Would anyone know what the brand goes off of when rating people in the tub? Its a weird question but over the weekend had some family over. We are no small fries. 2 are over 6 ft tall and roughly around 240- 250 and then myself which is around 225 and my Brother which I would say is around 200.
My Jacuzzi is a 5-6 person tub J-335, but when all 4 of us would sit in the seats the water would displace submerging the pillows and with any movement would send water over the edge. I figured because its my tub and I don't want water loss or possible damage to internal equipment i got out but the water was still above pillow level without me in it -225 lbs or so. I just had the tech out at my house and he said the tub was filled adequately and not over or underfilled.
My question is if jacuzzi assumes general weight limit to prevent water from overflowing like that? I am sure Jacuzzi besides the seats is a general weight calculation like airplanes say each passenger weighs 185 lbs. With just 2 people in it the tub waters rise fairly high and were not morbidly obese people. and i am now afraid to have people go in it in fear of pretty much drowning the patio and killing the hot tub equipment. again my major concern is more about damaging internal equipment or electric more than water loss because obviously the water can be replaced where as the equipment not so much. I mean whats the point of calling a 5-6 person tub when only 3 can be in it lol.
Like I said its a weird topic to touch but wanted to see if hot tub brands assume 5-6 people at say 185 lbs or less based on each persons weight due to water displacement, or is it acceptable to let water overflow as long as its replaced with a hose afterwards.
