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Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: Gomboman on July 09, 2006, 01:41:09 am

Title: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Gomboman on July 09, 2006, 01:41:09 am: OK, I ruined the last thread--sorry Chris. Let's start over by showing pictures of our equipment compartment. It would be great to see many different manufacturers and models here.

How about some pictures of various models from: HotSpring, Sundance, LA, Jacuzzi, Caldera, D1, Marquis, Colman, Arctic, Artesian, Catalina, Master, Cal Spas, Sea Monkey, Thermospa, Robert's Hot Tubs, Costco Platinum Elite (I would like to see this one), Bullfrog, Beachcomber, Dynasty (Bill), Vita, Gulf, Baja, Emerald, PDC, Royal, United, Tiger River, Hotspot, Solana, Hydrospa, Southwest, and Haven (sorry, didnt' want to exclude anyone), and any others I left off the list. Ã‚Â

Let's be nice and keep this from the dead file. I'll start:

2005 HotSpring Envoy

(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/Gomboman/under_hood_a.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us your equipment compartment
Post by: xrdirthead on July 09, 2006, 02:09:38 am: Could you also add the make and model along with the pictures?
Any chance at getting a few models from each company....maybe a Vista to go with the Envoy or do they look the same?
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: wetone on July 10, 2006, 10:30:35 am: Dimension One, Chairman II:
(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h282/kingofcars2/DSC00296.jpg)

Coleman, 470 deluxe:
(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h282/kingofcars2/DSC00297.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: cappykat on July 10, 2006, 10:40:10 am: I like the looks of that D1 compartment. Very neatly done.
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: The_real_Clown_Shoes on July 10, 2006, 04:49:23 pm: Not going to take any pictures of my Envoy's compartment just yet. Just installed SpAudio II on it... those little pink strings are a pain.
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Spatech_tuo on July 10, 2006, 04:56:33 pm: Quote
Not going to take any pictures of my Envoy's compartment just yet. Â Just installed SpAudio II on it... those little pink strings are a pain.

What does that mean?
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: The_real_Clown_Shoes on July 10, 2006, 04:58:35 pm: It means I'm very anal about things and I think you'd laugh at my Envoy's equipment compartment.

It's a fun install, though. My Watkins RSM helped me put it in.
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Spatech_tuo on July 10, 2006, 05:26:09 pm: Quote
It means I'm very anal about things and I think you'd laugh at my Envoy's equipment compartment.

It's a fun install, though. Â My Watkins RSM helped me put it in.

So you were the installer; I didn't get that part at first.
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: spahappy on July 10, 2006, 05:56:22 pm: Quote
Dimension One, Chairman II:
(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h282/kingofcars2/DSC00296.jpg)

Coleman, 470 deluxe:
(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h282/kingofcars2/DSC00297.jpg)

I love gate valves!!!!!
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Gomboman on July 10, 2006, 09:24:36 pm: The D1 compartment looks beautiful.

What are the factory installed pink strings used for in my picture? Also, what is the large black flexible hose on the right side of the screen? All for spa audio?

Let's see some more. I would love to see inside a Costco Platinum Elite and a Sea Monkey cabinet.

(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/Gomboman/under_hood_a.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: MarKee on July 11, 2006, 07:32:43 pm: Here is a picture of the cabinet on a Marquis Everyday spa:

(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5404/ultimat4188hi.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: bwbski22 on July 11, 2006, 09:57:47 pm: id love to see the inside of a jacuzzi 385 and 470. can anyone help out?
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Gomboman on July 12, 2006, 12:06:35 am: Very nice Markee.

Can one of our Marquis representatives show us inside an Epic? Thanks in advance....
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: xrdirthead on July 12, 2006, 02:24:51 am: Quote
Very nice Markee.

Can one of our Marquis representatives show us inside an Epic? Thanks in advance....

I'd also like to see the Epic.

