Cal Spa Control Panel Troubleshooting

Move the remote closer to the spa.

Cal spa control panel troubleshooting. For spas 30 40 years old mechanical thermostats with a capillary bulb are common. Printed circuit boards often abbreviated pcb are the brain of a spa controller system allowing intelligent switching on off of spa components from a user friendly topside control panel. If you have a message code on the control panel of your spa such as the one shown at right follow the steps below. This is why it is important to keep the control panel in good working order.

Troubleshooting spa topside control panels. A message on the control panel may indicate a problem. Most new spas use a temp sensor connected to a circuit board and the topside control panel is just a remote control. Spas of 20 years ago mostly used potentiometers and solid state probes.

A hot tub control panel acts as a timer keeps the temperature constant turns off the spa if you forget to and helps troubleshoot problems with your spa. If it s necessary to reset the panel press and hold the touchscreen in any blank area until it turns black. Beginning with the 2014 product line cal spa control panels display different message codes. Remote control is too far away from the spa.

Communication between the control system and the remote is interrupted. Troubleshooting spa circuit boards. Control panel does not respond is the spa turned off. If you hear the pump running but the control panel doesn t respond contact your dealer.

Turn on or reset the gfci circuit breaker. Spa may be trying to heat up. Cal spas swim spas x series combines our best models from the swim pro line and takes it to the next level of visual and ergonomic design with new features such as elite cabinets cal grip cal touch4 control and cal armor. The message troubleshooting shown here applies to cal spa control panels built in 2013 and earlier.

Message on the control panel. The spa topside control panel is used on hot tubs portable spas jetted tubs just about every spa uses a display panel to allow the user to easily control the functions of a typical spa pumps heater lights blower. Press the jets button on the dock unit. Beginning with the 2014 product line cal spa control panels display different message codes.

The thermostat is the dial that you turn to crank up the heat. The message troubleshooting shown here applies to cal spa control panels built in 2013 and earlier.