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Re: Change 104 max setting?
« Reply #15 on: May 16, 2005, 09:47:49 pm »
I take these concerns seriously, but I've got to think that there are a lot of tubs out there that go over 104 - I'm just looking for some help! ???

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Re: Change 104 max setting?
« Reply #15 on: May 16, 2005, 09:47:49 pm »

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Re: Change 104 max setting?
« Reply #16 on: May 16, 2005, 10:29:40 pm »
Not anymore there aren't, at least not in the USA.  As far as I know they all max out at 104.  There have been a lot of stories about how to get around the max, try a forum search- I'm sure the topic has come up before.
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Re: Change 104 max setting?
« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2005, 11:04:30 am »
HotSpring and Tiger River spas can and do go above 104.
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Re: Change 104 max setting?
« Reply #18 on: May 17, 2005, 11:41:48 am »
All tubs "can" Chas but do these come from factory with the ability to achieve 106 without modifications?

Are there not reguations stating otherwise? I know here in Canada that 104 is the maximum attainable setting without mods.

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Re: Change 104 max setting?
« Reply #19 on: May 17, 2005, 11:48:41 am »
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All tubs "can" Chas but do these come from factory with the ability to achieve 106 without modifications?

Are there not reguations stating otherwise? I know here in Canada that 104 is the maximum attainable setting without mods.

Steve

They both, (HotSpring & Tiger River) have uper-set temps 1,2,3,& 4 after 104.  These settings are about .5 to .7 deg of callibration.  The spa can reach temps in excess of 105-106 deg depending on the callibration of the thermostat or the thermistor.  Basically meaning the spa will get a little hotter, a little hotter, a little hotter with each upper-set temperature. 8)

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Re: Change 104 max setting?
« Reply #20 on: May 17, 2005, 11:55:46 am »
And regulations in the US allow that now?

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Re: Change 104 max setting?
« Reply #21 on: May 17, 2005, 12:25:30 pm »
Shh! What they don't know ....

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Re: Change 104 max setting?
« Reply #22 on: May 17, 2005, 12:59:18 pm »
That's it...I'm calling 1-800-tattleonHS. :P

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Re: Change 104 max setting?
« Reply #23 on: May 17, 2005, 01:26:34 pm »
True Story:

I sold an "Oasis" to a surfer. This was the first one of these Caldera-derived tubs I had ever sold. The customer was insistant that it go above 104 so he could come home from surfing (two blocks away) and slide into a very hot tub.

After selling Watkins' products since 1986, I was sure the thing would act like any other tub I had sold. It was not to be: the Oasis uses a Gecko spa pack, and it goes right to 104 and that's it. I swapped the sensors a couple of times and got exactly one HALF of one degree more.

I ended up taking the tub back, and making him a great price on a Prodigy. That tub, went to 108 as do most HotSpring and Tiger River spas will.
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Re: Change 104 max setting?
« Reply #24 on: May 17, 2005, 01:55:22 pm »
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That's it...I'm calling 1-800-tattleonHS. :P

That # is no longer in service.  To many unsubstantiated calls from looney spas. ;D

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Re: Change 104 max setting?
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