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Chas:
To further confirm - you have a 4th quarter 2005 spa. Note that there is no "I" in the sequence, as noted above it goes from H to J.

This same system is used on all Watkins products.

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Dr. Spa™ Ret.:
and there wont be an O (will go from N to P)

scottkeen:
I was Googling to try and find out what spa I have, and came across this thread.

Please help me identify my spa. It was given to me by a friend, and it needs parts.

This much I know:
Caldera Spas Paradise Series
User manual revised 6/96
Spa Serial #: S069781184TAA
Equipment: Balboa 9715-LA
__Model #: 9715-LA-SP
__Catalog #: C9A300200Y-NC
__Serial #: 973892

Chas:
What you have is a "Pre Watkins" Caldera. They have been around for well over 30 years, but Watkins purchased them around 2000. As such, it is very hard to track down dates prior to 2000.

Having said that, it is not tough to find parts - most of them are available from Balboa or other suppliers.

What, exactly, are you looking for ?

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scottkeen:
Thanks for the reply and info.

I'm finding I need parts as-I-go.

First, it was an impeller for the pump. Found that.

Now, I may or may not need the following. I'm still troubleshooting this spa and trying to get it to work right.

* Control Panel - The control panel is flaky. Keeps "jumping" erratically when pressing the buttons. If the temp is set at 98 and you want to drop it down to 97, when you press the down (cool) arrow button, it jumps to 97..95..94. Same thing with the light button, jets button, and Econo (#) button. The light is the worst, jumping between off-on-off-on-off-on. I can't find an exact match for the control panel. Does it just need to be taken apart and cleaned, or do I need to replace it?
* Pressure Switch - I'm getting a constant "FLO" error message sometimes. According to the manual, this indicates a faulty pressure switch. The weird thing is that this doesn't always happen. Sometimes after 1 hour, it will give a FLO error and shutdown. Other times, it will run all night and never give any errors. If I need to replace it, I need to know the replacement part number.
* Caldera Ozone Generator - Right now it's disconnected because if I connect it, after 15-20 seconds it trips the GFCI breaker. It's really not doing anything because the nipple fitting that's on the box which connects to the clear tubing is broken. I first need a new nipple fitting, but maybe it's more than that which is tripping the GFCI breaker. I don't know.
* Filter Cartridge - I imagine this should be fairly easy to figure out. I just haven't pulled it to see if I can find a model number
* who knows what else... maybe the circuit board is faulty... I'm having problems with it still, like the High speed setting on the jets cuts back to Low speed after 03:50-04:00 minutes. Don't know why this is happening

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