Balboa VL701S Touch Panel 2p With Aux: Elevate Your Hot Tub Experience

Introduction

As a dedicated hot tub enthusiast and parts supplier, I’m excited to offer you the Balboa VL701S Touch Panel 2p With Aux. This premium control panel is designed to enhance your hot tub experience, providing intuitive control and seamless integration with a wide range of spa systems.

Product Overview

The Balboa VL701S is a state-of-the-art topside control panel that brings modern touch technology to your hot tub. With its sleek design and user-friendly interface, this panel offers effortless control over your spa’s essential functions.

Key Features

• Touch-Sensitive Controls: Enjoy effortless operation with responsive touch buttons
• Versatile Compatibility: Works with numerous spa control systems and brands
• Clear Digital Display: Large, easy-to-read 4-digit serial standard style screen
• Multiple Function Control: Manage temperature, jets, blower, and lighting with ease
• Durable Construction: Built to withstand the demands of hot tub environments

Detailed Specifications

To help you understand the technical aspects of the Balboa VL701S, I’ve compiled this comprehensive specifications table:

Specification	Detail
Product Type	Topside control / Touch panel
Manufacturer	Balboa Water Group
Power	12V
Button Configuration	Warm, Cool, Blower, Mode, Jets 1, Jets 2, Light
Connection Type	Telephone cord style
Display	Serial Standard style – 4 large digits in horizontal line
Dimensions	Length: 187 mm, Height: 83 mm
Included Accessories	Overlay included

Documentation

• VL series
• cutout template

Compatibility

One of the standout features of the Balboa VL701S is its broad compatibility. It’s designed to work seamlessly with a variety of spa control systems, including:

• GS501SZ
• GS510S
• GS510SZ
• GS511SZ
• 2005 LE
• M3TUV

Moreover, this versatile panel is compatible with spas from numerous popular brands, such as:

• Spaform SF100
• Hydropool
• Canadian Spa
• Beachcomber
• Catalina
• Aegean
• Hot Tubs Direct
• Touch Spas

And many more! This wide-ranging compatibility makes the VL701S an excellent choice for replacement or upgrade projects across various hot tub models.

Installation and Use

The Balboa VL701S is designed for straightforward installation. Its telephone cord style connection ensures a secure and reliable link to your spa’s control system. The included overlay simplifies the setup process, allowing you to get your new control panel up and running quickly.

Benefits of Upgrading

Upgrading to the Balboa VL701S Touch Panel can bring several advantages to your hot tub setup:

1. Improved User Experience: The touch-sensitive controls offer a more intuitive and responsive interface compared to traditional button panels.
2. Enhanced Functionality: With dedicated buttons for multiple jets, blower, and lighting, you have greater control over your spa’s features.
3. Clear Information Display: The large, 4-digit display provides easy-to-read information about your spa’s status and settings.
4. Modern Aesthetics: The sleek design of the VL701S can give your hot tub a contemporary look and feel.

Conclusion

The Balboa VL701S Touch Panel 2p With Aux is a top-tier choice for hot tub owners looking to upgrade their spa control system. Its combination of advanced features, broad compatibility, and user-friendly design makes it an excellent investment in your hot tub’s functionality and your overall spa experience.

By choosing this control panel, you’re opting for a product backed by Balboa’s reputation for quality and innovation in the spa industry. Elevate your hot tub experience with the Balboa VL701S – where comfort meets control at your fingertips.

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.