hot tub is not so hot

10-11-2012, 10:37 PM	#1
thehvacguy Still Learning   Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 291	hot tub is not so hot You can I tell of the heater works on the hot tub? I can feel of turn on when I push the button but after an hour of running it was still cold. Thanks for the help?

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10-12-2012, 06:45 AM	#2
Bondo Master General ReEngineer     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chaumont River, Ny. Posts: 3,168	hot tub is not so hot Ayuh,.... Yer a Hvac guy,..?? I'd check the heating unit with a multimeter... Turn it on, is it gettin' Power,..?? Does it ohm out correctly,..?? It's nothin' but a water heater element, anyways....

10-12-2012, 02:00 PM	#3
thehvacguy Still Learning   Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 291	hot tub is not so hot How do I.determine what the correct ohm reading would be? I don't see any labels or anything...

10-12-2012, 03:29 PM	#4
thehvacguy Still Learning   Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 291	hot tub is not so hot I see where the wires connect to the heating element, and its reading 120v which tells me that its an open circut I guess

10-13-2012, 09:33 PM	#5
AZJefe Newbie   Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 13	hot tub is not so hot Only one heating element? I say just go buy a new element and change it out, see if the new one works, cant cost that much. You've already got a hot tub sitting there, might as well.