Hi,

I would like to run a spa load center to the rear of my house from my main breaker box. The one I want is a 50A. I was thinking of running AWG6 wire from a 50A breaker to the load center with a 50A GFCI breaker. The distance from the main box to the load center would be about 75'. Would that work? How much does AWG6 wire run? Wasn't able to see prices on AWG6 at Lowes or Home Depot's sites, only 10, 12, & 14 AWG. Any information would be helpful.

Thanks,

Chris

It should work fine.

The market for copper is at a premium, and not a lot of 8-6 gauge wire gets sold from the home stores. The stuff isn't cheap, but since it's a one time expense, you should get your money back by the benefit the spa provides.

You'll have to go down and do a price per foot, and also take a look at 100' roll prices, that may be cheaper. Sell what you don't use on ebay or something... lol.

I have one other question. I found online at home depot and Lowes, that I can either this one from home depot:

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/sto ... =100194428

or this one from Lowes:

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=p ... lpage=none

Which one would be better? Remember that I will be using a 50A breaker with AWG6 in the main panel, I am not sure if the 70A would be sufficient enough or if I should just stick to the 50A. My wife's cousin's husband is an electrician. I may be able to get some wire and maybe the spa pack from him, if he has any spare. I am not sure if he is residential or commercial.

Thanks,

Chris

If your circuit is rated for a maximum of 50 amps, then the largest breaker you can put on it is 50 amps. Don't install a 70 amp breaker.

ok. Thanks for the help. I am trying to rebuild a Gerico spa that my parents gave me. I posted about it on here a while back. Just trying to do some research before I start going out and buying stuff all at once. It has an old Ramco spa pack on it. Was going to install a digital spa control such as the Smart Touch Digital e-pack, as recommended by SpaBabes.com and run it at 240V so I can have both the heater and pump working at the same time.