Erik; Is the spa working OK? I have been overwhelmed. Normally I am
just "whelmed" today different.
I ordered a new panel for you. It takes a while for them to finish the
extra panels because the production spas are in full blast forward motion.
It seems silly but the wood shop is always under the gun. Their work is
really good though. I have seen a lot of redwood and this is a good as it
gets.
All you need to set on the filter cycles is one or tow one hour cycles of the
jet pump. This augments the filtering pump.
Jim
"Erik W. Selberg" wrote:
> Hey Jim,
>
> Looks like I managed to get 'er hooked up to the electrical without
> too much issue. Was a little fun getting the wire coming from the
> right (filter) side of the spa to the left-side entrance; ended up
> going up and over the electrical housing just to make room for the
> turns. But it powered on w/ no problem. Sadly it appears I munged the
> heater controls last night, as this morning it was still a frigid 84F.
> Think I got that fixed, although it's only up to 88F... how long does
> it take to heat the thing, anyway?
>
> On to the bad news / issues list, got a few more, one of which
> has me really concerned. For reference, I'll orient the spa so that
> the lounge is on the south side (with the filter being on the SE
> corner).
>
> 1. As I mentioned, the redwood on the west side panel is bashed in on
> the middle, so we'll need to get a replacement for that one.
>
> 2. The cover is a lot more maroon than I imagined; perhaps it's just
> me. However, I noticed that on the cardboard containing the cover, it
> said "Pionowski" on it (or something to that effect). Perhaps our
> covers were switched? I recall I ordered cranberry.
>
> 3. I forget if this comes with the packet, but is there some
> explanation of how / when to use all the chemicals you sent? The blurb
> in the Phoenix manual didn't seem to account for all of them.
>
> 4. (Here's where I get concerned) The headrest in the captain's chair
> is obviously used, as is the plastic filter door. There's marked
> discoloration, and there's indentation where you'd expect somebody's
> head to be on the headrest. I remember from talking to Gary that he
> had received in essence the wrong spa; the nozzels were the wrong
> type, there were some issues with the plumbing, etc. Bruce mentioned
> to me that the reason it was delayed was that there was some problem
> with this in the factory; I'm concerned I too got the wrong spa, and
> that rather than fixing the spa or cranking out a new one, perhaps
> they may have shipped me a floor model or something. That would
> explain the obvious use of some of the parts and perhaps the damage on
> the panel. Can you tell me if there's some quick things I can do to
> confirm that this is the spa I ordered (i.e. verify the jets are
> correct, motors are correct, plumbing, etc.)? I'd like to hope only
> the headrest and filter cover are used, but I'm now quite concerned
> about this entire situation.
>
> On another note, while I don't believe that it's a problem, I was a
> bit disturbed by the state of the supplies when they arrived. The
> cardboard around the spa was in tatters and there was some bird guano
> on the cover already. The big box w/ the thermal blanket and spa
> lifter was also in tatters and was wrapped in several layers of duct
> tape. I don't believe anything was damaged, but I'm now in the midst
> of going through and making sure everything that was supposed to
> arrive actually did and without damage. The state of this also
> indicated that this wasn't a problem with Bruce's brother-in-law's
> delivery; he had placed all the equipment in the bed of his pickup and
> the spa was on top of it shielding it from weather, so I can only
> assume this stuff was left outside somewhere. Just an FYI for you to
> pass along to whomever is in charge of whereever this was left
> outside. :)
>
> BTW, was there supposed to be a packing list anywhere? I couldn't find
> one. I'm going off the list in the package on the web page, but that
> doesn't seem to list all the chemicals.
>
> Thanks!
> -e
>
> --
> Erik Selberg
> "I get by with a little help selberg@cs.washington.edu
> from my friends." http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/selberg
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