Neilan

Technically it still belongs to the original owner since I'm renting. I figured there'd be a cost associated with the trip and/or labor at least.

Thanks everyone... I should've stated I was getting a very low resistance, not 0, that's what was throwing me off, but definately not getting 11 ohms. I'll see what I can do about getting that replaced. On the box it says Lifetime Warranty or something of the like... wonder if that covers labor too

Hi there. Looking for help and I thought maybe this forum could help out. I have (or my landlord does - I'm renting and the hottub was part of the deal) a cal spas 2002 model 2100. When I apply power at the breaker, the breaker trips instantly. If I disconnect the heater/heat exchanger, the thing will run (just obviously not warm up). So this points me to believe the problem is in the heater. Here's where I'm confused. The Heat Exchanger is just a wire heater - in effect a short in itself. If I ohm out the heater, I get almost 0 resistance - which to me makes sense (low resistance in a wire creates heat and voila, heated water). But the problem isn't constant. If I fool with some of the wires, occassionally (and by occassionally I mean VERY occasionally) I can get it to run and heat for a few minutes - never more than 5 however. So, is the problem in the heat exchanger, or on the circuit board? I've confirmed that the hottub does not apply power accross the heater until a little bit after it's completed it's boot cycle and began circulating water. So if my guess is correct, that the heat exchanger should show a short condition when ohm'd out, then is the problem there or in the controls? I know - call a service rep. I'm trying to get the landlord to do that, but he hasn't yet. Was hoping some of you experts could help me out.