Hot tub in a garden next to a wooden summer house.
I need to add an isolator.
Ideally it would go on the side of the summer house as the CU is just inside but that puts it closer than 2M of hot tub (isolator is IP65)
The next option is inside the summer house but I'm less keen on that as the...
Had a callout today to see a couple with concerns about the electrics to a hot tub / spa at house they've just bought this year.
They were concerned as hot tub has only a small flex attached to a 13A plug top and were pointing out a socket fitted on garden wall too.
So socket is an MK...
Hi,
I am currently getting quotes together from various sparks that are Part P compliant for wiring up a new outdoor CU to power a 43A tub.
For those that are in the know what installation method would be preferred/advised?
a. New SWA cable run from meter around the house to new CU? What...
Hello everyone,
I know this has come upquite often, I have gone back through the many threads relating tothis topic. The reason for wanting to start my own thread is afterhaving read those many threads, in the end, a definitive answereither way, is hard to find.
I have just installed anew...
Hi,
i would like to install a hot tub at the bottom of the garden, but there is a few questions i need help with before i start ground works etc.
the hot tub will sit on decking i will build at the end of the garden,
the hot tub i ideally would like requires a 32 amp supply.
the Consumer...
Hi Guys, anyone with experience in installing hot tubs? Had a call from a client asking to install hot tub and before I head round the house I'm just thinking about best means of protection. Any thoughts are appreciated
Hi guys, friend of mine has asked me to wire up a hot tub he just got secondhand. So having never done one before wanted to see if this way sounds ok. So fitting a new 32A mcb into the RCD protected C.U, then twin and earth under the raised cupboards to external wall to an external weatherproof...
Hey all, friend of mine just getting a hot tub they would like fed and not done one before so wanted to check on any advice with them as it seems quite heavy on the load requiring a 25A & 16A feed
25A supplies jets & pumps etc.. & 16A for heating elements.
House is on a TN-C-S supply 100A...
Hi All,
Been to look at a job with a hot tub 27A load, 30 metre run. Don't do much volt drop calculating but here's what I did, anyone disagree? Thinking 6 mm armoured so:
7.3x27x30/1000=5.91v
max permissible (5% of...
I am wiring a hot tub, I've designed this circuit
What would you do? Looking for advice :)
I am am going to put 4x4 metal clad/boxes next to the CU's to terminate the earth an running the cores straight through into the CU's
So I'm doing wiring for a hot tub, I've designed a simple circuit
is there anything any one would change or do differently?
Want other people's advice or opinions :) the hot tub is 32amps
I have been asked by a customer to quote for the wiring to a hot tub. I have not done one yet so some advice would be appreciated.
consumer unit is a lewden, i plan on using 6mm 3core swa (max distance 20m) to a weatherproof isolator, then to a female blue commando socket required by the...
Evening all..
I have been asked to supply power for a hot tub. However, I am having difficulty finding out the information I need from the company selling the hot tub!
I mainly wanted to find out 2 things, the power that the unit requires and any cable size that is stated in the manufacturers...
I am buying myself a hot tub which requires a 6mm/32 amp service. I have a garage unit which has a spare to fit this extra supply to (no problem). i have measured the diameter of the cores on the SWA cable running from the weatherproof junction box outside of my house to the garage and the flat...
Hi, i'm just after a bit of advice, i'm thinking of having a hot tub installed in the garden and i'm just planning on what i will need installing to power it up. I have some knowledge of electrics but i will be having all the important stuff done by a proffesional as i think what i need doing...
Hello, im not a sparky but just wanted to pick someones brain.
Ive just got a hot tub cheap from a friend and going to get an electrician to wire it up.
My problem is that im a mid terrace and my fuse box is at the front of the house hot tub in the back.
I dont have the option to run a wire...
Hi I install lots of the same hot tub and have come across a problem at someones house which I think is a problem with the socket at the wall. The hot tub is a 13amp plug and play and I have set up hundreds with no problems before. Only at this house I have had the same problem twice now and...
Hi Guys.
Never wired a hot tub before, so please be gentle and point me in the right direction if my steering is off :)
Hot tub has 3kw heater, and twin pumps, rating 32a. Its about 25meter total from the main cu. But garage has a mini cu & is about 10m away.
Plan on using 6mm 3 core swa in...
Was just arranging to install a 2g IP socket for a customer tomorrow and now he tells me its for a hot tub!
Apparently hot tub is supplied with a 13A plug! But still trying to get some details on that!
If this is correct do I just install the sockets and not consider what ever he wants to...
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