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  1. Hello I have a 2000 Hotsprings Grande and the wood door to the service panel is rotting. I can rebuild the door no problem but I can't find replacement wood slats to go on thr new wood door. Any thoughts on where I can get new wood slats to cover the door that once stained will match fairly well. I'll add a picture. Thanks
  2. Hmmm that is a food idea but i dont have one of those that is thermostatically controlled. As of now i have a fish tank heater in it and i rerouted the circ pump so i can run it w/o the heater. Tonight wont get below freezing but later in the week will so I need to see how quick i can get the heater to my house.
  3. I removed the ozenator years ago. It leaked and i didnt see spending the money on a new one so i just took it out. Thanks That is tricky. No then yes so if you see my other reply i explained it. Thanks for chiming in.
  4. Ha you have never dealt w electronics that old. For the most part this thing has been a rock. Its worked well for many years. Ive replaced the circ pump, and heater sensors over the years but its always worked well so no reason to replace it. The IQ2000 actyally looks brand new still. I imagine if that goes one day that may be where I draw the line. Now I just have to keep it from freezing while i wait for a new heater to come in.
  5. Thanks @RDspaguy. I actualy meant ~ 24A i was checking current. I could hear and see the circ pump running but it didnt seem to have great flow so i unhooked and and tested it into a bucket and it had good strong flow so I went and tested it through the heater and found a problem a couple actualy. The flow theough the heater was abysmal. It was so low I didnt even bother to calculate. Originaly this was just triping the heater switch and the tubs red light would start flashing, but the other day i noticed an issue in the subpanel the ground wires were nit attached to anything so I installed a ground bar and grounded them and since then the gfci was tripping. I took one of the leads off the heater at the board and tested current and it was pulling 6A Then tested and there was even current in the ground wire so not good. Decided the heater was definitely bad so we took it out and tore it apart to see what was going on and the coil side was almost totaly blocked with crud and when i got the tube off that protects the coil while end of the coil was split open. I think this is the cause of low flow that was causing the heater to overheat and then at some point the entire coil went bad causing a short as well. This is the Watkins no fault 6kw heater. Anyone have any tips for buying a replacement for a good price? I see ine in amazon for about $300. Are there other brands I can use or should I stick with the Watkins? Thanks for the other tips I did run it w/o the filters first and the issue occured before i drained it.
  6. Hello I have a 2000 Hotsprings Grande that I've had for a long time. It has been wirking find until recently. The red light started blinking and it shut itself off. I cleaned the filters and reset the breakers like I've done many times in the past but after about 15 minutes it shuts off again. Seems to me that the high limit is tripping but Im not 100%. Ive checked the heateer with an ohn meter and it reads 10.2, i also checked from each power wire to the ground and they were open so that seems good. I replaced the circulation pump in 2016 and i know its running now but I can really test the flow that I know of. The thermostat and high limit sensors were replaced about the same time. Heater is the watkins no fault 6kw with green sticker. Ive checked wiring and all looks good. When i reset the breaker the heater comes on and i verified ~24v on the black and white wire going to the heater after the relay and before it goes into the heater bundle. All lights on the iq2000 looks good. Lim on green, htr on red. I think last time it had an issue i just replaced all parts so i want to test the sensors and pumo and anything else so i can replace only what is broken. Any additional troubleshooting steps would be appreciated. It snowed last night so i have to get this thing running todsy before it freezes. Thanks
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