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Softub wont work. Help!

Posted By: stimo
Date: Sunday, 14 May 2006, at 7:03 p.m.

Hi, hope someone can help me as I just paid £400 (against the better judgement of my wife)for a second hand 220 softub, If I cant get it working, I will be sleeping in the spare room!
I think the tub is a few years old, it has Hydromate II on the control panel, temp knob and 2 buttons, one reset and one for jets, 3 LEDs.
Right, when I first put it together and plugged it in (standard UK 3 pin 240V) the power and heater lights came on, but no motor noise at all. When the jet button was pressed, the LED came on but again, nothing. I left it a while and tried again, this time the motor whirred for about 3 seconds, then the GFI tripped on the outdoor socket (there is no GFI on the tub cable as I've seen on some of these threads). This happened time and time again so I tried bypassing the GFI and plugging straight into the wall socket. Again, 3 seconds of noise then cut out, no lights, nothing. Left it a while and it seemed to reset, but keeps doing exactly the same thing every time I try.
Please, someone save my marraige!!

Messages In This Thread

• Softub wont work. Help!
  stimo -- Sunday, 14 May 2006, at 7:03 p.m.
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    n1oty -- Monday, 15 May 2006, at 3:40 a.m.
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      stimo -- Monday, 15 May 2006, at 5:32 a.m.
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        n1oty -- Monday, 15 May 2006, at 7:10 a.m.
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          stimo -- Tuesday, 16 May 2006, at 12:00 a.m.
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            n1oty -- Tuesday, 16 May 2006, at 4:11 a.m.
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              stimo -- Tuesday, 16 May 2006, at 1:16 p.m.
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                n1oty -- Tuesday, 16 May 2006, at 4:28 p.m.
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                  stimo -- Wednesday, 17 May 2006, at 10:13 a.m.
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                    stimo -- Wednesday, 17 May 2006, at 12:59 p.m.
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                      n1oty -- Wednesday, 17 May 2006, at 3:15 p.m.
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                        spaguy1 -- Thursday, 18 May 2006, at 10:12 a.m.
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                          stimo -- Monday, 29 May 2006, at 12:13 p.m.
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                            stimo -- Tuesday, 30 May 2006, at 3:48 a.m.
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                              n1oty -- Tuesday, 30 May 2006, at 4:03 a.m.
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                                stimo -- Tuesday, 30 May 2006, at 4:25 a.m.
                                • age of Softub?
                                  stimo -- Friday, 2 June 2006, at 1:03 a.m.
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                                    n1oty -- Friday, 2 June 2006, at 3:23 a.m.
                                  • Good news
                                    stimo -- Saturday, 3 June 2006, at 11:55 p.m.
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                                      n1oty -- Sunday, 4 June 2006, at 5:22 a.m.
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                                        stimo -- Monday, 5 June 2006, at 12:21 a.m.
                                        • Jets wont switch off!
                                          stimo -- Tuesday, 6 June 2006, at 2:11 a.m.
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                                            n1oty -- Tuesday, 6 June 2006, at 4:31 a.m.
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                                              stimo -- Tuesday, 6 June 2006, at 6:07 a.m.
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                                                n1oty -- Tuesday, 6 June 2006, at 3:21 p.m.
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                                                  stimo -- Wednesday, 7 June 2006, at 1:11 a.m.
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                                                    n1oty -- Wednesday, 7 June 2006, at 3:32 a.m.
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                                                      stimo -- Wednesday, 7 June 2006, at 5:10 a.m.
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                                                        n1oty -- Wednesday, 7 June 2006, at 5:39 a.m.
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                                                        stimo -- Wednesday, 7 June 2006, at 5:48 a.m.
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                                                          n1oty -- Wednesday, 7 June 2006, at 2:30 p.m.
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                                                            stimo -- Thursday, 8 June 2006, at 4:01 a.m.
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                                                              stimo -- Friday, 9 June 2006, at 11:48 p.m.
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                                                                n1oty -- Saturday, 10 June 2006, at 12:06 p.m.

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