Hooking Up A Hot Tub Pump

680 12 and 680 42 a disconnect must be installed within sight of hot tub.

Hooking up a hot tub pump. Route the 4 wires into the equipment area for final hook up to terminals inside the control panel hard wired. Per the owner s manual our hot tub requires a 240v 50 amp 4 wire electrical hook up using awg 6 copper wire. Refer to your owner s manual for wire requirements. The spa must be hooked up to a dedicated 220 240 volt 50 60 amp breaker and gfci.

Follow the instructions included with your spa panel and mount it on the wall of your house no closer than 5 feet from the spa location but in line of sight of the spa. The recommended wire size is 6 awg copper. Open up the cover plate and you will find 3 wires for a single speed pump and 4 wires for a two speed spa pump. Hook the black wires together using wire nuts and do the same with the white or yellow wires.

As a manual disconnect device the spa panel solves the problem of false tripping that occurs if the hot tub is wired directly to a two pole gfci breaker. Once you can move the pump position it to give you easy access to the wires coming into the rear of the motor. Assemble the hot tub and hook up the electricity. The voltage of a hot tub is higher usually around 240 volts than regular home outlets so you will need to install a breaker to your electrical control box.

Only electricians and those with ample experience should connect hot tubs themselves. If you are not familiar with electrical systems it is best to hire an electrician to assist you in this aspect of installation. Power hook up to the hot tub must be single phase 240 volt 4 wire two hot one neutral one ground. Don t install a hot tub under active power lines or within 10 feet of outdoor lighting.

A hot tub is a wonderful thing to have. Connecting a hot tub is a risky and challenging process. If you have built your own you will need to plumb it. The electrician is running all buried wiring in 1 rigid sch 40 grey pvc electrical conduit.

If your spa pump is bolted to the floor use a wrench or socket to remove the bolts on the motor footpad. Once the jets heater blower and pump are in place you will need to connect them flexible pvc pipe is the best to use around the hot tub to connect the jets. If you do connect the hot tub yourself hire an electrician to test the system before use. There is a yellow or white wire and a black wire that need to be connected to the wiring in your house to communicate the temperature variances back to the circulating pump.

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