Balboa Hot Tubs

An assortment of hot tubs and spas to suit everyone is right here. We have listed different systems to suit different budgets but if you are unable to make a selection, make sure you come back again soon to check what's on offer.

Your Questions About Balboa Hot Tubs

How do i find the series of my balboa instrument hot tub?look for the manual online.?

The Sage answers:

Real easy. Look on top of the pack and there will be the manufactures number. Starting with a 5 and will be 5 digits long before a letter may come up.

Mandy asks…

Hot tub jets 1 button shuts off circ pump (balboa 55099 circuit board)?

Replaced hot tub circuit board (balboa 55098 w/ 55099--due to discontinuation of the 55098) & now Jets 1 button shuts off circ pump and causes heater to overheat. Jets 1 button also won't turn jets on. Also blower button "clicks" at circuit board, but doesn't appear to do anything. Any help would be appreciated!

The Sage answers:

The circuit baord does not work right powering the motor to pump the jets or it is defective.

Without the water flow to take off the excess heat of the heater it gets to hot. And it has a thermal overload, like a fusable link that melts shutting off the electrical power to it. It takes time for the link to cool down for the electrical power to flow and heat again.

Or the pump impeller is broken. The impeller is a plastic vane the spins and forces the water to flow.

A electrical multimeter would be the best way to test the unit with power and with out. This will help to locate what the problem is.

Donna asks…

Trying to find online a manual for a hot tub I just bought?

I bought a used ( it was working when I bought it) 1994 Jacuzzi balboa model st-f109-ccah hot tub, went to go turn it on and nothing. Now, this is my first hot tub, so, I basically no nothing about them. Does it need to filled with water to work or what....please help. I'm sooooo frustrated..thanks in advance

The Sage answers:

A great source for hot tubs manuals online was compiled by Robert's Hot Tubs. Here's the ink:
http://www.rhtubs.com/spa-owners-manuals.htm

James asks…

My hot tub won't heat and the control panel says sensor sync what do I do?

I have a master spa and it is a Balboa heating element. Any ideas would be great. Thanks.

The Sage answers:

There are two temp sensors on each end of your heater assembly. One is reading one thing while the other is not. The odds are your going to have to close off the water valves leading to the heater and then open one end of the heater to let the water drain out. Next remove the temp sensors and repace them. One is bad most likely.

Charles asks…

Why won't my hot tub heat?

My hot tub has some water on the floor around it and the water in the hot tub is cold. Its telling me its 110 degrees! Everything else seems to be operating correctly. Any ideas on how to fix myself before I call a technician out? I've looked at the heater, Balboa, and it looks good. My hot tub is a Marque Epic and its about 5 years old and I do have well water.

The Sage answers:

The high limit switch is out, or the main fuse is, if its 110 volt you may get only 1 degree temp change every hr, 220 gets about 4 or 5 every hr

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Your Questions About Balboa Hot Tubs

how do i turn off my balboa hot tub jet?

I have a used balboa hot tub and no manual. I can turn on and off one of the jets, the other jets turn on and just keep spraying and I can't turn them off. Display has hot cold buttons, mode button (allows cycling between ecn std slp), and jets 1 and jets 2 buttons. Please help.

The Sage answers:

First off balboa makes the parts mainly the boards and topside controls it doesnt make tubs. Basically most hot tubs are either manufactured with one of the two main companies balboa parts or gecko parts.

As for your problem you can call the balboa service line and read them the information on the control box where all the wires go into. This is where the brain of your hot tub is and it usually contains all the information you need for them to help you with your problem.

Possible reasons for this are

1.) Your button for your controller has crapped out or moisture has gotten into the controller and causes the button to short out as it were giving the board the wrong signal. Older the tub the more likely it is the controller is toast.

2.) Your motherboard has developed a glitch or defective relay switch either thru wear and tear thru out the years or a simple weakness in the board.

Hiring a tech to look at your tub onsite would be the best solution as we can do a lot more for you in person then we can trying to answer it on here for you. Plus no offence but the average joe really shouldnt mess with a tubs electronics since it doesnt take much more then a wrong move to cause some serious trouble for you.

If however your technically minded the simplest solution if you dont need that offending jet pump is to simply unplug it from the control box. This will cut off its power supply and render it effectively dead. Personally i wouldnt do that I'd just turn some of your jets off where you are sitting and relax that way as most jets are easily turned on and off with a clockwise or counterclockwise motion. But if thats what you want to do just make sure you have a circulation pump thats still running (so you can heat the tub and in the winter keep it from freezing) and you can turn off any other pump you dont want by pulling its plug.

From the information you gave me thats the best i can do for you without being there personally to inspect it. Like i said you can always contact balboa if you want to try more things but id suggest a tech to do it for you so you dont accidently light yourself up like a christmas tree.

