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Horse power
Repeat_Offender:
Those who say horsepower means nothing are wrong.
Improperly applied, large horsepower pumps can be made to feel inadequate due to long piping runs and improper line sizing or poorly designed jet quantities or sizes. Just as smaller horsepower pumps utilizing properly sized lines and lengths combined with well engineered jets and air induction can be made to feel more than adequate.
The plain fact is that all other factors being equal, higher horsepower pumps simply have the ability to do more work (move larger volumes of water) than their lower horsepower counterparts.
Zep:
Josh......glad to hear you love your new LA Spas
I was not aware LA Spas had such powerful jets
How many gallons of water does your tub hold?
Vanguard:
--- Quote ---I believe this is all true of vacuume cleaners as well...HP means nothing.
--- End quote ---
Except they use Amps. But its still the same deal. I really don't care how much power my vacuum cleaner draws. I just want to know its sucking the dirt out of my carpet.
The world would be a better place if manufacturers quit confusing consumers with horsepower.
Vanguard:
--- Quote ---Those who say horsepower means nothing are wrong.
Improperly applied, large horsepower pumps can be made to feel inadequate due to long piping runs and improper line sizing or poorly designed jet quantities or sizes. Just as smaller horsepower pumps utilizing properly sized lines and lengths combined with well engineered jets and air induction can be made to feel more than adequate.
The plain fact is that all other factors being equal, higher horsepower pumps simply have the ability to do more work (move larger volumes of water) than their lower horsepower counterparts.
--- End quote ---
We don't mean that HP doesn't contribute. Primarily, we are saying that knowing the horsepower isn't going to be your deciding factor. It is just not how one should compare spas. Horsepower is part of the entire equation. For sure, if you had 1hp and 100 jets, you will probably not get much action, but if you have 2hp, you might like it better.
In the end, knowing what the horsepower of the pump on a spa has no effect on whether or not you like the feel of the jets.
kokanee001:
Half the time spent in my Vanguard is with the pumps off, just enjoying the heat and the silence...............so raspberries to ;D hp fanatics
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