feens Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 This is more out of curiosity than anything. I recently had my new Arctic Spa (Totem) installed. I just had the basic lighting option (Northern Lights) installed. It basically uses the on/off button to cycle through a bunch of options. Being interested in tech and automation though, I was peeking around trying to figure out how the system works and searching on the web to see if there’s any info, I.e. if I wanted to add lights after the fact, or switch to using my own controller. From what I can gather, there’s a master light that has a controller. It grabs 12V from the board (Gecko) and then it has a wire going from the master to the other slave light. Given the custom controller, I’m assuming these are custom lights and not 3-wire RGB lights. I think the next lighting option, the family package, uses the same controller but just as lights in some of the controls, waterfall, etc. It _looks_ light the lights would just plug into those spots. I can’t seem to find parts for the other areas though, just the main master/slave ones. @CanadianSpaTech any chance you could shed some “light” on the setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feens Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianSpaTech Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Photos help. I don't see many new Arctic Spas and to be honest I try and stay away from the older ones. Not sure what LED manufacturer they are using these days so again photos will help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feens Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 I’ll get some pics tomorrow, but I’m pretty sure these are the light units: https://www.arcticspastore.com/amp/parts/lights-lens-led/northern-lights-master-led-l4/ https://www.arcticspastore.com/amp/parts/lights-lens-led/northern-lights-slave-led-l4/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tng2000 Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 I have an LED light system in my old Marquis 660 (2010) and had to replace all the light lenses and about half the LEDs. These are single LED, not the multiple type shown in the previous post, but probably the same standard type of RGB LED. Mine works as you described, there is a master controller and all the LED daisy chain off the controller. It has several modes that change as you switch the power on and off rapidly. I used standard RGB LED to repair the broken ones. I simply cut the harness back and soldered in the new LEDs, worked exactly as the originals. It's all in the controller unit. I searched all over the internet to find info on that controller, but there is NOTHING. I just made some assumptions and experimented to figure out how it all worked. Cost well under $10 to fix, but plenty of time to dig the harness and LED out of the foam insulation. the foam spray was the most expensive part since I used 4 cans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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