Once the pad was complete for the hot tub I started thinking about the electric. Initially I was unable to find the spa panel that is required between 5 and 10 feet from the hot tub. So I contacted the electrician that Christi at Valley Pool and Spa had recommended. Tyler stopped by and I walked him through what I was thinking.
There are a couple issues with my setup, so Tyler offered to do it as a cash job.
- My outside outlet and light out the basement door will be too close to the hot tub (has to be 5 or 10 feet away)
- The subpanel in my basement is 60 amps, and the hot tub could pull 50 amps, so he said it might be under powered. I will be fine, but an inspector might question it. Mostly what the subpanel supplies is LED lights so it shouldn't be a problem.
- I was planning to put the disconnect (spa panel) on the right side of the door and run the conduit over to the other side. He suggested having it come out under the window on the left side. In the summer it will be hidden by our Hosta in the winter who cares.
I said OK lets do it, so he said he would get back to me with a quote. $1600 was the quote. That seemed high to me, but what could I do.
2 weeks go by and I haven't heard from Tyler, I also notice that Menards has spa panels in stock now. So I go pick up the needed materials, about $500 (the 6 gauge copper wire was $300 by itself!).
So I put it in myself took a couple hours of wrestling with that big cable, but it is ready.
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