10:07PM

We have something strange happening in our house.   It happens every night at 10:07PM and we don't know why.    My husband heard about it because I was around when it happened, but he didn't see it in action until one night he came upstairs right at the right time.

Our Jacuzzi tub turns on the blower fan every night for thirty seconds right at 10:07PM.   It sounds strange, but here's how it works to give some background:  When you use the bubble jets in the tub, a twenty-minute timer is set once the bubbles are turned off.    The estimation is, twenty minutes later you're likely out of the tub and it's been drained.   The bubble jet turns back on and blows out all the remaining water in the tubes so there won't be standing water remaining in the unit.

The system has worked fine for four-and-a-half years now, but then something went strange.  I started noticing the blower cycle coming on at a time much later than my children's pre-bedtime bath.    I also noticed it would come on on days they either didn't have a bath or days they didn't turn on the bubbles.    Then, I noticed it was at the exact same time every day: 10:07PM.

There is a timer in the unit, because it's able to calculate the twenty-minute wait cycle.   The unit knows how to turn on at a later point as well, but this twenty-four hour blow-out has me baffled.  

I have the original manual for the unit, but that doesn't help.   It's also one of those manuals that covers functionality for a whole slew of model types.   I've tried looking online to find information.   Try looking up Jacuzzi, timer, twenty-four hours, blower and any other words in the above paragraphs in Google and you'll get all sorts of helpful information on hot tubs and not bath tubs.    My husband gave it a try and we're still no closer to solving the mystery.

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