Also,

Dove Canyon or Piper Glen
Geneva or Elation
Maxxus or Optima
Serena Bay or Lotus Bay
Vista or Grandee

Show em' if ya got em'
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: DoubleA on July 12, 2006, 07:29:17 am: As soon as I get my digital camera rollin, I'll throw up a Tahitian pic if no one else does before hand. Smaller version of the Geneva, but has the same pumps and inards so possibly the same setup.
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Brewman on July 12, 2006, 08:15:51 am: I could put one of our Optima up, but don't expect the squeaky clean showroom look- ours is over 3 years old and has a speck or two of dust inside.
No critters though, thankfully.
I'd have to find some place to put the photos, though.
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Gomboman on July 13, 2006, 12:30:55 am: No Marquis dealers with a digital camera? I would love to see inside an Epic. A Caldera Geneva or Tahitian would be nice to see also. Ã‚Â :)
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: MarKee on July 13, 2006, 12:41:01 am: Gombo: I can take one when I go back into work on Saturday.
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Bonibelle on July 13, 2006, 12:02:44 pm: Here is the inside of my Epic, but I didn't have a wide angle lens and these are close up shots, sorry but it will take 3....

(http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/7284/tubby0278xo.th.jpg) (http://img305.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tubby0278xo.jpg)

(http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/6355/tubby0281av.th.jpg) (http://img477.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tubby0281av.jpg)

(http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/5250/tubby0295ff.th.jpg) (http://img379.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tubby0295ff.jpg)
And I have a question now looking at your phots, Gombo. It looks like the controls on your Envoy are on the outside of the tub..do you also have a set of controls inside of the tub? I don't remember that when I was looking last year. Â :-/
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: The_real_Clown_Shoes on July 13, 2006, 12:14:41 pm: Bonibelle,

All Hot Spring spas except the Jetsetter have the both an external and interior control panel. The interior panel doesn't control the temperature, but allows you to adjust the lights, jets, and stereo sound (if equipped).
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Bonibelle on July 13, 2006, 12:19:42 pm: Thanks, I think that is a great feature...I guess I wasn't in tune to that when I was looking, since I don't remember it at all. :-/
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Gomboman on July 14, 2006, 01:22:30 am: Anyone recognize this model?

(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/Gomboman/SCF_Front900.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: xrdirthead on July 14, 2006, 04:28:46 am: Quote
Anyone recognize this model?

(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/Gomboman/SCF_Front900.jpg)

Looks like a "Warning JED 103 DCS Hydro Quip" ;)
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: tanstaafl2 on July 16, 2006, 05:19:32 pm: Interior of my 2006 Reflections Granada made by DM Industries who also makes Vita. Don't know if Vita interiors are similar but would presume so.
(http://home.earthlink.net/~tierneyb/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/interior_spa.jpg)
(http://home.earthlink.net/~tierneyb/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/interior_spa_control_box.jpg)
It is full foamed but the foam extends to the sides once you get beyond the equipment area so it is really fullfoamed on 3 sides while the pumps no doubt keep this side toasty when it is on.

Not as clean looking as some of the others perhaps although I suspect they would look similar if you removed the shell used to create the equipment space. But it is kind of busy in there with 4 pumps, ozonator, heater, gate valves and control box.
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: MarKee on July 17, 2006, 01:14:38 am: Bonibelle: The controls on a Hotspring are mainly on the outside, there is no LCD on the inside that display temperature, only buttons for the jets and the lighting. If I'm not mistaken, up until a couple years ago Hotspring had no controls on the inside of the spa.

