Troubleshooting Guide

 

 

Pre-installation - H3

FAQs

0. FAQs:

 

  1. Cabinets

  2. Covers

  3. Dealers

  4. Help

  5. Insulation

  6. Jets

  7. Ozonators

  8. Pre-installation

    1. Planning your location

    2. Preparing its foundation

    3. Electrical requirements

    4. Moving your spa into place

  10. Set-up

  11. Shells

  12. Terminology

  13. Water quality

  14. Winterizing

  15. Wiring

 

Electrical Requirements

Note: When adding any new large electrical appliance, like a spa, to your home the electrical capacity to your house must adequately handle the current demands of all existing loads plus this new appliance. A spa typically requires an electrical capacity of 50 Amps at 230 Volts so at least this amount of capacity must be available at your home's main electrical panel for it to operate.

 

Before buying a spa, have a licensed electrician check the available capacity of your home and discuss with you your electrical options.

 

Qualified and licensed electricians must perform all electrical hookups and all hookups must be inspected and approved by a local building / electrical inspector.

 

  • All spas with dual 5.0 hp pumps must be wired with a 50 amp breaker. Failure to do so will cause equipment damage and will not be covered under warranty.

  • US: All spas must be protected with an over current protective device with built-in Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GCFI) in the service panel

  • Canada/Europe: All spas must be connected to a circuit protected by a Class A ground fault circuit interrupter

  • CSA Enclosure 3 – Test the ground fault interrupter before each use of the spa. Bonding lugs. Use the copper conductors only

  • Parts containing live parts supplied with safety extra low voltage not exceeding 12v must be inaccessible to a person in the bath. Earthed appliances must be permanently connected to fixed wiring. Parts incorporating electrical components, except remote control devices, must be located or fixed so that they cannot fall into the bath. Appliances should be supplied through a residual current device (RCD) having a rated residual operating current not exceeding 30ma.

  • Means for disconnection must be incorporated in the fixed wiring in accordance with the wiring rules.

 

WARNING

Before starting any maintenance procedure, always disconnect the electrical power to your spa by turning off its GFCI breaker. Lock this breaker box to make sure that no one can accidentally turn power back on while you are working.

 

Failure to abide by specifications listed may result in damage to the equipment and may void the warranty.

 

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Author: Philip Rastocny