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Congrats on the purchase. This site will give you a ton of information for your hookup:http://www.spadepot.com/spacyclopedia/wiring-hot-tub-spa.htmAs far as distances are concerned, depends on you local regulations. I believe mine were:-Disconnect needs to be line of site from the hot tub, at least 5' away. There weren't requirements on height of the box, but keep it above any potential snow level. There was also a requirement that a 110 outlet be located no more than...15'? 20' away from the tub. Not sure what wire you got with the spa, and whether or not its adequate. What size breaker are you connecting to? I needed to run 4 wires of 6awg THHN and that stuff isn't cheap. $300 or so for the wire (none of the HD's around here carry that, good deal on ebay) another $75-$100 for the disconnect. Throw in the conduit & misc tools and you're pushing $450-$500 in materials. So its not as though your electrician gave you a bad price (esp if he handles your permit paperwork etc.) Almost forgot, you're only allowed to use up to 6' of flexible conduit in the run. Also, I'd go with 2" pvc conduit to make the pulls easier. Have fun
Quote from: sorebikr on June 01, 2012, 11:39:39 amCongrats on the purchase. This site will give you a ton of information for your hookup:http://www.spadepot.com/spacyclopedia/wiring-hot-tub-spa.htmAs far as distances are concerned, depends on you local regulations. I believe mine were:-Disconnect needs to be line of site from the hot tub, at least 5' away. There weren't requirements on height of the box, but keep it above any potential snow level. There was also a requirement that a 110 outlet be located no more than...15'? 20' away from the tub. Not sure what wire you got with the spa, and whether or not its adequate. What size breaker are you connecting to? I needed to run 4 wires of 6awg THHN and that stuff isn't cheap. $300 or so for the wire (none of the HD's around here carry that, good deal on ebay) another $75-$100 for the disconnect. Throw in the conduit & misc tools and you're pushing $450-$500 in materials. So its not as though your electrician gave you a bad price (esp if he handles your permit paperwork etc.) Almost forgot, you're only allowed to use up to 6' of flexible conduit in the run. Also, I'd go with 2" pvc conduit to make the pulls easier. Have funOur Home Depot does stock it. Like I said I need about 50 ft, so that is $150 or if I get the combo wire, that is $120, and running through my (dry) basement, it won't be in conduit. The 50 AMP breaker is $55.00, 50 Amp Fuse for the box is $15.00 plus various conduit and clips another $50-75. All keeping me around $300 and that is retail. So, that is how I came up with my math. I already have the 6' flex conduit along with 45' of wire too. Thanks for the thoughts on the Clear Ray..are there other options? One guy suggested the Spa frog. We are open to the simplest suggestions...not that most are not.
...... The 50 AMP breaker is $55.00..........We are open to the simplest suggestions...not that most are not.