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Dim Hot Springs Exterior Logo Light?
d00nut:
Hey Everyone,
My apologies for the delay! I'm not the best with video, so I did what I could here, but I finally got around to the video on how to dim your logo light.
Again... be careful, don't change your configuration regarding any other lights, heater, or jet pumps...
It makes a pretty dramatic difference though.
https://youtu.be/rM6AQOaBoLE
JB0113:
Much appreciated! Thanks so much for taking the time to do this video. It seems pretty straight forward as long as you’re paying close attention to exactly what you’re doing and changing. As an aside, before I saw this, I actually forgot I had some of these “dimming sheets” by a company called Dim It (if I am remembering correctly) that I purchased via Amazon to dim some LED lights on clocks/router/etc around the house. I cut a piece of that sheet which is slightly sticky and stays attached by static electricity and it actually dimmed the logo light down dramatically as well. Those sheets are around $10 shipped on amazon so if anyone doesn’t feel comfortable following the steps/video that d00nut so kindly posted, I would try that as another option.
d00nut:
You bet! Sorry it took so long
zigzag930:
Thanks for all the info here. BTW, I had my tech out to install the stereo and subwoofer. While he was here, he showed me how to dim the logo and we set it to 25%. Much improved, but still bright enough to see in the daytime direct sunlight.
I will send a suggestion to Watkins that they add a photocell and simple circuit to allow this logo to self dim based on the ambient light conditions. This would cost less than $10 in parts and SHOULD be standard on these high end spas.
bud16415:
--- Quote from: zigzag930 on November 03, 2019, 09:29:35 am ---Thanks for all the info here. BTW, I had my tech out to install the stereo and subwoofer. While he was here, he showed me how to dim the logo and we set it to 25%. Much improved, but still bright enough to see in the daytime direct sunlight.
I will send a suggestion to Watkins that they add a photocell and simple circuit to allow this logo to self dim based on the ambient light conditions. This would cost lest that $10 in parts and SHOULD be standard on these high end spas.
--- End quote ---
Good luck on the $10 implementation. My top of the line Watkins spa sprung a leak and when I opened it up I saw a hose clamp had failed and came off. When I inspected the clamp it was the cheapest clamp made like a 39-cent China Wal-Mart clamp. I went to the auto parts store and bought a retail 99-cent American made clamp and it’s been fine. I complained and they sent me a size small T-shirt. Then my wrist jets spinners blew off one at a time. I found them with my feet and tried to reconnect them but the bayonet mount tab had broken off. I figured I would get some new ones and then I found a glob of silicone in the filter shaped like the wrist jet mount. Upon inspection I could see the shape of the bayonet mount molded into the silicone and the tab was missing from the factory. They must have broke them and instead of using a new part they stuck them on with silicone. Fortunately I found the jets more powerful without the spinners so I now have just two PVC holes blasting away. I complained and got another size small T-shirt. It doesn’t end there when I unpacked my tub and went looking for the directions on how to access the equipment area to attach my power wires I took out the 6 screws and could not in any manner get the panel removed. I tried for several hours and then went in and searched for the owner’s manual on line. It said lift up and pull out something I had been trying for hours. I got a block of wood and a 2x4 and made a lever to push the bottom of the cover up. It sounded like wood breaking and it finally lifted. Here they painted the wood frame black with some thick paint and put the cover on when the paint was wet, gluing it in place. The good news was inside the compartment was my directions on how to open the compartment. I complained and that time they sent me test strips.
I’m not really bad mouthing Watkins here as I believe they have in their design a very quality product and there are many features I really like. Having worked for a monster sized company for 43 year I know how they can be. Something as simple as a hose clamp cost reduction seems huge to them and by all rights maybe tested good enough and 99 out of 100 times will do the job. They fight to remove a dollar of cost and seldom will add back in 10. They also have a zillion levels of management and when you complain or suggest it never makes it to the top or even to a product designer.
All the rest of the lights have a dimming mode right from the top side control panel. A couple lines of code more and that one could as well.
My pet peeve is if I go thru and set the lighting to the colors and brightness I like once I shut them off they return to the default blue. Again there is no reason as long as the tub isn’t powered down the lights can’t just remember what I like. It is enough messing around I just leave them on default blue now.
There is a good hack they don’t tell you that reverses the control panel so you can read it from inside the tub. one of the buttons you push and hold down if I remember correctly. Maybe one of the dealers remembers how to do it and what models it works on.
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