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07-18-2007, 09:01 AM #1
Disconnect switch - hot tub
Last edited by dan orourke; 01-01-2008 at 03:53 PM.
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07-18-2007, 02:38 PM #2
Re: Disconnect switch - hot tub
Correct.
From the NEC. (underlining is mine)
- 680.41 Emergency Switch for Spas and Hot Tubs.
- - A clearly labeled emergency shutoff or control switch for the purpose of stopping the motor(s) that provide power to the recirculation system and jet system shall be installed at a point readily accessible to the users and not less than 1.5 m (5 ft) away, adjacent to, and within sight of the spa or hot tub. This requirement shall not apply to single-family dwellings.
There was a metal electrical junction box within 5 feet of the hot tub with a metal cover plate. I think this was suppose to be the disconnect switch, but they never got around it.....
Now, the metal window frames and that metal electrical junction box within 5 feet of the hot tub should be bonded with the hot tub bonding system, correct?
Basically all permanently installed metallic items larger than 4" in the smallest dimension located within 5 feet of the spa and located less than 12 feet above the spa out to the 5 foot perimeter around the spa (like a big box placed over the spa). This includes metal window frames, gutters, drip edge, metal doors (not sliding glass doors themselves, but their tracks), hose bibbs, etc.
Jerry Peck
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07-18-2007, 04:51 PM #3
Re: Disconnect switch - hot tub
I was wondering how I missed this all these years, then I saw the last part of Jerry's post.
From the NEC. (underlining is mine)
- 680.41 Emergency Switch for Spas and Hot Tubs.
- - A clearly labeled emergency shutoff or control switch for the purpose of stopping the motor(s) that provide power to the recirculation system and jet system shall be installed at a point readily accessible to the users and not less than 1.5 m (5 ft) away, adjacent to, and within sight of the spa or hot tub. This requirement shall not apply to single-family dwellings
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07-18-2007, 09:01 PM #4
Re: Disconnect switch - hot tub
Jim,
You are correct.
The idea is that on a spa or hot tub location other than a home, it is now recommended that the spa motor not be on or circulating water for an " X "
amount of time. I think is like every 15 or 20 minutes, the pump is supposed to shut down for a cool down period to prevent persons from sitting in the heated water for an over extended period of time.
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