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Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: jaysea on January 24, 2013, 05:52:33 pm

Title: how to teat heater
Post by: jaysea on January 24, 2013, 05:52:33 pm

How to test heater in a 2006 tiger river spa?

Title: Re: how to teat heater
Post by: tjr on January 24, 2013, 06:22:32 pm

Do you have a multimeter?

Title: Re: how to teat heater
Post by: jaysea on January 24, 2013, 06:36:49 pm

YES

Title: Re: how to teat heater
Post by: tjr on January 24, 2013, 06:53:41 pm

Turn off power to spa. Check the resistance of the heater.

Title: Re: how to teat heater
Post by: jaysea on January 24, 2013, 07:13:39 pm

AND WHAT SHOULD THAT RESISTANCE BE?IT READS 11.5.

Title: Re: how to teat heater
Post by: tjr on January 24, 2013, 07:41:25 pm

that's a good heater

Title: Re: how to teat heater
Post by: Chas on February 01, 2013, 06:23:53 pm

Now, if the problem was that the GFI was tripping, then you would need an ultra-sensitive ohm meter, and you put the test leads from either black or white to ground. Infinite is good, anything less is a grounded heater.

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