Getting shocked by my Hot tub

Posted by PeterD on June 2, 2009, 7:28 pm

On 02 Jun 2009 21:51:43 GMT, jo.gaby_at_ymail_dot_com@foo.com (jogaby)
wrote:

>jogaby had written this in response to
>http://www.thestuccocompany.com/construction/Re-Getting-shocked-by-my-Hot-tub-17453-.htm
> :

>> So you deliberately exposed yourself to a potentially fatal electric
>> shock
>> three times? Are you trying out for the darwin awards :-)
>> Best get an electrican in to fix it for you.

>An electrician will possibly know best what to do with it. I personally
>would keep away of it.
>goog luck!

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Posted by Autumn on June 3, 2009, 7:40 pm

I am not sure this has anything to do with your problem. We had an
electrical problem similar to what you are talking about. I would get a mild
shock if I put my hand in the water of my washer. I also got one once on the
front porch when I was barefooted in the rain and I opened the screen door.
We had three different electricians over a few years and no one could find
the cause.

Finally we had to have our water pump replaced. When they pulled it from
it's 78 foot deep home they found the casing had vibrated for so long there
was a hole in it. This was the cause of my shock. I had never noticed the
pump was running at the time I got the shocks. When we put in a new pump put
in and I had no more shocks. They put a rubber ring around the new one so it
could not rub against the well pipe when it ran.

Jan

> Hello all, I have a older 120v spa that overnight developed a short.
> The spa is on a cement slab and if I stand on the cement barefooted, I
> get a shock like tingling in the fingers. When I turn on the pump, it
> gets a bit worse. I have a GFCI and tested it with a ground tester and
> all good. I went one by one and unplugged the heater, the circ pump
> and then finally the main pump. Still getting a small shock. Any help
> would be appreciated.
> The only thing I have done since yesterday is to add muriatic acid to
> get my TA down. I added about a cup last night, ran the jets for a few
> and covered it up.
>

Posted by Autumn on June 3, 2009, 7:41 pm

Forgot to mention we had the house ground changed numerous times trying to
fix it too.

Jan

Posted by PeterD on June 4, 2009, 8:56 am

On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 19:41:24 -0400, "Autumn"

>Forgot to mention we had the house ground changed numerous times trying to
>fix it too.
>Jan

Shows the value that a GFI would have had in the problem!

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