[VApeople]

Thanks for all of your replies. Based on what you all said, we will definitely have an electrical contractor make sure we are doing everything correctly before buying a hot tub.

[Bay Kid]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

It's addictive. Once you try it, you won't want to get out. And like VT said, you can turn it down to 80 in the summer and get a cool dip. And it really isn't hard to drain it for the time you're away, no need to worry about freezing.

I might give it a try this fall.

[villagetinker]

Bay Kid,

One word of caution, if the hot tub has been sitting for a while you need to make sure it is safe to bath in. If you have never had one of these, I would suggest getting one of the pool treatment firms to come out and check everything, bacteria levels, PH, chlorination level, hardness, etc. While we use T&D Pool and Spa, there are several others, and the maintenance is fairly straight forward, and I am considering starting to do this myself. Even though you mentioned that you drain the spa, there is still water in the pumps, filters, and some of the pipes, so you could still have bacteria after filling with fresh water, better to be safe than sorry.
And I agree with Golfing Eagles, these are addictive.

[CWGUY]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

Per code--no electrical outlet within--overhead 7' of the water--thats why the fan had to be capped thats the old NEC=its not just 249v--but even a 115 v spa

"220/221 Volts Whatever it takes." Michael Keaton

[Bay Kid]

Originally Posted by villagetinker

Bay Kid,

One word of caution, if the hot tub has been sitting for a while you need to make sure it is safe to bath in. If you have never had one of these, I would suggest getting one of the pool treatment firms to come out and check everything, bacteria levels, PH, chlorination level, hardness, etc. While we use T&D Pool and Spa, there are several others, and the maintenance is fairly straight forward, and I am considering starting to do this myself. Even though you mentioned that you drain the spa, there is still water in the pumps, filters, and some of the pipes, so you could still have bacteria after filling with fresh water, better to be safe than sorry.
And I agree with Golfing Eagles, these are addictive.

I would definitely have someone get this started for many reasons. Thank you for the advice.

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by Bay Kid

I might give it a try this fall.

If for some reason you still want to rid yourself of this nasty, vile, cement pond I know of a perfect place for it. If you decide to keep it I'll give you a hand getting it running, Mr. Tinker is 100% correct and so is GE, addictive for certain.

[Topspinmo]

Resales. Byers beware. Make sure if you're home you are buying has hot tub make sure it been premitted. House I brought had hot tub, after signing going through paper work and not knowing all the rules noticed the paperwork had the box unchecked for hot tub. So, don't trust sales to be up and up. IMO they were hiding something or I didn't get good title search? It looks like it was installed up to code, but l'm not expert on code in Florida. Just saying take the time to read all them pages you are signing. Mine is 110 and outside I don't know if that makes difference or not looks like it been installed since the home was built?

[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Resales. Byers beware. Make sure if you're home you are buying has hot tub make sure it been premitted. House I brought had hot tub, after signing going through paper work and not knowing all the rules noticed the paperwork had the box unchecked for hot tub. So, don't trust sales to be up and up. IMO they were hiding something or I didn't get good title search? It looks like it was installed up to code, but l'm not expert on code in Florida. Just saying take the time to read all them pages you are signing. Mine is 110 and outside I don't know if that makes difference or not looks like it been installed since the home was built?

You are absolutely correct, we bought a hot tub/spa with installation. Found out 18 months later the spa permit and the electrical permits were never pulled. When I went to the building department to fix this, I found out this has occurred many times, therefore, I have learned my lesson, I CHECK AND VERIFY that all permits are pulled and completed.

[Bay Kid]

Originally Posted by Nucky

If for some reason you still want to rid yourself of this nasty, vile, cement pond I know of a perfect place for it. If you decide to keep it I'll give you a hand getting it running, Mr. Tinker is 100% correct and so is GE, addictive for certain.

Thank you

[The Villages Guy]

Originally Posted by VApeople

By a 'lanai', I mean a screened area behind your house covered by your roof, not a birdcage attached to your house.

We are considering putting a hot tub on our lanai but someone told us we would not be allowed to run a 220 voltage line onto our lanai. It would be too close to the fans on our lanai, or something like that.

Do any of you know anything about this issue? Thanks in advance for your answers.

We have a 110 hot tub. Just plugs in the regular plug.