hot tub

  1. T

    hot tub / mains outlet

    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...
    • timc69
    • Thread
    • breaker circuit hot tub mains outlet problem socket
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  2. W

    Hot Tub Wiring

    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...
  3. yellowvanman

    Oustide sockets and a new hot tub

    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...
  4. T

    Wiring for Hot tub in garden

    I've been asked to wire up some equipment for use with a hot tub located in a garden and I've been checking through Section 702 of BS7671. The equipment includes a blower, pump and in-line water heater, all of which have been purchased separately by the customer. Everything seems fairly...
  5. I

    hot tub supply in domestic dwelling 32A, 100A supply

    Help Needed !! The wife has just purchased a hot tub off eBay! I am a spark but not a bright one!! I was just looking into what's required for the supply and they are stating 8-10kw load 32-40amp supply. To an an isolator and have Rcd protection.. yeah ok so far. I know about the zones regarding...
    • ian w j
    • Thread
    • 32a cooker diversity domestic dwelling hot tub light supply
    • Replies: 72
    • Forum: Domestic Electrician Forum
  6. R

    EICR Coding for (yet another) Hot Tub installation.

    Apologies in advance for yet another Hot Tub TNC-S related thread but I'm just after a few opinions after deliberating for some time on an EICR coding. EICR at a domestic property was found to have a Hot Tub installed on an outdoor patio which is slate flagstone construction, the hot tub is fed...
  7. 5

    hot tub again

    well its been a while since I've done one of these. 7.5KW load wiring request from company. my intention 1. to split the consumer unit in the garage and provide its own RCD and type C MCB 2. SWA two core to the Hot tub location (50mtrs away)(will work out cable size to match Zs) 3. Earth rod...
  8. F

    American hot tub connections.

    Hi I have been asked to connect a s series propak hotub. The installation manual is all American based and the wiring diagrams for the connections is all American. I am not to sure if a uk 240v supply can be connected. The terminal block has four points to connect. Line 1 120v line 2 120v ground...
    • Fella82
    • Thread
    • american connections hot tub
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  9. H

    Hot Tub Help!

    Been to look at a job. Existing hot tub, been in for over year. There are no manufacturers instructions, it is sited on concrete, about 25m from fuse board. The customer is having problems as it is currently fed by what looks to be 1.5mm twin and earth, keeps tripping out when they turn the...
  10. C

    Wiring up a hot tub

    Hi guys Iam new to all this so bare with me, I've been asked to do a barrow job for a friend, wiring up a second hand hot tub for him with a 3kw heater + jets etc. i planned to run some 6mm twin and earth cable from consumer unit into a rotary isolator outside, then from rotary isolator in 6mm...
  11. M

    installation of a hot tub

    Hi, I am installing a hot tub in a friends garden,I am using 2.5swa cable straight out of the dis board on a 32A mcb,to a commando switch/socket,I am not sure if i have to use an rcd aswell next to the socket??
    • martin bromell
    • Thread
    • don't hot tub installation question state straight words
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  12. M

    Hot tub wiring

    Hi People, First of all let me state I am not a spark , I wont be doing the final connections on this .Just doing a first fit ,mounting switches running cable etc then getting someone to connect tails etc. So let me begin with what I know I am Installing a hot tub which has a total power...
  13. DaveVector

    Hot Tub

    Hi Folks, have been asked to remedy problems created by an 'electrician' who left his spurs and saddlebag in the understairs cupboard... :cowboy: Here is what there is: Its a TT system At the CU end is a 40A 30mA RCD, 4mm SWA run of approx 8 meters to outbuilding. In the outbuilding a 63A...
  14. M

    3 wire American hot tub with American instructions!

    Hi ive been asked to quote to install a second hand hot tub and it all seemed straight forward at first, the plate on the side said 16A so i done my quote and calculations based on it needing a 16A supply etc. Ive since looked into it and been sent some instructions which the customer thinks...
    • mpoy222
    • Thread
    • american hot tub instruction instructions phase states supply wire
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  15. i=p/u

    Hot tub

    Just got call to go look at hot tub tripping rcd. Been reading a bit about them and it says disconnect cables in the control system too identify problem ,reconnecting to see which cause trip and all this obv after checking wiring and rcds etc... Any pointers...
  16. W

    hot tub supply...

    Wired a hot tub in 6 months back ... 6mm cable to isolator from db , from isolator to hot tub. the hot tub is only pulling 16 ap but id put a 6mm in asthe customer said they may upgrade in the future. just had a phone call from the customer to say their is a funny smell from isolator, customer...
  17. bigspark17

    hot tub in a large summer house

    got a hot tub to conect in a summer house 10m from a house. customer has put a 3c swa 6mm in a duct ready. i was going to 100ma rcd/ 32 amp mcb inside the house which is tncs. then at the summer house put a 4way board 30ma rcd main switch with hot tub, lights, outside socket coming off this db ...
  18. D

    Hot Tub Installation (con'd) !

    Further to my last post I finished the hot tub installation today. In the end I hammered in 2 earth rods but still couldn't get below 200 ohms! So .............. Re-assessed the install and decided that the hot tub was double insulated, there were no extraneous/exposed conductive parts in the...
    • devonsparky
    • Thread
    • earth electricians' talk hot tub installation those
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  19. D

    Hot tub installation !

    This is a follow up to a thread I started yesterday. I have been working all day installing a hot tub situated outside on a patio slabbed deck. Contrary to what I was told, it was TN-C-S supply so here is how I have wired it. From Henly blocks - 25mm tails to a one way board (Main Sw RCCB -...
    • devonsparky
    • Thread
    • connected earth electricians' talk hot tub installation rotary
    • Replies: 77
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. D

    Wiring a hot tub on a TT system

    Just a quick one I'm wiring up a hot tub tomorrow (yes, on a Sunday !) know I shouldn't transport a PME earth to the installation. The house is out in the sticks and on a TT ................ my query is, would you still put an earth electrode locally to the hot tub or would you rely on the...
    • devonsparky
    • Thread
    • electricians' talk hot tub system tt system wiring
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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