Gombo: Bonibelle beat me to it, but here is a pic of a 2 pump Marquis system, this is actually the Destiny model, but the panels are nearly identical:

(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/3067/destinyvb0.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Bonibelle on July 17, 2006, 08:09:18 am: Markee, are those the new "critter guards" on the bottom?
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: MarKee on July 17, 2006, 04:41:53 pm: Boni: Yup, they started adding those at the end of last year.
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Bonibelle on July 17, 2006, 05:11:46 pm: We made our own, but I think everyone should know about them and maybe Marquis offer them for sale. I wouldn't want to be the service tech that opens up to a nest of hornets or have a mouse hotel under my tub!
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: NE-Phil on July 17, 2006, 07:25:29 pm: Here's a picture of my '05 Marquis Reward's equipment compartment:

(http://phil.dixon.net/images/05_Reward_Compl.jpg)

Phil
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Bonibelle on July 17, 2006, 08:30:41 pm: Phil needs critter guards! Phil is your deck wood stained? Or is it composit material? It looks great!
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: MarKee on July 17, 2006, 08:40:26 pm: NE-Phil: That's a clean looking compartment.

Boni: That is a good idea. I'm sure they are available to order through your dealer if you wanted the factory spec screening.
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Gomboman on July 17, 2006, 09:34:18 pm: Wow, thanks for the pictures Bonibelle, Markee, and Phil. Marquis has a very clean setup.

OK, I would love to see a late model Caldera compartment. Maybe Chas, Sandiego, Double A, or someone else could snap a picture for us.
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: NE-Phil on July 17, 2006, 10:50:06 pm: Quote
Phil needs critter guards! Phil is your deck wood stained? Or is it composit material? It looks great!

Bonibelle,
Yeah! I do need critter guards. And I didn't even know it. Looks like I'll have to dig up some aluminum screening. I'm sure it's in my workshop...somewhere....???

Thanks. It's not stained wood. It is composite. One year old now and yes, it looks very good. I have a friend who built a wooden deck. It's about 10 years old and looks it. I'm hoping to avoid that rustic but splintered and discolored look! ;D ;)

Phil
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Gomboman on July 21, 2006, 12:00:08 am: OK, I have to say that D1 has the cleanest Equipment compartment so far. I would like to see a few more though.

Come on Sundance and Caldera fans, show us what's under the hood.
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Rayman on July 24, 2006, 08:16:34 am: Beachcomber 750. I was changing the water over the weekend so you will see the garden hose coming out of the drain.

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/rayman_1/IMG_0714.jpg)

I took a shot to include the step away from the tub, I was cleaning the tub so those are some cleaning supplies.

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/rayman_1/IMG_0715.jpg)

Rayman
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: wetone on July 24, 2006, 05:00:04 pm: (http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h282/kingofcars2/Sundance-Optima.jpg)

06, Sundance Optima
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: DPS on July 25, 2006, 02:09:59 am: wetone, can you show us a picture with the other panels open, so we can see the pumps, etc.?
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: hymbaw on July 25, 2006, 11:37:26 am: There are none! All heat, jet action, etc. is supplied by a small nuclear reactor(the cylinder on the right) Overkill? Perhaps. Dangerous? Maybe. But it makes nice hot water!
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: patty on July 25, 2006, 06:02:44 pm: Quote
There are none! All heat, jet action, etc. is supplied by a small nuclear reactor(the cylinder on the right) Overkill? Perhaps. Dangerous? Maybe. But it makes nice hot water!

Hymbaw,

Thanks for posting the photo. The Optima is on our short list and I've been curious what the inside looks like. Thanks.
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Gomboman on July 31, 2006, 01:19:29 am: Thanks for the recent photos. We've seen most of the major brands except for Caldera. Any Caldera owners out there with a digital camera?
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: gores95 on July 31, 2006, 05:24:35 pm: Quote
Thanks for the recent photos. We've seen most of the major brands except for Caldera. Any Caldera owners out there with a digital camera?

Since we are looking at Caldera's I would also be interested. Isn't SanDiego a Caldera dealer?

