How do hot tub valves work?
Valves in a hot tub allow for control of water direction and flow. A diverter valve moves water from one area of the spa to another while an on/off valve such as that used for a waterfall allows for regulation of water flow.
How to turn on a hot tub / spa with the valves?
The last thing to remember is after going into your spa turn your valves back to where they were prior to turning on your spa/hot tub. 100% spa suction off and 80% pool to 20% spa return side. If you can imagine what the pump is doing and taking water from it is very easy for you, the homeowner, to not get confused by this process!
How do I put my pool heater in Spa mode?
On the heater itself is the control panel and from there you can turn the heater on and set it for pool or spa mode. Once the pool pump is on you can then set the heater to the desired temperature and turn it on. If you are going to heat an attached spa, you will have to turn the valves to spa mode.
Why do you not turn off the hot tub?
The reason you do not turn it all the way off is so that you will get chemicals/chlorine into your spa to sanitize it. So say it is cracked open, out of the heater it goes to the Jandy Never Lube valve and say 80% of the clean water will go to the pool and 20% will go to the hot tub/spa.
Which is pool return valve or pool suction valve?
So if left is pool suction, good chance left is also pool return (but not always!). The ball valve is your spa bypass valve. Try turning the 2 valves both to the left (right now you have the suction valve to the left but the return valve partially open to the left) and see what happens. Then turn both valves to the right.
The last thing to remember is after going into your spa turn your valves back to where they were prior to turning on your spa/hot tub. 100% spa suction off and 80% pool to 20% spa return side. If you can imagine what the pump is doing and taking water from it is very easy for you, the homeowner, to not get confused by this process!
On the heater itself is the control panel and from there you can turn the heater on and set it for pool or spa mode. Once the pool pump is on you can then set the heater to the desired temperature and turn it on. If you are going to heat an attached spa, you will have to turn the valves to spa mode.
How does the mastertemp pool and spa heater work?
The MasterTemp heater is a compact, lightweight, efficient, induced-draft, gas fired high performance pool and spa heater that can be directly connected to schedule 40 PVC pipe. The MasterTemp heater also comes equipped with the Pentair multifunction temperature controller which shows, at a glance, the proper functioning of the heater.
The reason you do not turn it all the way off is so that you will get chemicals/chlorine into your spa to sanitize it. So say it is cracked open, out of the heater it goes to the Jandy Never Lube valve and say 80% of the clean water will go to the pool and 20% will go to the hot tub/spa.
