After my intense on week J480 start up here are some things that might put minds at ease for those of you that have bought this series. (Spantini and Swelltub come to mind).
I learned alot about my tub inside and out durning our ordeal. Here a couple of things I learned.
Fill half your tub in one filter opening and the other half in the other filter opening.
It took me under
4 hours to fill the tub with a Watkins pre-filter attached.
The temp took a while to move the first degree (approx. 20 minutes) but then seemed to heat up at about 4 or 5 degrees an hour. (until we went to bed)
The 24 hour circ pump needs to cross the 12:00 midnight threshold before it starts its 24 hour cycle. When we finally got our tub repaired and I checked it at lunch time the circ pump would only go on when there was a call for heat. With all the problems we were having this was a concern. So I changed the 24 hr circ start time to 12:30 PM and the circ pump has been on ever since then.
The ozonator doesn't run when the pumps are running and takes about 5 minutes to turn on after the pumps are off. I'm not sure if this is supposed to happen but my tech says it is. I have my tub set at the 60 AMP option.
You guys are going to absolutely love your tub. I know we do. I hope this helps a little bit with some of the start up questions that will arise. And I also hope you have a good circuit board.
In His Peace,
Fred