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Electrical Requirements

Ready to buy? As you suspected, there are things that may need doing before your spa is delivered. The most obvious is power. Have your electrician follow these requirements as you prepare a home for your new hot tub.

 

SPA Location Warning!

The following information is provided for hooking up electrical supply to the spa. This work must be performed by a qualified licensed electrician. Failure to have this done can result in termination of all warranty coverage and also create an extremely dangerous bathing environment.

Recomendations

Your Artesian spa is programmed at the factory to be hooked up in a 240-Volt, high-current configuration, and we recommend that it be hooked up as such. Artesian spas require a 50-amp breaker. Using 4 x 6 AWG wires.

240 volt Installation Procedure

1. The correctly sized GFCI circuit breaker must be installed at the main electrical service panel. In addition, a properly suited shut-off switch must also be installed in plain view of the spa. This is in compliance with section 422-20 of the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70-1987. The electrical service panel must be readily accessible to the spa occupant but must not be within 5 feet of the spa.

2. After spa has been positioned, route line through knockout on the left or right front of spa cabinet.

3. Route line inside cabinet to the hole provided under or behind control box through hole provided.

5. Attach wires to the terminal block inside control box. Refer to the 240V wiring diagram inside the front face plate of the control box and adjacent to terminal block for final connection instructions.

6. Complete wire connections at main service panel GFCI breaker.

7. Do not turn power on until instructed to do so in the "SPA START UP" section.

NOTE: Several bonding lugs are provided on the control box and other components located inside the equipment compartment of the spa. Connect a No.8 AWG (8.4mm) solid copper conductor to these lugs and any metal object within 5 feet (1.5m) of the spa.



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