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bachman:
Guessing this has been done if one has a tub and wants to glance out the window insuring the breaker is okay and power to the tub is constant.
Mine has no such feature but I hear the occasional hum of the low speed filtering , heat sampling cycle. I just wouldn't know it very promptly if the breaker tripped or there was another power issue.

Is this just a case of finding a simple source to tap off from under the panel ?

Mine is 240V  but maybe I can tie into something there? I've not had the panel off after dark to see if anything it lit under there. Now I'm wondering if the control panel is backlit all the time or just when the under water light is activated.

2004 Marquis Reward S.A.

Ideas welcome, Thank you !

Botswana:
I have constant gfi tripping problems and need to do this. Right now in have a baby cam in the cabinet that streams to a monitor/my phone so I can check without going out there. Still need to remember to check the monitor though. I didn't really wanna mess with any wiring until I figured out the gfi tripping problem though

bachman:
Yes, in your case that seems very warranted.

I was thinking on remote water temp also.
Lacrosse has a set up for monitor from phone and it's less than $70 but I might be just as happy with a remote display in the house for occasional monitoring.
We don't travel that much or often and the kids walk thru or watch the house and "systems" as requested for us.

Here is the gizmo here :
https://www.walmart.com/ip/La-Crosse-Technology-Alerts-926-251031-HT-Wireless-Monitor-System/134058344?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=1172&adid=22222222227067944038&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=172762960556&wl4=pla-279826025255&wl5=9029025&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8453398&wl11=online&wl12=134058344&wl13=&veh=sem&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqceg7L3k3gIVi4bACh3q2gi_EAQYAyABEgJTWPD_BwE

swilly1000:
Too much!

After reading your post I casually decided to check the WI-FI app on my phone and saw that the water temp had dropped to 93.  I'm wondering what's going on and then suddenly remembered that I forgot to put the cover back on.  I've been heating the neighbourhood the last 8 hours. That was a first....and hopefully last.

If you hadn't posted that bachman I wouldn't have noticed until tonight's soak and by then it would have been chilly in the tub. So thanks!

That device looks good but I'm thinking about a way to monitor the tub that doesn't involve breaking up a plumbing line.

bud16415:
I suggested this to gmdodt a few months back when he first reported the intermittent GFCI faults and he was worried with cold weather having to check the tub often. The baby monitor proved the best setup for him as it also tracked what was on just prior to the fault.

If all you want is to know you have power and you have a single GFCI breaker (some tubs like mine have two) all you need to do is tap into one side of the 240v output of the GFCI. All 240v is two 120v legs sharing a common. The two legs are 180 degrees out of phase so you get 240v hot to hot and 120v hot to common. The hot legs are normally red and black and the common white. So red to white or black to white would light a small 120v water tight test light that could be installed in the side of the panel. I’m actually surprised they don’t come setup this way.

My panel actually has room in it for a single 120 breaker as well. When I installed it I thought about adding it for future runs, but I already had GFCI protected 120v outlets to the deck area.

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