Balboa ML400 Touch Panel: Elevate Your Hot Tub Experience

Introduction

As a dedicated supplier of high-quality hot tub components, I’m excited to introduce you to the Balboa ML400 Touch Panel. This sophisticated control panel is designed to enhance your spa experience, offering intuitive control and sleek aesthetics.

Product Overview

The Balboa ML400 Touch Panel is a state-of-the-art topside control that combines functionality with modern design. It’s compatible with Balboa ML overlays and any GL series control box, making it a versatile choice for many hot tub models.

Key Features

• Intuitive Touch Interface: Effortlessly control your hot tub’s functions with a responsive touch panel.
• Comprehensive Controls: Manage jets, auxiliary functions, temperature, and lighting with dedicated buttons.
• Clear Display: Features a basic 3-digit LCD screen for easy reading of temperature and settings.
• Versatile Compatibility: Works seamlessly with Balboa systems, ensuring wide-ranging usability.

Detailed Specifications

To help you understand the technical aspects of the ML400, I’ve compiled this detailed specifications table:

Specification	Detail
Manufacturer	Balboa
Type	Topside control panel
Power	12V
Compatibility	Balboa ML overlays, GL series control boxes
Button Configuration	Jets, Aux, Temp, and Light
Connections	8 small plastic pins (2 rows of 4)
Display	LCD, 3-digit style
Dimensions	190.5 mm (L) x 58.4 mm (H)
Included Accessories	OL-40040 Overlay

Documentation

• Cutout template
• balboa user guide

Installation and Compatibility

The ML400 Touch Panel is designed for straightforward installation. Its 8-pin connection (arranged in two rows of four) ensures a secure and reliable link to your hot tub’s control system. Compatible with Balboa ML overlays and GL series control boxes, this panel offers flexibility for various hot tub setups.

Enhancing Your Hot Tub Experience

Intuitive Control at Your Fingertips

The ML400’s touch-sensitive interface puts you in complete control of your hot tub experience. Adjust jet intensity, fine-tune water temperature, or set the perfect ambiance with lighting controls – all with a simple touch.

Clear, Easy-to-Read Display

The 3-digit LCD screen provides clear, at-a-glance information about your hot tub’s current settings. Whether you’re checking the water temperature or adjusting the jet power, the information you need is always clearly visible.

Sleek Design

With its modern aesthetics and compact dimensions (190.5 mm x 58.4 mm), the ML400 Touch Panel adds a touch of sophistication to your hot tub without being obtrusive. It’s designed to complement the look of your spa while providing top-notch functionality.

Why Choose the Balboa ML400?

1. Quality: Balboa is a trusted name in the hot tub industry, known for producing reliable, long-lasting components.
2. User-Friendly: The intuitive touch interface makes controlling your hot tub a breeze, even for those less tech-savvy.
3. Versatility: Its compatibility with various Balboa systems means it’s likely to work with your current setup or future upgrades.
4. Modern Features: Enjoy the convenience of digital controls and display in a sleek, contemporary package.

Conclusion

The Balboa ML400 Touch Panel is more than just a control panel – it’s your gateway to an enhanced hot tub experience. With its user-friendly interface, clear display, and compatibility with a wide range of systems, it’s an excellent choice for both replacements and upgrades.

Elevate your spa experience with the Balboa ML400 Touch Panel. It’s the perfect blend of form and function, designed to make your relaxation time even more enjoyable.

Balboa BP Spa Packs

If you have a “BP” spa pack, you will find the name and model on the label, then you can use any of the “TP” range of topside controls, TP400, TP600 etc etc.

 

You can also use any of the “Spa Touch” graphical controllers on your Spa Pack. Spa Touch comes in versions 1-3 with 4 to be released very soon as well as the new “mini”.

 

The BP Spa Pack made things nice and easy so when you are replacing your topside control with one of these, it is straight forward enough.

 

Balboa VS & GS Spa Packs.

 

If you have an older hot tub that you are keeping alive with new parts, then the chances are you have an older spa pack in there too. This is where it gets a little more complicated in terms of compatibility.

 

Two of the popular models are the VS which stands for Value Series and was supplied to a lot of OEMs (manufacturers for hot tubs) to go into their tubs. Likewise, the GS (global series) was the same. Lots of different rebranded options, different names, but at the heart of things are these two packs.

 

What is key on these two models, is the combination of letters and numbers that make up the model number on the Spa Pack.

 

The VL range of topside controls was designed for both of these spa pack ranges; however, there are some “rules” we need to abide by in terms of compatibility.

 

VL Panels ending in D work with VS/GS systems ending in DZ

VL Panels ending in S work with VS/GS systems ending in SZ

The rest of the VL Panels work with VS/GS systems ending in Z (not SZ or DZ)

 

For example, a Spa Pack model VS501SZ would work nicely with a Topside that is model VL620S. However, that same topside control would not work with a spa pack model VS501Z. The connections are the same, it would plug in, but would not respond at all.

 

Another example, a Balboa GS500Z spa pack would work with the VL406T or the VL401 but would not work with the VL702S.

 

You get the patters. Topside ends in S or D, matches to Spa Pack ending in SZ (for S) or DZ (for D).

 

 

Balboa EL & GL Spa Packs

 

Before the birth of the BP range, the EL and GL Spa Packs did have some level of standardisation in terms of the topside controls.

 

All of the “ML” range of Balboa Topside Controls are designed to work with the EL and GL range of spa packs. They actually look very similar to the TP range, they just have a different type of connection to plug into the Spa Pack.