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scubie (CA)
Hello! I inherited a lovely bathtub when purchasing my home; on/off pump switch always a little tricky to activate. In trying to finally solve the issue, have taken apart, spoken with Jacuzzi, and decided bellow may have collapsed a bit due to overuse. I'm almost confident enough to order the part, but the thing that's confusing me is this: I remember, in the past, occasionally being unable to depress the switch at all. Obviously I rectified this at some point, as I was able to use it again, but I cannot remember what I did to "fix" it. As I'm putting it back together now, I am unable to depress the on/off switch at all. Anyone have this issue? I don't want to order the bellow if I'm missing something else. Thank you!
My boyfriend, who is actually doing the troubleshooting, would like to know just how far the bellow needs to be depressed to activate the switch, if anyone knows. I think he's trying to determine whether the bellow has "collapsed" enough to not be able to activate the switch.
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packy (MA)
that's possible. the bellows sends a 'puff' of air thru a small diameter hose to a switch. the 'puff' of air pushes against something on the switch to make/break contact.
if you remove the old switch you will know right away if it's bellows are working. you can feel the 'puff' of air coming from the point where the hose attaches.
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