neilnoble Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Question, i bought a used jetsetter spa have the correct GFI 110 plug-in and when I turjh it to UF4 it gets up to 103 but no higher. Is this as hot as it should get? Bummed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usguys spa service Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Question, i bought a used jetsetter spa have the correct GFI 110 plug-in and when I turjh it to UF4 it gets up to 103 but no higher. Is this as hot as it should get? Bummed 104 is max default on all spas you could switch to 230v hook up. the heater operates at 1500w/115v or 6000w/230v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Bear Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 But it still will only get to 104 just a little faster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hottubdan Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 But it still will only get to 104 just a little faster It should go to @ 107. How do you know the temp? You may have a defective thermister. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenz1g Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 But it still will only get to 104 just a little faster It should go to @ 107. How do you know the temp? You may have a defective thermister. Nope, 104 is max. The heater itself will heat around 108ish before the hi limit trips, but the thermister will only allow to 104. For instance, since I dont have the original thermister in my heater, it will heat the tub to around 108 or so. I cant remember how or which it is, but it's allowing it to heat that far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hottublady Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 But it still will only get to 104 just a little faster It should go to @ 107. How do you know the temp? You may have a defective thermister. Nope, 104 is max. The heater itself will heat around 108ish before the hi limit trips, but the thermister will only allow to 104. For instance, since I dont have the original thermister in my heater, it will heat the tub to around 108 or so. I cant remember how or which it is, but it's allowing it to heat that far. Hi, I have the Jetsetter a 2001 model and when I have it on Umt3 it goes up to 107.5, I was told by my dealer that at the end of 07 they made a regulation that tubs couldn't go past 104 but anything before that on a jetsetter should get higher. When I go buy my chemicals I always look at the new updates on my tub and the new ones don't even have them umt settings its just 104. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan.The.Spa.Man Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 But it still will only get to 104 just a little faster It should go to @ 107. How do you know the temp? You may have a defective thermister. Nope, 104 is max. The heater itself will heat around 108ish before the hi limit trips, but the thermister will only allow to 104. For instance, since I dont have the original thermister in my heater, it will heat the tub to around 108 or so. I cant remember how or which it is, but it's allowing it to heat that far. Hi, I have the Jetsetter a 2001 model and when I have it on Umt3 it goes up to 107.5, I was told by my dealer that at the end of 07 they made a regulation that tubs couldn't go past 104 but anything before that on a jetsetter should get higher. When I go buy my chemicals I always look at the new updates on my tub and the new ones don't even have them umt settings its just 104. Hottublady is right on. On your model UT 1, 2, 3, and 4 is 'Upper Temperature' 105,106,107,108. The UL code would only let tubs have a temperature listing of 104 and that was their way around it. With that said, if you are using a $10 thermometer chances are that the thermometer is wrong. The cheap pool thermometers are not very effective at the higher temps. Try a medical thermo. If not, as someone already stated you may need a new control thermistor or on rare occasions a new control panel. Running the tub 220 volts will have no effect on the maximun temp as someone else indicated, just will heat it up faster initially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerimiahR Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Hottublady and DanTheSpaMan are both correct. Hot Spring spas prior to 2007 that had the UT1, UT2, UT3, UT4 settings should go up to approximately 107.5F. Switching to 220V is beneficial, but does not allow higher temperatures. 220V simply allows the spa to heat MUCH faster. On a Jetsetter which is powered 110V the heater runs at 1.5KW (1500Watts). When powered 220V the heater runs at 6KW (6000Watts). It should heat up four times as fast. The other benefit to being wired 220V, is that the spa can heat while your jets are running (it can't do this 110V). As DanTheSpaMan indicated, if you're using an inexpensive floating thermometer, I wouldn't trust it. However, if your spa truly isn't heating higher than 103F, there's a possibility you may need to replace the thermostat in the spa. Most of my customers tell me they use their spas at 102F and can't handle much warmer than that. So unless you really prefer it hotter, you may have nothing to truly worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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