Spa Controllers
A spa controller runs the spa's pump,
blower, and heater.
Most spa controllers have the heater built into them, so the spa controller is also the spa heater.
If your spa has heating problems, check your heater element.
The brain of a spa controller is a circuit board. The circuit board is the most
expensive component in a spa controller. Replacement circuit boards are typically
priced at hundreds of dollars, and sometimes exceed the cost of replacing the entire spa controller.
Unless your controller is under warranty or maybe just barely out of the warranty period,
it's not a good bet to replace a bad circuit board. Circuit boards that have worked for a
couple of years tend not to go bad just by themselves. Instead, something has caused them
to go bad. And whatever that is, it's not being fixed by replacing the circuit board.
Consequently, the life expectancy of a replaced circuit board is less than that of a new spa controller.
Unless something simple on your controller has broken - such as a mechanical switch
or a timer - we recommend simply replacing the broken
controller. And if the rest of your equipment is more than 8 years old, we recommend
replacing the entire spa pack.
We carry both pneumatic (air-control) and electronic
(digital) spa controllers.
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 spa controllers are more convenient, and they cost only slightly more
than our pneumatic spa controllers, for most people the pneumatic spa controller is the better choice.
Pneumatic spa controllers are simpler and less prone to problems. Electronic spa controllers 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 controllers, avoid extreme weather exposure.
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