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GFI for whirlpool tub trexxxmeister 01-29-2008
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Posted by on January 29, 2008, 7:41 am
> Yes you can. Run the two circuits to the location under the tub where the
> support equipment is located and install a large deep two gang box with tw=
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> GFCI outlets in it , one for the pump and one for the heater
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> >I am installing a whirlpool bathtub.The instructions say I have to
> > plug the pump into a 15a 110v seperate circuit protected with GFCI,
> > and the heater into a 15a 110v seperate circuit protected with gfci.I
> > take it I have to run wires to my main service box.I notice that gfci
> > circuit breakers are very expensive.Can I just install regular circuit
> > breakers and hook them up to gfci sockets by my bathtub.
> > Thanks- Hide quoted text -
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Isn;t there something in the code that says permanently mounted
equipment can't be on a plug/cord/outlet arrangement? And doesn't
that apply here?

Posted by RBM on January 29, 2008, 5:07 pm
These units come with cords and plugs attached to them and are U.L.
approved. The outlets you install for them are located under the tub,
totally inaccessible without removing the access panel. Another approach is
what John Grabowski recommends, faceless GFCI's, but you still have to
install outlets under the tub, as that's how they're designed to be
connected



> Yes you can. Run the two circuits to the location under the tub where the
> support equipment is located and install a large deep two gang box with
> two
> GFCI outlets in it , one for the pump and one for the heater
>
>
>
>
>
> >I am installing a whirlpool bathtub.The instructions say I have to
> > plug the pump into a 15a 110v seperate circuit protected with GFCI,
> > and the heater into a 15a 110v seperate circuit protected with gfci.I
> > take it I have to run wires to my main service box.I notice that gfci
> > circuit breakers are very expensive.Can I just install regular circuit
> > breakers and hook them up to gfci sockets by my bathtub.
> > Thanks- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Isn;t there something in the code that says permanently mounted
equipment can't be on a plug/cord/outlet arrangement? And doesn't
that apply here?



Posted by John Grabowski on January 29, 2008, 7:40 am

> I am installing a whirlpool bathtub.The instructions say I have to
> plug the pump into a 15a 110v seperate circuit protected with GFCI,
> and the heater into a 15a 110v seperate circuit protected with gfci.I
> take it I have to run wires to my main service box.I notice that gfci
> circuit breakers are very expensive.Can I just install regular circuit
> breakers and hook them up to gfci sockets by my bathtub.
> Thanks

Usually a whirlpool bathtub requires a 20 amp circuit for each. You could
use the receptacles as ground fault protection but they would need to be
located away from the tub so that they could not be accessible by someone
standing in the tub. I don't know if this would pass inspection though as
the inspector might consider this a bathroom receptacle.

I usually use GFI switches for hydromassage bathtubs. They look like GFI
receptacles but do not have the openings to plug something in. The cost is
just a little more than a GFI receptacle. I prefer to locate them in a
linen closet in a bathroom or behind a door; a place where they are not
visually obvious, but readily accessible.


Posted by Twayne on January 29, 2008, 11:22 am
> I am installing a whirlpool bathtub.The instructions say I have to
> plug the pump into a 15a 110v seperate circuit protected with GFCI,
> and the heater into a 15a 110v seperate circuit protected with gfci.I
> take it I have to run wires to my main service box.I notice that gfci
> circuit breakers are very expensive.Can I just install regular circuit
> breakers and hook them up to gfci sockets by my bathtub.
> Thanks

Yes, you can as long as local codes allow it.

--
Twayne

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