Marc
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: DPS on July 31, 2006, 05:53:18 pm: So, why can't we see the equipment compartment on the Sundance? There are 2 panels there with pumps, etc. behind them, to the right and the left of the one with the control box. Your answer about the reactor was cute, but show us one with those panels open.
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: hymbaw on July 31, 2006, 06:09:38 pm: Not trying to dissappoint the conspiracy theorists out there, but I didn't post the pics to begin with. Don't have access to a digital camera right now. Talk to wetone
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: pg_rider on October 24, 2006, 02:27:22 pm: Quote
So, why can't we see the equipment compartment on the Sundance? Â There are 2 panels there with pumps, etc. behind them, to the right and the left of the one with the control box. Â Your answer about the reactor was cute, but show us one with those panels open.
In case anyone was still interested... :)

(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n110/pg_rider/DSC03916Small.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: webboy on October 24, 2006, 04:12:59 pm: (http://www.bullfrogspas.com/images/general/bullfrogspascomp.jpg)

Bullfrog Spa 662 http://www.bullfrogspas.com/pages/spa-662a.asp
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: hot tub Frank on October 24, 2006, 07:32:13 pm: (http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l239/hottubfrank/IM002360.jpg)

I am the bad one

Leisure bay

This is old school
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Gomboman on October 24, 2006, 10:27:14 pm: Quote
Quote
So, why can't we see the equipment compartment on the Sundance? Â There are 2 panels there with pumps, etc. behind them, to the right and the left of the one with the control box. Â Your answer about the reactor was cute, but show us one with those panels open.
In case anyone was still interested... :)

(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n110/pg_rider/DSC03916Small.jpg)

I'm jealous pg. Very nice looking compartment.
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: In Canada eh on October 25, 2006, 09:09:35 pm: Webboy,

Thanks for posting the internals of a Bullfrog, I really gotta get with the times and buy a digital camera :-[

So far in my opinion, I think D1 has the best looking or neatest equipment compartment
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: webboy on October 26, 2006, 11:05:42 am: Quote
Webboy,

Â Â Thanks for posting the internals of a Bullfrog, Â I really gotta get with the times and buy a digital camera :-[

So far in my opinion, I think D1 has the best looking or neatest equipment compartment

Not a problem, happy to do it!
My vote is for the old school Leisure Bay Â :)
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: luv_to_soak on October 26, 2006, 01:32:50 pm: I have a 2006 Caldera Geneva and I have pics of the compartment but am to stupid to figure out how to post a pic. Â Help...................... :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: mattNY on October 29, 2006, 01:24:03 am: Haven't been on the boards lately, but I did take a pic about a month ago for this thread, heh. I think I win "dirtiest/most unorganized" :) But it is a '91, after all.

(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j282/mpc7488/Hot%20tub%20and%20Patio/IMG_1141.jpg)

And on a side note, I have no idea what this thing hanging down is. Anyone? Hope it's not important...

(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j282/mpc7488/Hot%20tub%20and%20Patio/IMG_1139.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: In_Too_Long on October 29, 2006, 07:08:19 am: That is your air check valve for the air intake on your jets. There is a plastic clamp that holds it in place above the water line. It has probably broken off so you will need to get something to hold it above your water line. If your check valve stops working it will leak.
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Slappy on October 29, 2006, 10:02:38 am: Wow, I'm impressed. I have a united spa ( unknown model) and my pump and heater are mounted on pressure treated lumber. nothing like what yours all look like. Digital pictures coming soon so you can all get in a good laugh.

- Slappy
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: hot tub Frank on October 29, 2006, 12:11:59 pm: Slappy I feel your pain dont think that you are worse of than me. I have to fight spiderwebs before I can see my Â pumps.I was to embarest to show the hole thing.
But on the upside what can you expect for the 400$ I paid.
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Slappy on October 29, 2006, 12:25:16 pm: "But on the upside what can you expect for the 400$ I paid. "

hot tub Frank,
I got you beat there. I got my tub for free. If I knew how to post a pic here, I would. Winds let down today and I got some really good tub shots.

- Slappy
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: mattNY on October 29, 2006, 03:09:01 pm: $600 for mine :D
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Gomboman on October 29, 2006, 09:42:37 pm: Yep, I think the D1 compartment looks the best so far. It's a very clean layout.

