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Hello Jabeernink,In the last 12 months, Jacuzzi Premium Spas was the worldwide leader in spa sales.
I need a 220V spa overhere. How can I figure out what the ampere number and cycle number locally looks like. I even don't know what he cycle numbers stands for.I am not a dealer. Just an simple end user questioning why the differences in price are so huge. So, dear dealers I am not asking to ship to a local dealer, but directly to me as an end-user.Other Question how often do models change. When does HS normally introduce a new line up (or 2005 models)?
Hi Chas,Yes, I agree with you. I am simply parroting the information my territory rep. passed on to me about 3 weeks ago. -Darren J.
Chas will corrct me if I am wrong, but I do beleive 60 cycle could also be identified as 60 Hz, you need 50 in Europe.
To go off-topic and dork-out for a moment, this is where the PAL/NTSC difference comes in. NSTC is 60 fields per second (almost) corresponding with out 60Hz (almost) power. This yields 29.9999 frames per second.PAL is 50 fields per second, or 25 frames per second. Which makes PAL *much* nicer for pulling down to film, which is 24 frames per second. To go from PAL to film you only drop 1 frame each second (or 2 fields from different seconds). To go from 30 frames NTSC to film you need to do some ugly 2/3 step-down and lose 6 frames each second.50Hz... good for independent filmographers. Bad for people wanting US hot tubs.-Ed
Personnally, I can't tell the difference between 50hz and 60hz nor 120v vs 220v. When I get the sheets zapped out of me it just plain hurts. In the rumour mill, I've been told that when your zapped by 50hz your eyes roll up and down, for 60hz they move left and right. I have never tried to prove this by looking in a mirror while shocking myself!From what I can remember of electronics, a heater circuit designed for 220v 60hz will draw more power when operated on 220v 50hz. Thus you will blow the fuse. If for some reason it ran, the internal timing circuits more than likely would be all off. So any programed features would not occur at the same time.The same also applies to 110v itemsIf one is dumb enough to plug a 110v unit into a 220v outlet or vice versa, you deserve what you get. Lots of arcing and sparking, plus smoke! You can run a 50hz appliance on 60hz, the heater just won't heat up as hot. I know because I had a european washer for 15 years. Used it for 6 years in Germany and brought it back to the states and it ran great for the next 9 years. Getting parts was the only reason I had to get rid of it.As far as 110v having a bigger bite than 220v. P=IxV or Power = Current times VoltageThus you need twice as many amps at 110 then you do at 220. This doesn't mean you will get zapped by all the current that that circuit can produce.Just remember you can be killed by less than 1 microamp of current if other conditions are right.r100rs