220 vs. 110 for Hot Tub

Sep 19, 2004 43 Replies

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I'm getting nagged about the bathroom needing a major renovation. Looks fine to me, but my vote doesn't seem to count. So all the tile work and floors is fairly likely to occur anyway. Ok, very likely. Ouch.

I have this 18 foot attached house. And it's starting to get cold outside. Is a spa even doable when it's freezing outside? Seems that it would cost an awful lot to keep it warm. One actually could fit in what is now the barbeque.

An interesting idea, to be sure, and one I hadn't really considered. Most likely though, the inside one happens first. I think I can get one wide enough for two people, and that should suffice for now.

I would have the only spa on the block though. Maybe I could stock it with fish as entertainment for the cats.

According to Chet Hayes :

So you're suggesting he runs 240V to a 120V heating element?

How long do you expect that to operate before failing?

Or are you assuming that if he had gotten the "240V option", the heater would have been 4 times the wattage? It might not have been.

This is a 240v heating element, it just runs at 1/4 power on 120. The motor is tap selected for 120 or 240 with a configuration plug

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