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Re: Buying a spa on the Internet

Posted By: drboyd
Date: Monday, 15 May 2006, at 8:20 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Buying a spa on the Internet (n1oty)

Well, as far as I can tell, 99.9% of the spas sold are like that. If your pump has a stamped HP number on the motor, it may be real. If the HP on the motor nameplate is blank, and the pump has a "3 horsepower" sticker on it somewhere, what you have - technically - is a misprint. Instead of "horsepower" it should read "horse puckey."

Compare the voltage and amps of your pump motor to single phase motors with identical votage and amp ratings on www.grainger.com - you'll see how bad we're all being snookered.

Same voltage, same amperage, it's gonna be roughly the same horsepower. Plus or minus max 10%.

: Craiger, I hate to burst your bubble, but
: you've just been sold a bill of goods with
: that "Gold Edition" 2 HP pump. A
: true 2 HP pump for a hot tub draws
: approximately 22 to 25 amps at 120 volts
: (which you won't find on a residential tub).
: I'm betting that the true HP for that
: "upgrade" will be between 1 HP
: (approximately 12 amps on high) and 1.5 HP
: (16 to 18 amps on high). And if this will
: plug into a standard outlet, I can guarantee
: that the true HP will not exceed 1 HP (12
: amp draw) because hot tubs are subject to
: the so-called 125 percent rule.

: John

Messages In This Thread

• Buying a spa on the Internet
  JimmyB -- Sunday, 14 May 2006, at 1:12 p.m.
  • Re: Buying a spa on the Internet
    Jim97219 -- Sunday, 14 May 2006, at 5:31 p.m.
  • Re: Buying a spa on the Internet
    rali -- Sunday, 14 May 2006, at 7:28 p.m.
  • Re: Buying a spa on the Internet
    n1oty -- Monday, 15 May 2006, at 3:48 a.m.
  • Re: Buying a spa on the Internet
    spatech (the unreal one) -- Monday, 15 May 2006, at 8:22 a.m.
  • Re: Buying a spa on the Internet
    JohnS -- Monday, 15 May 2006, at 11:59 a.m.
  • Re: Buying a spa on the Internet
    Craiger -- Monday, 15 May 2006, at 12:52 p.m.
    • Re: Buying a spa on the Internet
      n1oty -- Monday, 15 May 2006, at 6:18 p.m.
      • Re: Buying a spa on the Internet
        drboyd -- Monday, 15 May 2006, at 8:20 p.m.
        • Re: Buying a spa on the Internet
          n1oty -- Tuesday, 16 May 2006, at 4:06 a.m.
        • Re: Buying a spa on the Internet
          Craiger -- Tuesday, 16 May 2006, at 8:12 a.m.
  • Re: Buying a spa on the Internet
    Pete -- Monday, 15 May 2006, at 6:02 p.m.
  • Re: Buying a spa on the Internet
    TomD -- Tuesday, 16 May 2006, at 6:33 a.m.

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