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Expert Profile: Chris Thornton

Expertise: I can answer most any portable hot tub question. I specialize in electrical questions and I am most familiar with spas that were manufactured by NEMCO, Regency, Hydro Spa, Gulfcoast Spas, Leisure Bay, and Premium Leisure. I have been servicing spas for over 20 years and can answer technical questions for most major spa control systems such as Balboa, Hydro Quip and Gecko. You can also check out my websites at http://sparepair.freeservers.com if you need troubleshooting help or if you need spa parts go to http://spaparts.freeservers.com

Experience in the area
I have worked for a leading spa manufacturer and have been servicing spas for over 20 years.

Education/Credentials
I am a High School Graduate with 2 years of college majoring in computer programming.

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Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 2310
Knowledge	9.88 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.94 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.94 Best of the best
Politeness	9.95 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		2
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		243

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	8	10	10/02/08
9	7	10	9	09/25/08
10	10	10	10	09/19/08
9	10	8	10	09/24/08
10	10	10	10	09/19/08

User Comments

Thanks so much! I actually did that a couple days ago and it held. Obviously a bad heater. Now i am just trying to figure out if it is a heat ex
(Neil on 10/02/08)

Thanks very much. I appreciate your help
(Chris on 09/25/08)

thanks!!
(shellie on 09/19/08)

Thank you for your response. I've researched this via patents on line. It's very interesting technology. Thank you for your input.
(Dave on 09/24/08)

Thank you Chris.
(james on 09/19/08)

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Recent Answers from Chris Thornton

2008-10-03 Hot tub keeps running and is loud: Diane, If the pump motor is loud it may be the bearings going bad in it so it may be time for a new motor. Some pumps will run all the time if the spa is calling for heat, so if it does not get up to...

2008-10-01 hotsprings 1992 classic: Tom, So it is the hi limit reset switch that is cutting off because the heater is getting too hot when the pump shuts off. So it definately sounds like you have a bad or wrong size pump. So I would see...

2008-10-01 hotsprings 1992 classic: Tom, IF the circuit breaker for the spa is tripping, I would first check to see if there is something wrong with the heater element as the circ pump shutting off itself would not cause a heater to trip...

2008-09-30 hand held jet: Leann Waterway makes a few diiferent types of hand held jets. One fits their storm series jets, which have a white cone shaped body and twist lock in and the other is for their poly series jets which...

2008-09-30 no power to circulation pump: Skip, The circ pump outlet on the Balboa pack is supposed to be live all the time. The only thing that would cut normally it off would be if the temperaure was reading over 3 degrees of the set temperature...