Revolutionize Your Hot Tub Experience with the Balboa TP500S Topside Control

As a dedicated hot tub enthusiast and spare parts specialist, I’m thrilled to introduce you to the Balboa TP500S Topside Control. This sleek and efficient device is designed to transform your hot tub management, offering intuitive controls and seamless integration with your existing setup.

Unparalleled Functionality

The Balboa TP500S is more than just a control panel – it’s your gateway to ultimate relaxation. With its user-friendly interface, you’ll effortlessly manage your hot tub’s temperature, jets, and lighting, all at your fingertips.

Intuitive Button Configuration

Navigate your hot tub settings with ease using the thoughtfully designed button layout:

• WARM and COOL buttons for precise temperature control
• MENU button for accessing advanced features
• LIGHT button to set the perfect ambiance
• JETS button for controlling your hot tub’s hydrotherapy functions
• AUX button for additional customizable features

Crystal Clear Display

The TP500S features a Serial Standard style screen with four large digits displayed in a horizontal line. Complemented by scrolling text, this display ensures you have all the information you need at a glance, even in low light conditions.

Seamless Compatibility

Designed to work flawlessly with Balboa BP Series control systems, including popular models like the BP601 and BP2100, the TP500S offers plug-and-play convenience. Its four-pin grid connection ensures a secure and reliable link to your hot tub’s brain.

Built to Last

Crafted by Balboa, a trusted name in the hot tub industry, the TP500S is built with durability in mind. Its robust construction is designed to withstand the humid environment of your hot tub enclosure, ensuring years of reliable service.

Easy Installation

With its compact dimensions of 181mm in length and 89mm in height, the TP500S fits seamlessly into most standard hot tub configurations. The included overlay not only protects the control panel but also adds a touch of elegance to your hot tub setup.

Specifications Table

Feature	Specification
Type	Topside control / Touch panel
Manufacturer	Balboa
Power	12V
Compatibility	Balboa BP Series (e.g., BP601, BP2100)
Button Configuration	WARM, COOL, MENU, LIGHT, JETS, AUX
Connections	4 black plastic pins (grid formation)
Display	Serial Standard style, 4 large digits, scrolling text
Dimensions	181mm (L) x 89mm (H)
Included Accessories	Overlay

Documentation

• balboa user guide

Elevate Your Hot Tub Experience

The Balboa TP500S Topside Control is not just an upgrade; it’s a reinvention of how you interact with your hot tub. Its intuitive design, clear display, and robust construction make it the perfect choice for hot tub owners looking to enhance their relaxation experience.

Whether you’re replacing an old control panel or upgrading your current setup, the TP500S offers the perfect blend of functionality and style. Don’t settle for less when it comes to controlling your oasis of relaxation.

Bring home the Balboa TP500S today and take the first step towards a more enjoyable and hassle-free hot tub experience!

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.