MizzMello Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 Mornin' y'all. I purchased a new Caldera Vanto spa. The dealer came out this passed Friday and turned it on, added the chems, installed the ProLift II Lever, and ran me through some basics. He left and I have been glued to the owner's manual ever since. I am hoping that someone can help me understand what a typical day of a spa owner entails. Obviously, it stays powered on as opposed to being powered off each night, I get that. But that's about the extent of my understanding of how this all works. The spa has a sleep mode. After exiting the spa, I turn all four of the Air Control levers to the closed position and turn off the lights and the jets, and activate the Sleep/Econ Mode (or so I think). I cover it up and go in the house. A little while later, I can hear the pumps kick on. Why ? Why do they kick on? I am assuming it has to do with the filter cycles. I don't even understand what exactly happens during a filter cycle. Speaking of filter cycles - Filter Cycle 1 is defaulted to run for 60 minutes and Filter Cycle 2 is defaulted to run for 30 minutes 12 hours after Filter Cycle 1. Does that sound right? The LCD Display Control Panel stays lit 24/7 and never goes off - Seems weird to me. Is that okay? Assuming the Sleep/Econ Mode is working correctly (???) when would you take it out of Sleep/Econ Mode - as soon as you wake up the next day? An hour before you want to use it? So if someone could just walk me through it, I'd be so very grateful. My dealer isn't in on Sundays and I'd like to wrap my head around this before I literally become one with the manual which clearly isn't explaining things in a manner that I understand them (blonde thing, maybe). I may have more questions - but for now, this is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Hot Tub Repair Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 SLEEP mode has nothing to do with you going to sleep . It has to do with turning off the heater to reduce electrical costs. SLEEP mode heats the spa up to 20 degrees from where you set it. It's for reducing electrical costs when you go away on vacation (or you could just turnturn down your temperature -- I think Sleep mode is a silly feature). If you are in an environment where it goes below 32 degrees, I would forget about SLEEP mode. ECONOMY mode only runs the heater during your filtering cycle. Most spas have two filtering cycles of 12 hours. You can probably set the spa to filter as much as you want during each cycle. A typical cycle is 2 hours on, 10 hours off. If your dealer set cycle 1 for 60 minutes and and cycle 2 for 30 minutes, your spa will only run the heater 90 minutes per day. Perhaps that works good for most of his customers in your area. Just remember, with 90 minutes of heating per day, your spa will you about 7-9 degrees of temperature increase. If it's cold, you may lose those 9 degrees when it's not filtering (the other 22-1/2 hours per day,) At that rate, in economy mode, you may never reach the temperature you want during the winter. You'll have to experiment and see. In STANDARD mode, the spa just runs the heater and pumps as necessary to maintain the set temperature around the clock. During the winter, I'd recommend keeping the spa in STANDARD mode. A 230V hot tub heats up between 4-5 degrees per hour. Most people seem to like having the tub around 100-104 degrees. Do the math and you can figure what to set it at depending upon how long before you use it you want to start heating it up. Remember, it costs less to keep a 104 degree hot tub at 104 degrees than it does to raise a 94 degree hot tub to 104 degrees. Similar to the air conditioner in your house, if you turn it off during the day, come home from work at 6PM and have to drop the temperature in your home from 85 degrees to 68, you'll know what I mean. My guess is that you'll be using your new toy a lot the first year or two and will probably be better off just keeping it at the temperature you want. If you already spent $10 thousand on a hot tub, why drive yourself crazy to cut your electric bill by $100 for the year? Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizzMello Posted November 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 Thank you for all the insight, I really appreciate it. And congratulations - you're my new best friend - I'm sending you a message. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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