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Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: bohms on June 16, 2007, 07:45:23 am

Title: Lowering the Temp - how long?
Post by: bohms on June 16, 2007, 07:45:23 am

In warm weather (80's), how long should it take for the tub to drop 5 or 6 degrees?

Title: Re: Lowering the Temp - how long?
Post by: Steve on June 16, 2007, 08:22:12 am

A very long time!  8-)

The quickest way is to throw a garden hose in it and add water. A hot tub wants to do anything BUT cool down.

Title: Re: Lowering the Temp - how long?
Post by: bohms on June 16, 2007, 08:40:28 am

Ok, good.  I was asking this b/c our tub took about 4 days to drop 3 degrees and I thought something was wrong but my husband thought it should take that long if it was insulated properly.  

Title: Re: Lowering the Temp - how long?
Post by: Chad on June 16, 2007, 09:33:27 am

Bohms,

Just out of curiousity, how low are you bringing it down and why?

Thanks,
Chad

Title: Re: Lowering the Temp - how long?
Post by: bohms on June 16, 2007, 09:36:59 am

Chad - we wanted to bring it down to about 95 or 96 from 101.  We just don't want it so hot in the summer months.  Sounds crazy, right?

Title: Re: Lowering the Temp - how long?
Post by: Richs100 on June 16, 2007, 09:58:10 am

Bohms:
I always drop the temp of the tub in the summer.  Here in the Mid-Atlantic States, we get very humid summers, so the high winter temp is acually uncomfortable in the summer.  I usually drop it to about 97 or 98 from 102, 103.  Below that it just doesn't feel right.
Rich

Title: Re: Lowering the Temp - how long?
Post by: bohms on June 16, 2007, 10:03:21 am

Thanks Richs100 - maybe we're not that crazy after all?!!

Title: Re: Lowering the Temp - how long?
Post by: Richs100 on June 16, 2007, 10:12:28 am

Quote

Thanks Richs100 - maybe we're not that crazy after all?!!

Or Maybe......I'm just as crazy as you!!  ;)

Title: Re: Lowering the Temp - how long?
Post by: Brewman on June 16, 2007, 01:28:16 pm

We do that too- usually bump down a few degrees when it gets hot.  Allows us to stay in longer.

 Leaving the cover off will allow the heat to excape faster, btw.  Some people prop the edge up a bit with a tennis ball I've heard.