Balboa VL406T Touch Panel: Elevate Your Hot Tub Experience

Introduction

As an experienced hot tub enthusiast and parts supplier, I’m excited to introduce you to the Balboa VL406T Touch Panel. This sleek and efficient control panel is designed to enhance your hot tub experience, providing intuitive control over your spa’s essential functions.

Product Overview

The Balboa VL406T Touch Panel is a state-of-the-art topside control that combines functionality with user-friendly design. It’s compatible with a wide range of hot tub systems, making it a versatile choice for many spa owners looking to upgrade or replace their existing control panel.

Key Features

• Intuitive Touch Control: Effortlessly manage your hot tub’s functions with responsive touch buttons.
• LED Display: Clear, easy-to-read 3-digit LED screen for temperature and status information.
• Versatile Compatibility: Works with various control systems, including GS500, GS501, and Duplex series.
• Customizable Functionality: Adaptable to different hot tub configurations, including those with or without blowers.

Detailed Specifications

To help you understand the technical aspects of the Balboa VL406T Touch Panel, I’ve compiled this comprehensive specifications table:

Specification	Detail
Type	Topside control / Touch panel
Make and Model	Balboa VL406T10
Power	12 Volts
Compatible Systems	GS500, GS500Z, GS501, GS501Z, Duplex control systems, Touch Spas, and more
Button Configuration	JETS, BLOWER, LIGHT, and TEMP
Display	LED, basic 3-digit style
Connection Type	Telephone cord style
Dimensions	178mm x 86mm

Documentation

• VL series
• cutout template

Compatibility and Versatility

The Balboa VL406T Touch Panel is known for its wide-ranging compatibility. It’s the generic version commonly used by Canadian Spa, demonstrating its reliability and adaptability. This panel cleverly uses a single jets button to operate two pumps, showcasing its efficient design.

For hot tubs without a blower, the blower button remains inactive, or you have the option to modify the topside sticker to suit your specific configuration. This flexibility ensures that the VL406T can meet the needs of various hot tub setups.

Easy Installation and Use

With its standard telephone cord-style connection, the VL406T is designed for straightforward installation. The compact dimensions of 178mm x 86mm make it a perfect fit for most hot tub models, ensuring a seamless upgrade or replacement process.

Enhancing Your Hot Tub Experience

The Balboa VL406T Touch Panel is more than just a control panel; it’s your gateway to a more enjoyable and hassle-free hot tub experience. The intuitive touch controls allow you to adjust jets, lighting, and temperature with ease, letting you focus on relaxation rather than complicated controls.

Durability and Reliability

Built to withstand the humid environment of your hot tub area, the VL406T is designed for longevity. Its robust construction ensures that you’ll enjoy consistent performance for years to come.

Conclusion

The Balboa VL406T Touch Panel represents a perfect blend of functionality, compatibility, and user-friendly design. Whether you’re looking to upgrade your existing system or replace a worn-out panel, the VL406T is an excellent choice that will enhance your overall hot tub experience.

Upgrade your hot tub control system today and take the first step towards a more enjoyable and effortless spa 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.