How To Install Balboa Spa Pack
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Balboa spa packs have been used by many different spa manufacturers for years and are one of the most common. When replacing a Balboa board, you will need to find the “chip number”. The chip number is an alphanumeric number that you will find printed on a white label placed on a black chip on the board itself.
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Important Information Before Installing a Spa Pack
When you receive your new spa pack, all those parts will seem intimidating, but it's actually very simple to install. The most important thing to remember is to first shut off the main power to the spa and turn off the breaker before touching any of your spa's electrical components.
In addition, make sure that you hand-tighten the entire spa pack before gluing any of the pieces. Once you glue them, it can't be undone. If something is in the wrong place or fitted backwards, that will cause a big problem.
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It may help to lay the pieces out in order to make sure you have everything on hand before you start the process. That will tell you whether you need a piece of flex tube and couplings to attach the new control panel to the filter. If you do need tubing, visit your local hardware store to pick up the necessary supplies before starting the assembly process.
Finally, you can always call a technician to install the spa pack for you if you're not comfortable setting it up yourself. If you have any questions about installing a spa pack, feel free to call our customer service team. We're here to help you with all of your spa and hot tub needs.
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Spa packs are the guts of a spa, and comprise the spa’s complete mechanical and electrical working systems. The normal life expectancy of a spa pack is 8-10 years. Since the typical spa shell lasts for 30-40+ years, every spa owner can anticipate replacing their spa packs a few times over the life of the spa.
You do not need to buy the exact same spa pack that is now in your spa. Raxo all mode pro zip books 2017. Most spa manufacturers don’t even make their own spa packs. They buy them from a manufacturer that specializes in spa packs. Sometimes spa manufacturers even use spa packs from two different manufacturers in the same spa model.
Use the latest technology. Spa pack manufacturers are constantly incorporating improvements to their designs. If your pack has failed it is probably impossible to find the same model that you currently have. By the time a typical spa pack fails, that model is no longer being manufactured and has been replaced by a newer design.
Included in each spa pack are the following major components:
- Spa Controller, which includes the main brains of the spa, the water flow sensor, high limit sensor, temperature sensor, filteration cycle, jet and temperature control, and spa light. (On some older spas some of these items may be separate from the Controller.)
- Spa Heater - either attached to the controller or remotely mounted
- Spa Pump (some spas require 2 or more pumps)
- Spa Blower (optional)
In replacing a spa pack, there's only one important decision: Do you want an electronic or a pneumatic controller? Although there are several things you need to specify to have us build a spa pack for you, almost every specification has to do with configuring your spa pack to match your spa shell.
Electronic or Pneumatic (Air) Spa Controller?
Electronic spa controllers let you control everything from a topside control panel that provides you with a digital water temperature reading. Electronic packs are therefore the most convenient, and they cost only a little bit more than our pneumatic spa packs.
Pneumatic spa controllers use push buttons for controlling your spa. An air hose runs between the button and the spa controller. Pushing the button cause the air pressure to increase, which activates a mechanical switch on the controller. However, you cannot adjust the water temperature from the topside of the spa. Instead you have to get out of the spa, open the panel access door and adjust the temperature dial directly on the spa controller. (We do sell a topside control panel for pneumatic spas that allows you to adjust the water temperature directly from the topside control panel, but if that's what you want it's cheaper to buy the electronic spa controller instead.)
Most older and budget spas came originally equipped with pneumatic controllers. If you're replacing the controller and having to get out of the tub and open up the equipment access panel to adjust the spa's temperature really bothers you, now is the time to switch to a more convenient electronic spa controller.
Although electronic packs are more convenient, and they cost only slightly more than our pneumatic spa packs, for most people the pneumatic spa pack is the better choice. Pneumatic spa packs are simpler and less prone to problems. Electronic spa packs are run by electronics. Moisture and temperature extremes are bad for electronics. And moisture and temperature extremes are what spas are all about. So, if you do choose the convenience of an electronic spa pack, avoid extreme weather exposure.
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