Do you smell smoke?

One of today's spa repair calls was for a Bullfrog spa not working.  Customer had said that they replaced the circuit board in it about 3 months ago.  They also reported for the last we or so they had a little bit of smoke smell but weren't sure and everything seemed to be working fine till it just stopped working, no power no nothing.

The moment we took off the equipment door the strong smell of something burned was very apparent.  Before we could get the control box opened up we had a pretty good suspicion of what we were going to find.  Sure enough when we opened the box we found a burned up terminal strip and a cooked circuit board.

This can typically happen because one of two reasons: 

1.  The wires were not tighten down properly in the terminal strip.  Make sure you use the correct size screwdriver to get a good bite on the screw and firmly tighten.
2.  The insulation was tighten down instead of the exposed copper wire.  Maker sure you strip back enough wire that you can properly tighten down on the copper and not grab any insulation.  

Finally if you smell any smoke shut down the power and investigate immediately.  It is possible that this could have been caught before any real damage was caused.  As always if you have a spa repair need in the San Diego County Area please give us a call.