jmellc
Senior Member
- Location
- Durham, NC
- Occupation
- Facility Maintenance Tech. Licensed Electrician
A former coworker asked me if a hot tub should be wired at 125% for continuous load. I haven’t done a hot tub in 9 years but I think I just followed the numbers on the nameplate. But it could well be used 3 hours or more. I recall that being the standard for motor loads. He said the literature called for #6 wire & 50 amp breaker. We discussed if continuous load was already figured in. I suggested checking for actual nameplate info & seeing if the numbers there indicate it.
Thanks for any feedback.
Thanks for any feedback.