Help no power to my hot tub's heater


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Old 09-06-23, 04:29 PM
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Help no power to my hot tub's heater

My hot tub's breaker would trip everytime I switched it to the on position. Through process of elimination I determined that the heating element was bad. I bought a complete new Balboa heater assembly with element plus sensors and installed it. I turned on the breaker, no trip, and checked the top side control. The control showed the actual water temp and the temp the tub is set at. I turned on the pump and both speeds work perfect. Here's the problem, the heater light doesn't come on at the topside control and there's no power going to the heater. I doublechecked all of my connections and everything is connected correctly. Have I overlooked something or is there a reset that I didn't find? My tub is an old Shoreline single pump with a Balboa 58121 heater and Balboa VS500Z circuit board.
 
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Old 09-06-23, 04:53 PM
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Welcome to the forums.

The top side heat indicator comes on when everything is ok.
It sounds like your board may not be seeing the correct flow indication.

I will check further.
 
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Old 09-06-23, 05:06 PM
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First off thanks for the help PJmax. It's pumping great so is there a sensor that I need to test, reset or replace?
 
 

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