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My parents recently decided to purchase a hot tub and with no free time in their hands, I became in charge of maintaining/filling it. We've had the hot tub for about three weeks now and over the weekend my sister forgot to put the cover on. Its located in an area in which it is not constantly looked at so I hadn't noticed until today and when I looked in, 85% of the water had drained out. I'm not sure if this is some sort of safety system in some hot tubs to prevent it from freezing completely? or if some sort of fitting has frozen and began to leak. The water currently in the tub wasnt frozen when i checked, but it has sat uncovered for four nights, two of which were below freezing temps.
Quote from: IhaveNoUnderstandinOfSpas on December 04, 2019, 07:47:49 pmMy parents recently decided to purchase a hot tub and with no free time in their hands, I became in charge of maintaining/filling it. We've had the hot tub for about three weeks now and over the weekend my sister forgot to put the cover on. Its located in an area in which it is not constantly looked at so I hadn't noticed until today and when I looked in, 85% of the water had drained out. I'm not sure if this is some sort of safety system in some hot tubs to prevent it from freezing completely? or if some sort of fitting has frozen and began to leak. The water currently in the tub wasnt frozen when i checked, but it has sat uncovered for four nights, two of which were below freezing temps.Agreed, there must be a leak in the tub for it to have lost water. Just having the cover off shouldn't cause water to seep out of the shell.As long as the tub was turned on it shouldn't of froze or lost water? There must have been a catastrophic failure. You need a repair guy.
The cover could have been left open, and some water evaporated. Once it got below the top jets, when the jets come on, it will spray water out of the tub. Since most pump suctions are on the bottom, it will continue to blow water out until it gets below the suctions. It definitely could have drained itself like that
Quote from: SerjicalStrike on December 06, 2019, 12:42:42 pmThe cover could have been left open, and some water evaporated. Once it got below the top jets, when the jets come on, it will spray water out of the tub. Since most pump suctions are on the bottom, it will continue to blow water out until it gets below the suctions. It definitely could have drained itself like thatOn low during filter cycles? tman<--------sceptic
Do both pumps have both speeds? If they don't, or if one pump is high speed only, it could definitely happen