Best of luck

Ken asks…

hey i have a Balboa hot-tub and the jets are spraying everywhere can you help. the knobs on the side do not?

no just a balboa

The Sage answers:

The water level is suppose to be higher than the jets by about two - three inches to prevent the water from doing this. If it is blowing water through this layer of water then you have some other jets lower in the system that are clogged and you need to unscrew the jet and flush them out.

Joseph asks…

what does the code F1 mean on the control panel of a 1999 Balboa Hot Tub ?

The Sage answers:

Hi
F1 is for the time the hot tub cycles. 2 hours every 12 hours.

F2 is 4 hours every 12 hours.

S1lent

Ruth asks…

Hey i have a Balboa hot-tub and the jets are spraying everywhere can you help. the knobs on the side do not?

The Sage answers:

This should be of help to you with more advice on that.
Http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4794980_hot-tub-pump-troubleshooting.html

Donald asks…

balboa hot tub trouble!!!!?

we just recently got this brand new hot tub and its been nothing but trouble
its always shutting off
we've had the guys out here to fix it so many times already
my problem now is its not doing anything
it shows no temp and all it does is flow
the light wont turn on It wont let me change the temp
wont let me turn on the jets either
ive tried shuting the power on and off and nothing helps

i hate this hot tub
please help!

The Sage answers:

Hi! You can be having many different problems. If it is shutting off when a pump comes on then it's obviously a pump. I am betting when it goes through it's filter cycle and various pups come on the amp draw is too much and shuts it self down or a blower or perhaps even the heater. The tech should make no more then 2 visits. Please tell me what brand/model of tub you have and what equipment it has. If you have nothing but "FLO" on the screen the pressure switch is the problem. Replace it. Take the filters out and see if it goes away. (If it does then clean your filters) IF it is not the pressure switch and you can find that out by jumping it, then it is the board and it will have to be replaced. It could also even be the wire since you said it's new that goes from the board to the pressure switch. It is weird to see new equipment fail. But it happens. I wonder if your tech has any idea what he's doing. Feel free to email me directly and I can call you and we can easily work it out over the phone in minutes.

For the comment from the man that you should have bought a Nordic tub. I repair them as well and see the same amount of overall failure from them as most other brands. It's a decent entry level tub.

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Welcome to our website. Balboa Hot Tubs will at some stage require parts and supplies to keep your water leisure system safe and clean. Fortunately, Balboa have been around for more than 20 years and continue to pioneer a wide range of products suitable for just that purpose including controls, heaters, jets, lighting, entertainment systems and white goods. In fact they make almost anything to enhance the experience! It’s known as the one stop shop for all your needs and thanks to their reputation for quality, innovative design and value for money, Balboa Hot Tubs continue to be one of the main searches on the internet for their particular area of expertise, the leisure water industry.

Below you will find a selection of some of the most popular and sought after items from Balboa which have been reviewed by us. Some of the criteria we use include; value for money, overall design, any additional features, warranty specifications and customer feedback. By doing this, we hope to save you time and money so please take your time and enjoy the view.  

Balboa Hot Tub or Spa Circuit Board Transformer:  Available at $54.95. (120v/24v)  

For shipping purposes, the item weighs 2 lbs. Customer feedback is excellent.  

Balboa Assembly Transformer – Nine Pin:  New at $34.99 – 2 lbs for shipping. Excellent reviews from internet providers.  

Balboa Hot Tubs or Spa Temperature Sensor:  Priced around $29.95 and weighing only 1 lb for shipping purposes. Specifications are: 96 inch wire length, 2 inch bulb length and a two pin connection.  

Balboa Mood EFX 7 L.E.D. Hot Tub or Spa Light:  Available for $54.99 and weighing 1 lb for shipping purposes. This amazing light provides thirteen light displays including slow colour wash, fast colour was and slow random colour. The colours can also be fixed and show white, red, pink, green, lavender and many more. The connection is two pin. Change the feel of your hot tub or spa by using this colour mood light to express any fantasy you desire. Our review found this to be one of the most reliable light displays on the market and at a great price. Don’t settle for anything less than Balboa Hot Tubs.  

That completes our item selection for now. Please bear in mind that new products do continually surface on the internet and the products you see here now may not be around in the future. Our vision is to continually review future hot tub or spa accessories and bring them to you as soon as possible, providing they meet our criteria of course. We have taken the liberty of introducing you to some video footage below which reviews the Balboa Hot Tubs retrofit kit which is a much cheaper option than buying a new one. This could be just what you need to vring your hot tub or spa to the 21st century. It includes the necessary harware to install the kit into your exisisting hot tub. The Balboa VS retrofit kit series also include a lighting assembly, 5.5 kw stainless steel flowthrough heater and the control panel. Let us know what you think? 

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