Brand new tub - how long to heat up?

[aquaman617]

I just took delivery on my Sundance Edison yesterday.  Wiring was done at 240V/50A.  I set the temperature to 102F at 2pm yesterday (water temp, 63F).  As of 8 pm today, the temperature has only risen from to 96F.  Aside from a few hours when either my kids or I went into the water (sometimes with the jets on), the lid has been on and the jets turned off.  Overnight, the temperature did not budge more than a degree or two (lid was on overnight).

Am I doing something wrong?

[kingdarb]

If the settings are all correct then it will reach its setpoint. 

I only have experience with my own tub, which seems to take around ten hours to get from hose water temperature to 102F.

[Water Boy]

That seems like a really long time to me. That spa should have been to 102 degrees in about 8-10 hours max. It sounds like in your situation, after 30 hours it still was only up to 96 degrees. I would call your dealer and have them check that out. If I understood your time frames right, then imo it isn't heating properly.

[Quickbeam]

That seems like a really long time to me. That spa should have been to 102 degrees in about 8-10 hours max. It sounds like in your situation, after 30 hours it still was only up to 102 degrees. I would call your dealer and have them check that out. If I understood your time frames right, then imo it isn't heating properly.

+1 There is something wrong if it's taking that long to get up to temperature.

[wmccall]

I've owned 2 tubs. The larger one heated at about 4 degrees and hour.  The newer tub, which is a smaller Sundance heats closer to 8 degrees and hour.

[aquaman617]

My dealer sent out a repair guy this past week.  Loose wire (or something) to the heater was the culprit.  Up and running and enjoying every minute of it!

[Quickbeam]

O.K., that makes sense. Figured there had to be something wrong. Glad you got it fixed and are enjoying your spa!