Could some of you give me an idea of how much you paid to have a 50 amp line run for your spa?? I've had several estimates....our panel is sufficient, only 30 feet away- straight shot from the panel to the deck....they all say that it should be fairly simple and straightforward. But am getting quotes close to 1K !!!! Most other comments on forums range from 350-500 to have this done. Am I being taken! Just won't buy a spa if I have to spend another thousand just to hook it up! Thanks for your input!

If all your estimates are rather close, they're probably reasonable given YOUR situation.

Many things can effect the cost, including the "cost to do business" in your area, and the cost of living.

Your preception of what's needed may be different than what the installer sees. Think about it like a road. The cost to build a straight road over hard packed soil will be different than over water. Yet both are a "straight shot".

1K sounds kind of high to me, you should figure about 80 to 115 bucks for an outside 50 GFCI breaker, a 50 amp breaker for you currnet panel in the house of about 15 bucks, liquidtight conduit 25' is 25 bucks, some fittings 5 to 10 bucks, 6awg wire approx 50 bucks. So a rough estimate of materials without checking the stores is about 215.00 i would double that to get a labor rate and they should be a reasonable price. If you live in Indiana I could help you out.

For $215.00 it's not worth my time to even get out of bed and spend the time driving to and from the job.

The labor rate was double the materials.

oops . read that wrong........... ok, I'm on my way out.

Thanks - no I don't live in Indiana, but I've had several more estimates - more in the 4-500 range. Now I"m finding that they ALL disagree on what exactly is "code" and how much work is involved to install it per "code". Yikes.....this is turning out to be more challenging than picking out the hot tub!! Thanks for your input - gives me a little ammunition when someone tries to #$&* me again!

The electrician just left my house with $500, if that helps!

Erin

I recently installed the electrical service for my spa, myself. The materials were bought from Lowes, and cost just under $300.00. This included 1-50A breaker for my existing service panel, 100ft of 6/3 with ground, 1-50A GFCI aux. service panel, conduit and fittings, wire nuts, and screws and conduit glue. It was not too hard to do, and I made sure that I did it right. I have so enjoyed the spa!!

good luck,
Stuart