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Hot Tub Has No Power? What to Check
The breaker is on, but your hot tub appears completely dead. The topside control is blank. No lights. No pumps. No response when you press the buttons. It’s easy to assume the main circuit board has failed. Don’t replace the spa pack yet. Why a Misdiagnosed Circuit Board Can Still “Fix” the SpaOn some control…
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Hot Tub Breaker Keeps Tripping Randomly? How to Find an Intermittent GFCI Trip
Your hot tub runs perfectly for hours—or even days. Then suddenly: Click. The breaker trips. You reset it and everything works normally again. Maybe it runs for another day. Maybe a week. Then it happens again. Intermittent hot tub breaker trips can be some of the most difficult electrical problems to diagnose because the problem…
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How to Find a Leak in a Full-Foam Hot Tub
Finding a leak in a full-foam hot tub can be one of the most frustrating and time-consuming hot tub repairs. You open the equipment compartment. Nothing. You remove another cabinet panel and find wet foam. So you start digging. An hour later you’re surrounded by pieces of insulation—and you still haven’t found the leak. Unfortunately,…
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Water Around Hot Tub But No Leak? Here’s What to Check
You find water around the bottom of your hot tub, so naturally you assume something is leaking. You open the equipment compartment. Dry. You check behind the other cabinet panels. The plumbing and insulation are dry too. So where is the water coming from? Water around a hot tub doesn’t always mean the spa itself…
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Hot Tub Leaking? Here’s What to Check First
You notice water around the bottom of your hot tub. Or maybe the water level seems to be dropping faster than it should. Before assuming you have a cracked shell or a major plumbing problem, start with the areas where hot tub leaks are most likely to occur. Most hot tubs contain dozens of plumbing…
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How to Winterize a Pool Heater: Protect It From Freeze Damage
A pool heater can be one of the most expensive pieces of equipment in your pool system—and it doesn’t take much trapped water to cause serious freeze damage. When water freezes, it expands. If water is left inside the heater’s heat exchanger, plumbing, pressure switch, or other small passages, that expansion can crack components that…
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Why Is My Hot Tub Cover So Heavy? It May Be Waterlogged
Your hot tub cover used to be easy to lift. Now it feels like it weighs twice as much. If a hot tub cover gradually becomes much heavier than it used to be, there’s a good chance moisture has made its way into the cover and the foam insulation has become waterlogged. Unfortunately, once the…
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Hot Tub Cover Care: How to Make Your Cover Last Longer
Your hot tub cover does a lot more than keep leaves out of the water. A good cover helps hold heat in, keeps debris out, protects the water from sunlight, and reduces how hard your hot tub has to work to maintain temperature. But hot tub covers don’t last forever. Sun, rain, snow, chemicals, moisture,…
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Hot Tub Pump Keeps Running? Here’s What to Check First
You walk past your hot tub and hear the pump running. An hour later, it’s still running. Later that evening…it’s still going. Before assuming the pump or control board has failed, there’s something important to figure out: Which pump is actually running? Some hot tubs have a small circulation pump that’s designed to run for…
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How to Get a Hot Tub Out of Economy Mode
Your hot tub says EC, ECON, ECO, REST, or Economy, and now the water isn’t staying as warm as you expect. In many cases, nothing is actually wrong with the heater. The hot tub may simply be programmed to heat only during certain times or filtration cycles. Getting it back to normal heating is usually…