What does it cost to run this spa?
1631987
I live in California. Set up spa in mid October, it is now mid January. It has consistently cost over $100 per month to operate this spa. Other than that I love it and wish I could keep it but $100 a month is ridiculous.
1631988
like a portable heater-- 15 to 45 dollars per month depending on usage. If its 85 degrees out, heating water to 95 is cheap! If its 40 out--- heating to 104 is expensive!
1631989
I made the mistake of leaving it running for a few weeks this winter so that it was ready whenever I wanted to use it. Big mistake. My electricity bill went from an average of $60-$75, to a whopping $235! Unfortunately, it's not really an option for me to keep it heated during the cold winter months (I live in Sacramento, CA).
1404406
When I filled my spa, it took around 28-30 hours to get it to 104. Thats with the surrounding area at 45-50F degrees. The water started out at 54F degrees also, so roughly around 1-2 degrees per hour
2214248
the cartrages have settings on them from 1 to 6 my spa is 400 gallons and I set miine on 2. Now for 1500 gallons I would use 2
2240464
I'm not sure, I know it is cheap to run, cheaper then the furnace i think it is 8 cents or so an hour. I havent had to turn my heat on since I bought this last year before winter. I love it.
724221
It's maybe SLIGHTLY more complex than Nexia (not something I set up, but seen similar). It has no fees, while $9/mo is not a lot, running home auto over the course of several years...$100+ per year? I had time to learn a little. In regard to scenes, I started easy; porch/entry lights on timer using time offset from "dusk" as trigger, pretty simple. I don't see why your climate control/cross-flow ventilation scheme :-) would be difficult.
1185541
At least a day. FYI I have been warning people off this spa. The electronics are garbage. I had to replace my spa three times until the warranty finally ran out and the company stopped replacing it. I woud NEVER buy this spa again!
420662
I would definitely see the advise of the vender before purchasing or ask a spa sales rep.
2206587
You will have to contact the service people. There is no warrantee now but they may send you a new spa body for shipping charges, especially if it is leaking where the hose connects to pump. same happened to me and still no heat.
1832845
We have it installed to pump away condensation from large commercial a/c units. I'm no expert but I think it is too small to handle that much and would probably burn out fairly quickly. I'd go to a spa or pool store, find the right unit then shop for it online. The markup on these things is ridiculous.
1788709
I would assume so. If your paying that much money it better give full body massages and run errands around town!!
392129
We use it so we don't have to use as much chlorine. There are times where we do add a little chlorine, but the spa is not maintained on chlorine all the time. Hope this helps.
504949
The switch is only rated for indoor use, but could be used outdoors in the proper enclosure. However a 15 minute timer is the maximum recommended for a spa.
861369
Dan, this would heat up any size pool. Our is moderate in size pool with spa. A small pool would heat up very quickly, and larger pool would take more time. You are putting ~ 250,000 btu/hr into the water, which is like 2.5 furnaces for a good size home up north. Once you get the pool or spa up to temperature, and it drops below setpoint, the heater will run briefly for a small pool, and a lot longer for a large one. THey'll pretty much keep any size pool heated, just depends on how long it has to run to heat it up initially, and then run time to keep it there. Hope this helps.
2000313
your spa should have it's own internal pump. Myself, I would not connect my spa to any outside pump. The 2 pumps work at difference pressures.
2277152
No idea on colder climates. Can't imagine it would be a problem to run in Boston in winter. We live in NC and had no problem. Our electric bill went up $80-$100/mth. We used it almost nightly though. Great hot tub for the price! Will buy it again for our next house.
2134069
Sure. Just seal the bag with a clip to preserve what's left in it. One bag does 12,000 gallons, so for a spa I wouldn't use more than half a bag.
896360
Because this is a product sold by the Spa Depot, I would direct all questions to them. They will be happy to answer any and all concerns. (800) 823-3638