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Questions about Arctic Spas
spaman--:
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Im glad I can make you laugh. But Ive put that theory to test on my own Arctic spa, and it holds no bearing. The outside temp or conditions dont effect the temp of the inside cabinet. That outside insulation works both ways.
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so the temp of the air in the cabinet is constantly hotter than the temp of the water in the spa?
Summitman:
--- Quote ---Im glad I can make you laugh. But Ive put that theory to test on my own Arctic spa, and it holds no bearing. The outside temp or conditions dont effect the temp of the inside cabinet. That outside insulation works both ways. [/quot
so the temp of the air in the cabinet is constantly hotter than the temp of the water in the spa?
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If the cover is on I have found it is the same temp or a tad higher in the cabinet. If you take the cover off you obviously lose heat.
spaman--:
Not in the cabinet it is not.
Summitman:
--- Quote ---Not in the cabinet it is not.
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well my thermometer must be whack
spaman--:
The max operating temp inside the cabinet is to be 120F. You are trying to tell the entire board that this cabinet maintains temps between 102f and 120f?
Why do you suppose they changed to the expensive Italian pump?
I will answer it for you, in a quote from an Arctic engineer:
"The pumps in our spas are also in a very hot environment.... EMG has designed their motors to [use] forced air cooling. They use air flow over the aluminium finned housing to cool the motor. The use of aluminium and the large surface area of the outside of the motor make this design an improvement over [motors from our previous supplier, which] restrict the amount of air flow by running the air through the centre of the motor and use a steel housing which does not conduct the heat as well."
Switching the pump was a good move, but this does not protect the electronics.
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