I'm wiring a hot tub for a buddy. The literature that came with the tub calls for a gfci circuit breaker as the disconnecting means and within 10ft but not less than 5ft, and within sight of the tub. This is all well and good, but why can't the gfci be installed at the circuit breaker panel in the basement of the dwelling and a non-fused disconnect be used within sight of the hot tub? The tub will be installed in a sun room built onto the house. The hottub requires a 50A breaker. If I install the gfci breaker as suggested, I still have to protect the branch circuit with a 50A non-gfci breaker at the panel.
This seems odd to me.
[ August 06, 2004, 01:32 AM: Message edited by: squarenut ]
This seems odd to me.
[ August 06, 2004, 01:32 AM: Message edited by: squarenut ]