Bud in FLA
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I need tech wiring info.
We got a hot tub from Craigslist. The control box is fried so I bypassed it to operate with individual switches. It was a 110v system. The pump and the heater can be run on 220v. Everything is good...except it takes a *long* time to heat the tub on 110v. The tub is inside the Fla room. I"m planning to put in a 220v outlet to pick up the heater. It will be switched with a pare of 20 amp switches
I have two twenty amp GFCI breakers for the panel. The heater calls for 5.1 amp on 220v. I have 12/3 w/ground for the power supply.
I"ve been told that I should install a ground rod near the outlet and connect the bare ground to it. So far I"m good with that.
My heater will run 2 hots with a ground. What happens to the neutral from my 12/3?
Should the Neutral become the outlet ground since the bare is connected a ground rod?
I haven"t run any wire yet. Not going to until I understand exactly what to do with the neutral so that the GFCI breakers will serve their intended purpose.
Thanks for any info!
We got a hot tub from Craigslist. The control box is fried so I bypassed it to operate with individual switches. It was a 110v system. The pump and the heater can be run on 220v. Everything is good...except it takes a *long* time to heat the tub on 110v. The tub is inside the Fla room. I"m planning to put in a 220v outlet to pick up the heater. It will be switched with a pare of 20 amp switches
I have two twenty amp GFCI breakers for the panel. The heater calls for 5.1 amp on 220v. I have 12/3 w/ground for the power supply.
I"ve been told that I should install a ground rod near the outlet and connect the bare ground to it. So far I"m good with that.
My heater will run 2 hots with a ground. What happens to the neutral from my 12/3?
Should the Neutral become the outlet ground since the bare is connected a ground rod?
I haven"t run any wire yet. Not going to until I understand exactly what to do with the neutral so that the GFCI breakers will serve their intended purpose.
Thanks for any info!