(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/Gomboman/d1.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Slappy on October 30, 2006, 07:30:36 am: Let me try posting a pic of my raw tub.
(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r39/slappy_mc/rawtub.jpg)

- Slappy
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: gores95 on October 30, 2006, 11:09:03 am: I think someone a while back had requested a Caldera. Â Ask and ye shall be rewarded!

2006 Caldera Geneva:

(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j307/gores95/Spa021.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: hot tub Frank on October 31, 2006, 06:47:04 pm: Well well well slappy.
it looks like easy access to you light there.
Be honest.Did you clean the tub befor you took your pic??? ;)
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Slappy on November 01, 2006, 12:29:19 pm: Quote
Well well well slappy.
it looks like easy access to you light there.
Be honest.Did you clean the tub befor you took your pic??? ;)

Actually Frank, I didn't. This thing is a dinosaur compared to most of the tubs I see on here, but it was amazingly clean (inside and out). Other than the skirting was built upside-down and the pump wiring was backward, there wasn't much to do to it.

- Slappy
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Tom on October 02, 2007, 05:32:09 pm: Quote
Let's start over by showing pictures of our equipment compartment
Since we don't use an equipment compartment and the spa is accessible from all four sides, there is no "compartment" to show. Still, I'll do my best.

Hard hat not included. Shot from test bay, where the hat is a nuisance to wear when poking into the underbelly of the spa. Not sure what model this is. Controller is on the left in this photo, so you're looking at an end view.
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/ArcticTom/Under%20the%20Hood/SUNP0027.jpg)

These are some unedited photos of a Fox, our smallest model, as that was what was going down the line today. This looks like a Signature, our lowest jetting level. Because they have not yet reached the finish area, the spas may contain untrimmed foam or other objects, such as hard hats. :)
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/ArcticTom/Under%20the%20Hood/SUNP0019.jpg)
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/ArcticTom/Under%20the%20Hood/SUNP0026.jpg)
The two above shots are the "compartment". Only one pump in this one. Not nearly as pretty as some of the others, for sure, but done that way for a purpose.

And a setpiece from our website:
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/ArcticTom/Under%20the%20Hood/access.jpg)

Sorry that I wasn't able to get pretty shots of a finished, customer-ready unit, but we are a factory, after all. Next time someone has the doors off a showroom unit, I'll grab the camera again.
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Helios on December 03, 2007, 11:26:33 pm: It took me awhile but here's a picture of our 2007 Coast Helios compartment.

(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc279/greg_bbs/007.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: orbitaljoe on December 04, 2007, 11:19:05 am: Here's the J480 (2007)...No Ozone unit

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2103/1567947535_3310535a24.jpg) Â

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2168/2086221881_f486709f23.jpg)

Lovin' Jacuzzi Â 8-)
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: loosenupspas on December 04, 2007, 12:20:01 pm: Beautiful interior picture of a Coleman Spa Model 471, lovely Galvalume Metal Frame, rock solid ABS Pan, huge 56 Frame pumps, two inch manifold pumping and many other sights to behold.
The spa box, has internal plugs, sealed cover to keep the electronics dry during an over flow situation.
My first attempt a Photobucket.....we shall see

http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc244/loosenupspas/?action=share
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: loosenupspas on December 04, 2007, 02:21:18 pm: (http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc244/loosenupspas/IMG_2196.jpg)
(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc244/loosenupspas/IMG_2195.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: loosenupspas on December 04, 2007, 02:23:00 pm: ojoe.....thanks for the help....the files are too large but it is a start. refer to the above entry if you want to
Title: Re: Show us your Equipment Compartment
Post by: Tony712 on December 04, 2007, 04:40:14 pm: Quote
It took me awhile but here's a picture of our 2007 Coast Helios compartment.

(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc279/greg_bbs/007.jpg)

Helios,
The inside of your 2007 Helios looks different than mine. I'll try to snap a pic tonight or tomorrow. I think mines laid out a bit differently, if I remember correctly, and my pumps are Red.