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That is very good advise to reduce the load on those little relays. My 3 month old spa pack has already experienced a shorted high speed relay an open circuit low speed relay. When my 5.5KW heater fails I will take the advice given here.

I RECENTLY FILLED MY 225 GALLON SPA THAT HAS A BRAND NEW 5.5kw HEATER. IT TOOK 4 HOURS TO RAISE THE TEMP FROM 60 TO 95, ABOUT 8.75 DEGREES/HOUR. THE COVER WAS ON, THE AIR CONTROL VALVE WAS CLOSED AND THE OUTSIDE TEMP WAS 40.

My manual air control valve makes a rather loud sucking noise and sucks water in when the water level is to high. I am thinking about shutting this valve off all together and hooking up a solenoid valve into this air plumbing system. I would put a "T" in the plumbing and connect a washing machine 110 volt AC water solenoid valve. Connect the wires to the spa controller blower connection. When I press the blower switch on the digital control pad the solenoid opens allowing filtered air from the cabinet area to enter the venture operated air plumbing lines. Any thoughts??? Thanks and Merry Christmas. Oggie

Happens all the time and most can be adjusted for either side or top. You just turned the pump 180deg on the motor right? Maybe I am not following????? that is exactly what I did and it works great. thanks for saving the day!

I ordered my spa pack with the pump input on the right hand side. I just noticed that the pump input is really on the left side. I turned the pump around and repositioned the control box/heater. I don’t see a show stopper with this set up but then I am new to spas. Does anyone see a major problem here before I finish the hookup? Thanks

I guess the consensus is I don't have a clue what I am doing with this blower. Maybe this hot tub cannot use a blower, is that possible? I don't know where or how to plumb the blower in or if it is possible. Can you give me a hint? Thanks. What are you attempting to accomplish with the addition of a blower...better water jet action or bubbly water? Blowers that make the water bubble are separate systems with their own air jets and plumbing. I was attempting to get the bubbly water thing going. I have a total of 6 jets in the spa. There are two plumbing systems tied into each jet. One plumbing line is the out put of the pump, the other is connected to the water plumbing at the jets and has an adjustable air valve at the spa controls.. So if I cannot connect to either one of these two plumbing lines I can not have a blower? Is that correct? I believe I found my answer at this site:http://www.spadepot.com/spacyclopedia/plumbing-diagram.htm There is an animated spa operation demonstration. I do not have the additional plumbing or jets for a blower setup as seen in the demo. Therefore my blower ideas are mute. I hope that the people who sent me the "2" blowers will let me send them back. Thanks for all the inputs.

I guess the consensus is I don't have a clue what I am doing with this blower. Maybe this hot tub cannot use a blower, is that possible? I don't know where or how to plumb the blower in or if it is possible. Can you give me a hint? Thanks. What are you attempting to accomplish with the addition of a blower...better water jet action or bubbly water? Blowers that make the water bubble are separate systems with their own air jets and plumbing. I was attempting to get the bubbly water thing going. I have a total of 6 jets in the spa. There are two plumbing systems tied into each jet. One plumbing line is the out put of the pump, the other is connected to the water plumbing at the jets and has an adjustable air valve at the spa controls.. So if I cannot connect to either one of these two plumbing lines I can not have a blower? Is that correct?

I guess the consensus is I don't have a clue what I am doing with this blower. Maybe this hot tub cannot use a blower, is that possible? I don't know where or how to plumb the blower in or if it is possible. Can you give me a hint? Thanks.

My old but newly acquired spa did not have a blower and I want to add one. It does have plumbing for a venturi setup. I was wondering if I could "T" into that plumbing and hook up the blower to the "T". The blower output is 2 inches in diameter so I suspect I would reduce that down to the 1 inch plumbing.The blower is 1HP. Does this sound reasonable or way off? Thanks.

Thanks Limulus I believe I found the wire code that your electricians used to determine that 6 AWG will be protected by a 60 amp braker. Article 240.6 Article 240.4.B rule states that when a wire ampacity lands between two breaker amp sizes listed in Article 240.6 and there is no listed breaker in that Article equal in size to your ampacity of the conductor in concern and if that ampacity is less than 800 amps then you may increase the ampacity of that conductor to the next breaker size listed in Article 240.6. There is no 55 amp breaker listed thus allowing you to rate this 6 awg copper wire to the next higher overcurrent device size being 60 amps.

Does anyone know where I can get 6 AWG wire that is rated at 60 amp for a run I will be putting in my basement? I have a 60 GFCI but cant find the correct wire. I hate to try to drag 4 AWG around the basement. Lowes 6 gage wire is rated at 55 amps. Thanks, Oggie

So I need to use conduit in the basement. I will be making one 90 degree turn. Do I use the grey conduit?

Thanks for the reassurance that 6 gage wire with a 60-amp breaker is the proper setup. I have researched this for several hours and never found a chart showing that 6-gage wire will be protected by a 60-amp breaker. Here is what I found most of the time for 6/3 NM cable (romex) with ground. According to the National Electrical Code® (NEC®), this cable has a maximum ampacity rating of 55 amps @ 240 volts. I wont be able to totaly ignore this without referencing a NEC statement that says it is OK to use a 60amp breaker with 6 gage wire. Can anyone direct me to that information? Thanks…

I plan to install a standard 60 amp breaker in my outside 200 amp main circuit breaker panel, run 6 gage romex type wire directly into my house basement to the west wall, about 30 feet. I will then exit the basement wall directly into a hot tub ready outside disconnect box located 5 feet from my hot tub. Inside the box there is a 60 amp GFCI and a 20 amp GFCI. I plan to use the 60 amp breaker, that gray PVC conduit and 6 gage individual wires 5 feet to the deck then use the flexible conduit a few feet to the spa pact hookup. There is a 5.5kw heater, one 2hp motor/pump, an ozonator, and one 1hp air pump. I have seen web sites that show 6AWG is only rated at 55 amps other sites show 65 amp depending on the type of wire, location and environmental circumstances. The wire chart at Lowes shows 6/3 wire is rated at 55 amps but I see on this site and others that 6-gage wire is used with 60-amp circuit breaker protection. Here is part one of my questions/concerns: What type wire can I use inside the house and what type outside the house that will be protected by the 60 amp circuit breakers I have? Part B: I hope to use the 20 amp breaker for power to an outlet. What are the safety rules on the location of an electrical outlet near a hot tub? Thanks, Oggie