Balboa Heat Pump Relay Kit

HEAT PUMP RELAY KIT 59081 – PRODUCT INFORMATION

Transform Your Spa Heating with Energy-Efficient Heat Pump Integration

The Heat Pump Relay Kit 59081 is a revolutionary solution that allows spa owners to upgrade from traditional electric heating to highly efficient heat pump technology. This professional-grade relay kit seamlessly integrates with your existing spa control system, enabling you to enjoy significant energy savings while maintaining perfect spa temperatures year-round.

KEY FEATURES

Energy Efficient Operation
Switch from electric heating to energy-efficient heat pump operation, reducing your energy costs while maintaining perfect spa temperatures. Heat pumps are up to 5 times more efficient than traditional electric heaters, which means dramatic reductions in your electricity bills without sacrificing comfort or performance.

Easy Integration with Existing Systems
The relay kit seamlessly integrates with your existing spa control system. Your spa controller will manage the heat pump just like it managed your electric heater. There’s no need to learn new controls or change how you operate your spa – everything works exactly as before, but with much greater efficiency.

Dual Operation Modes
Choose between heat pump only operation for maximum energy efficiency, or run both the heat pump and electric heater simultaneously for maximum heating power when needed. This flexibility allows you to optimize for either efficiency or speed depending on your specific needs and weather conditions.

WHY CHOOSE THE HEAT PUMP RELAY KIT 59081?

Significant Energy Savings: Heat pumps are up to 5x more efficient than electric heaters, dramatically reducing your electricity bills. Over time, the energy savings can more than pay for the cost of the upgrade.

Seamless Control: No need to change how you operate your spa – your existing control panel manages everything. The transition is completely transparent to the user experience.

Professional Grade Quality: Manufactured by Balboa Water Group, the trusted leader in spa control systems with decades of innovation and reliability behind every product.

Flexible Operation: Choose heat pump only for maximum efficiency or hybrid mode for fastest heating. You’re not locked into one operating mode – adapt based on your needs.

Environmental Friendly: Reduce your carbon footprint with clean, efficient heat pump technology. Heat pumps use ambient air temperature to heat your water, making them one of the most environmentally responsible heating options available.

Reliable Performance: Engineered for consistent, long-lasting performance in all weather conditions. Built to the same exacting standards as all Balboa Water Group products.

SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY

This relay kit works seamlessly with the following popular Balboa spa control systems:
– BP2100 Series
– BP6013 Series
– BP601 Series

The kit is specifically designed to integrate with these control systems, ensuring reliable operation and full compatibility with existing spa functions and features.

Installation Guide Download

Technical Specifications

Here’s a detailed breakdown of the Balboa Heat Pump Relay Kit’s specifications:

Specification	Details
Type of Product	Relay for Heat Pump
Manufacturer	Balboa
Power	230V, 50Hz
Compatibility	BP systems
Dimensions	Length: 65 mm<br>Height: 50 mm<br>Width: 40 mm (base)
Cable Length	350 mm

Finding and identifying a replacement Hot Tub Circuit Board (PCB)

If you are looking to replace a failed PCB on your Hot Tub’s spa pack, then quite often identifying the part that you need can be the hardest thing.

Firstly, you are looking for a model number on the actual circuit board itself. Having the model or serial of your hot tub is not going to help at this point, you need to find the number on the PCB itself.

Now, with certain brands of PCB, the number of the replacement PCB that you need is not going to match identically the one you are replacing. Why is that I hear you ask?

Well, normally, it is an updated version. This means that it might have updated firmware on the PCB or be a later revision. Normally, this means that the part number would be slightly different. This is usually indicated with a “12345678 -x” at the end of that part number where x indicated a firmware revision.

In some cases, there will be some following letters on the part number of the circuit board, “12345678 -x MAS” this can indicate that the PCB was used for an OEM meaning it was produced for a certain hot tub manufacturer and the letters identify the manufacturer.

This means if you source an original PCB, it will not have the letters, but will in most cases work just fine.

It can be confusing I know!

What if you can’t find a model number?

If you can’t find a model number on the PCB itself, then you need to look for a model number on the spa pack. Normally, there is a sticker on the outside of the spa pack that tells you the current ratings and input voltages etc and this will have a model number.

In general, most spa packs in the USA are manufactured by Balboa, Hydro-Quip, ACC or Gecko. I know I am generalising here, but if you have a spa pack that has the brand of your hot tub on, it will be an OEM so the key is identifying who made the original box.

From there, you can normally find an original PCB that you will be able to switch out.

For example, the Balboa VS (value series) is a very popular spa pack that has been used by multiple hot tub manufacturers under their own brand names. Whatever they have called it, strip it back and it is still a Balboa VS.

Visual Inspection

One of the most important things you can do when you are looking for a replacement is to visually inspect the PCB that you have versus the picture online of the replacement you are considering. They need to look the same even if there are the differences in firmware revisions or OEM part numbers, you should be visually replacing a PCB that looks like the one you have.

Configuring a replacement Hot Tub Circuit Board (PCB)

When you get a new PCB, you are more than likely going to need to configure it. Most PCBs have a number of different modes and setups that the can operate in. For this, you will need to manual or spec sheet to guide you.

For things like DIP switches, most of the time you can copy the settings from your original circuit board.

You may need to move jumpers or even wires to configure voltages – the key here is that you read the schematic and don’t expect the PCB to just work out of the box – it usually doesn’t.

Troubleshooting a Hot Tub Circuit Board (PCB)

Here are some common things you will see when you replace a PCB on a hot tub.

You press the buttons on the topside control and they don’t control the right parts (pumps or blower etc) – this is a mode configuration thing and you will either need to change some DIP switches on the PCB or an internal or low level programming mode on the topside control. Check the manual for how to do this.

To check this, unplug all of your kit – heater, pumps, blower and then turn on the PCB. If it trips with nothing plugged in, usually the voltage is incorrectly set and what is happening is that live current is being sent to the ground – because you have 4 wires into the PCB rather than 3. Current on the ground loop causes the trip. Check the settings to make sure it is configures for 230V.

It might not trip until you physically turn on a pump or a blower.