FlashJordan
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Hey ya'll! Having a weird issue with my 1/4 hp JBJ Arctica, wondering if any of you have experienced anything similar.
Here's what's happening: I have the thermostat on the chiller set at 81.5. Today was a nice day so I opened all the windows to the house and didn't run the AC, and the tank got up to 82 -- no biggie. So the chiller turns on, the compressor does it's thing, everything like normal except, as soon as the thermostat changes from 82 degrees to 81.9, the digital readout starts dropping extremely fast. Within 15 seconds, it's reading 65 degrees. I know that this is a malfunction, My AquaController is till reading 82, but once the JBJ no longer reads a high water temp, it shuts down, effectively rendering my unit useless.
I believe the unit to be 6-8 years old (I bought it second hand off the forums here, had it myself for ~4yrs.) It's been awesome, never had any issues. Which, unfortunately, also means that I never really thought too much about doing regular service or maintenance...
Has this happened to anyone else? I'm going to pull it out and do some service, but unfortunately it's kinda wedged into a difficult to access area of my stand, so it's more of a project than it would be otherwise. I don't know if that alone will solve the issue, or if I need to replace the circuit board...:rolleye1:
Thanks for the help!
-Jordan
Here's what's happening: I have the thermostat on the chiller set at 81.5. Today was a nice day so I opened all the windows to the house and didn't run the AC, and the tank got up to 82 -- no biggie. So the chiller turns on, the compressor does it's thing, everything like normal except, as soon as the thermostat changes from 82 degrees to 81.9, the digital readout starts dropping extremely fast. Within 15 seconds, it's reading 65 degrees. I know that this is a malfunction, My AquaController is till reading 82, but once the JBJ no longer reads a high water temp, it shuts down, effectively rendering my unit useless.
I believe the unit to be 6-8 years old (I bought it second hand off the forums here, had it myself for ~4yrs.) It's been awesome, never had any issues. Which, unfortunately, also means that I never really thought too much about doing regular service or maintenance...
Has this happened to anyone else? I'm going to pull it out and do some service, but unfortunately it's kinda wedged into a difficult to access area of my stand, so it's more of a project than it would be otherwise. I don't know if that alone will solve the issue, or if I need to replace the circuit board...:rolleye1:
Thanks for the help!
-Jordan
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