scubaspa Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 I'm considering purchasing a 2-3 yr old Jacuzzi j470. I'm just wondering if anyone could tell me the difference if any between the new generation and older models? I know that the stereo is different but that is not a major concern. I would pass on the stereo on the new one anyways and just do my own, but is there any major difference between the filtration or quality of the control system, etc? Thanks. Scubes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spawn Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 The only signifcant difference IMO is that the new ones are more expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_bilton Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 I'm considering purchasing a 2-3 yr old Jacuzzi j470. I'm just wondering if anyone could tell me the difference if any between the new generation and older models? I know that the stereo is different but that is not a major concern. I would pass on the stereo on the new one anyways and just do my own, but is there any major difference between the filtration or quality of the control system, etc? Thanks. Scubes The new J-470 will have the newest control pakage called the J-1000 system. and they are alot more user friendly than the older models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1oty Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 The boards in 2010 and 2011 model years are having much higher failure rates. 2009 and earlier are rock solid. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecanuck22 Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 i think you have that backwards n1oty. the j1000 has been virtually trouble free. 06-09 boards had bad capacitors from the supplier in them, jacuzzi has since fixed that problem. I will mention that warranties are non-transferable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1oty Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 i think you have that backwards n1oty. the j1000 has been virtually trouble free. 06-09 boards had bad capacitors from the supplier in them, jacuzzi has since fixed that problem. I will mention that warranties are non-transferable. I'm not sure what you are talking about here. Jacuzzi does not have a J-1000 here in the US. Maybe this is something they sell outside the US. And I stand by my statement. We are seeing significantly higher failure rates of boards from the higher tier tubs for model years 2010 and 2011. Between the dealer's in-house techs and myself, we have changed out over 30 boards out of 60-odd high tier tubs sold in this time frame. It may be a fluke and we are not sure what the issue is, but it has been happening. In a couple of cases, replacement boards have failed also. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecanuck22 Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 the J1000 is the control system for the J400 series, 2010+. It has an LCD color display. The 06-09 J400 has an LED large oval display, these tubs have circuit board issues because of capacitor bulge, which is actually a supplier problem that affected everyone using these specific caps. I was just at Jacuzzi Technical training and the fella teaching it specifically told us they have only had to change out a handful of the control panels (boards). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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