[Todd L]

I finally found the source of the problem causing the tripping.

My J-345 came with speakers mounted right at the water line.

The speaker is leaking when overfilled and running down on the motors and electric panel.....

[Todd L]

Yes

it was a bad explanation from my part based on what I’d been told.

I didn’t realize I had a separate circulation pump until I took covers off of cabinet.

thanks for the references on pumps!

[Todd L]

Thank you!

Any source you recommend for the pump?

the pic you reference is just spider webs.

[Todd L]

Thanks for the reply.

I unplugged the pump 1 from the circuit board to see if it would keep it running and it did.  So that will atleast get me buy and keep me from freezing.

In the 2 possibilities you listed, not being a tech is this something it might be easier to just swap the pump out or are they easy to check and correct?

I might be able to find a multimeter but may have to get one from my office.

pics attached

 

[Todd L]

Help me!

I have Jacuzzi j345 that trips gfci on occasion but once it trips it it takes a while to get it to stay on.  Specifically if pump 1 goes is turned to hi or once it kicks on it will trip immediately.

this has happened atleast 1-2 times a year for the last couple of years.

I’ve isolated it happening to when it needs to be topped off with water and I fill it a bit too hi.  I suspected that it was possibly the control panel being cracked and water running over or splashing but have eliminated that.  This time I knew it was a bit full so when I used it I was careful not to splash or overflow it.  So pump one was on low circulating and it would let me run pump 2.  After 10 minutes or so I turned off pump 2 and pushed pump 1 to high.  It tripped immediately.

this time I went ahead and changed the breaker hoping it was just something weird.

turned it on same thing.

any help?

is there a way to do a ground fault test on the jacuzzi?

if not, maybe unplug pump 1 and see if it will run?

 

thanks in advance!