't know what that was about. I guess I should apologize to you for draining my broken spa and now trying to get it fixed again. Also, I'm glad you read that one part where I wrote, "Even had a spa tech come out and he said straight up, I'll be honest with you, I don't know. I could throw parts at it but I don't really want to because I don't know what's wrong with it. So he was no help." Maybe I should have wrote "pro" instead of spa tech. Anything else you would like to be a *** about for no reason?

Okay, a year later, a few parts later, still a no go. Here's the deal again; The spa is hooked up via 115. It will heat to 100 degrees exactly every single time I unplug it and plug it back in then stop and the green light will flash. If I plug it in at 75, heats to 100. If I plug it in at 92, heats to 100. Ran jet clean. The thermistors have been replaced...twice. The circulation pump has been replaced. It has a new filter. The circuit board and heater relay board have been replaced, unrelated, but new anyway. Even had a spa tech come out and he said straight up, I'll be honest with you, I don't know. I could throw parts at it but I don't really want to because I don't know what's wrong with it. So he was no help. Basically the only thing that isn't new on this spa is the control panel and the heater. But from what I have read, if it was the control panel, it would just flash right when I plugged it in, not heat to 100 first, but I don't know. I've replaced everything myself, which is significantly cheaper (like 80% cheaper) than having a tech do it after parts markup and labor. I'm not out all that much all things considered, so I don't mind replacing the heater, $300 on backyard plus or the control panel, but I dont really want to do both just guessing. Does anyone have any idea which one could be the culprit, or whatever other voodoo could be going on with it? I really don't get it at this point.

Okay thanks. I will try the Jet Clean first. If that doesn't work, how do I go about figuring out if it's a worn out circulation pump or a heater issue?

I have a 2002 Tiger River Bengal spa. The spa is having a problem where the ready light flashes and then it stops heating. Unplugging it and plugging it back in will make it heat again, but eventually the ready light will begin flashing again and the heating will stop. I have replaced the 2 thermostat pieces and removed the filter so far so those aren't the issue. Any ideas?