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Is your disconnect a GFCI disconnect with a regular breaker in your main panel? Often, GFCI disconnects on new installations are because of mis-wiring. Are your neutral and ground kept separate in your disconnect panel? The ground wires from both your main panel and the spa should be bonded together in the disconnect panel (separately from the neutral). Yes - it's too close. NEC calls for a dis-connect to be located no closer than 5 feet and within line of sight. Ken Ken, My disconnect is a gfci disconnect with a regular breaker in main panel. My neutral is attached to the neutral bus bar. My ground to the ground bus bar. I bought the Cutler Hammer gfci hot tub kit. I am thinking of replacing the gfci to see if that resolves my problem. Thanks again Reece

Thank you! This does help. Rich Hello, Just bought a new Baja whitewater model 1067. It calls for 240v 50 amp. I hooked it this way but the gfi trips every other day. Sometimes when we have 8 people in it. sometimes when I have only 2. It trips with either one pump on or two pumps plus the heater. the other day I had 8 kids in it and it seemed like water was overflowing and then it started tripping. After 4 hours it worked fine. My concern is that you mention about wire runs. I used 6 gage with 10 gage ground but my run from the main panel to subpanel is 90 feet. From the subpanel to the hot tub panel is another 15 feet. Same gage wire. Is my wire run too long? Also I placed the subpanel about 3 feet from the hot tub ( attched to the deck) Is this too close? I really appreciate it. Thanks Reece st charles, Il