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Canadian Patent: 2342614, Australian patent: 2373248 other patents both foreign and domestic applied for and pending. All material copyright of Balboa Water Group.
The Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) or Residual Current
Detector (RCD) is an important safety device and is required
equipment on a hot tub installation.
(The GFCI Test Feature is not available on CE rated systems.)
Used for verifying a proper installation
Your spa may be equipped with a GFCI Protection feature. If your
spa has this feature enabled by the manufacturer, the GFCI Trip
Test must occur to allow proper spa function.
Within 1 to 7 days after startup, the spa will trip the GFCI to test
it. (The number of days is factory programmed.) The GFCI must
be reset once it has tripped. After passing the GFCI Trip Test, any
subsequent GFCI trips will indicate a ground fault or other unsafe
condition and the power to the spa must be shut off until a
service person can correct the problem.
Forcing the GFCI Trip Test (North America Only)
The installer can cause the GFCI Trip Test to occur sooner by initiating it using the above menu.
The GFCI should trip within several seconds and the spa should shut down. If it does not, shut down the power and
manually verify that a GFCI breaker is installed and that the circuit and spa are wired correctly. Verify the function of the
GFCI with its own test button. Restore power to the spa and repeat the GFCI Trip Test.
Once the GFCI is tripped by the test, reset the GFCI and the spa will operate normally from that point. You can verify a
successful test by navigating to the above menu. PASS should appear after a temp button is pressed from the GFCI screen.
Warning:
The end-user must be trained to expect this one-time test to occur and how to properly reset the GFCI.
If freezing conditions exist, the GFCI or RCD should be reset immediately or spa damage could result.
CE Product:
CE registered systems do not have an RCD Test Feature due to the nature of the electrical service.
Some UL registered systems do not have the GFCI Test Feature activated.
The end-user must be trained how to properly test and reset the RCD.
Utilities – GFCI Test Feature
GFCI Status - Passed
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Test
Reset
