Cap off unused outdoor power?

[DerbyDad03]

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...or if the conduit is undersized for the number/size of the conductors.

[clare]

Hard enough that I'd avoid it if possible.

[Robert Neville]

Not if you tied a pull cord to the cable before pulling the cable.

[clare]

The cord is simple USUALLY the cable pulls easy enough, but an old dirty dry conduit can provide some sport.

[bob haller]

The easiest fix is terminating the outdoor end in a waterproof box, wire nut the ends.

in the panel disconnect the red and black wires to the breaker, wire nut the ends and mark the breaker spare. leave the wire nutted wires in the cabinet...

this is the least work and leaves the cable available for future use....

[gregz]

Feed it backwards with generator back to the box via switchover.

Greg

[Bruce]

replying to bob, Bruce wrote: How should I cap off to remove one of the wires in conduit not be used coming out from my hot tubs junction box that is separate from the outside electrical panel?

[trader_4]

Without seeing it and/or knowing more, impossible to answer. Capping off and removing a wire from a conduit are two different things. If it's an unused wire coming into a junction box, putting an appropriate size wire nut on it or electrical tape would cap it off.

[Bruce]

replying to trader_4, Bruce wrote: It is a 220 conduit filled wire that was for the seat bubbles but the device eroded over time. So there were the 2 wires sticking out, smoking or sparking at times. I taped the wires off to try to make sure that would slow things down and be safer.. I'm not sure what a wire nut is so if you can tell me that would help. I am in the process of getting the tub going again and want it to be safe. Please let me know. Thanks

[DerbyDad03]

Google is a useful utility.

I'm all for learning how to DIY, but if you've got sparking and smoking wires near water and don't know what a wire nut is, this is not the best project to hone your electrical skills on.

I strongly suggest calling an electrician before you hurt yourself or a loved one.

[trader_4]

I strongly suspect a troll. Sparking and smoking 240V wires sticking out by a spa where a blower was disconnected?

[Bruce]

replying to DerbyDad03, Bruce wrote: Thanks., I do know what a wire nut is but didn't know that's what they were called. Is using the wire nuts and electrical tape enough to safely operate the hot tub? No water back in it yet.

[Bruce]

replying to trader_4, Bruce wrote: No troll I think. 80's era spa and the seat blower eroded from the elements.

[Stormin' Norman]

Bruce,

Something about what you have written just does not sound right.

Exactly where is the wire you wish to cap off? Is it the wire that actually connected to the bubbler pump?

Can you post some pictures of what you are dealing with?

[trader_4]

How can you possibly expect anyone here to answer that question? We have no way of knowing what you have there, no pic, nothing. Nor do we know how it was installed or what's right or wrong. I'm with Derby, get an electrician before you kill someone. IDK how you could have wires sticking out, smoking, sparking at a spa to begin with.

[trader_4]

Again, impossible to answer for all the reasons previously cited. There is a lot more to safely wiring a spa than just capping off wires that were sparking and smoking. Having just one thing wrong could kill someone. And no offense, but if you didn't know what a wire nut was, as Derbydad said, this isn't the project to be learning on.

[Bruce]

replying to trader_4, Bruce wrote: Here u go trader.

[Bruce]

replying to Stormin' Norman, Bruce wrote: Here u go STNRNM? I hope I'm posting right. Thanks

[Stormin' Norman]

Alright, I looked at the picture. Which wires to you want to disconnect? The power being supplied to the small pump marked "Hayward"?

[trader_4]

I wasn't sure what I was looking at first, but I think I figured it out. The pic, it looked at first like the green bonding wire came out of the flex conduit, but I think that's just the way the pic was taken and the bonding wire is separate.

So what you want to cap off is the black tape ends sticking out of the flex metal conduit, I think. The solution would be to disconnect it at the box end, cover the hole with a blank. How did you wind up with just short stub wires sticking out?

But then I'm wondering what that flex metal conduit is doing in a wet location to begin with. It's not code today, IDK the history of whether it was code in the past or not.

One thing for sure, I'd make sure there is a GFCI breaker on that whole rig.