Sundance Hot Tub Tripping the Breaker & Smells Burnt — Look What I Found. - Video

Today’s service call was a Sundance hot tub that kept tripping the breaker and had a noticeable burning smell.

I started at the spa disconnect, where I found and corrected a minor issue. It needed to be fixed, but it wasn’t related to the breaker tripping or the burning smell.

From there, I moved to the hot tub, removed the side panel, and started checking for voltage. I had no power at the spa, so my next thought was to check the fuses inside the control system.

With the breaker turned OFF, I checked the fuses and found the problem: the 30-amp fuse was blown.

I grabbed a replacement 30-amp fuse from my service bag, installed it, and then turned the breaker back on.

The Sundance came right back to life.

The important thing is that a blown fuse is usually telling you something happened, so replacing the fuse doesn’t necessarily explain what caused it to blow in the first place. On this particular service call, I didn’t spend additional time trying to recreate an intermittent problem once the spa was operating normally again.

For now, the homeowner’s hot tub is back up and running, everybody is happy, and we’ll see if the problem returns.

Sometimes a service call turns into a major repair—and sometimes it’s just a fuse.

My name is Scott with Arizona Hot Tub Factory, and they call me SpaMan.

And remember: It’s just a hot tub that blows bubbles and heats up. Don’t go crazy, everybody!

See you on the next video.


Tools I used in this Video

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