Greetings. I have kind of an interesting scenario I was hoping someone could help me understand.
We purchased a used Master Spa spa, Legacy Inspire, which is about 10 years old. We had to replace the heater but otherwise it works great and has no issues at all. We have a new cover on it too.
This thing has been an energy beast though, and we've seen our power bill go through the roof. The spa runs a minimum 4 hours a day for maint. and appears to utilize, per attached, about 5 KwH per hour (20Kwh day - just for maint. cycles). I've tried to look into whether this is normal, but most data I can find is for new spas. I understand the heater is the biggest energy such but it's new, so I would expect it to be somewhat efficient and running properly.
We have already addressed power billing, etc.. the the best of our ability with our local utility. I am mainly curious of two things:
1) Is this 5kwh about typical for this (older) spa?
2) Would a newer spa be more efficient?
Thank you very much for any help.
JH