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Louie
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Post subject: spa wiring  Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:26 pm |
Joined: Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:08 pm
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I just purchase a spa, I m going to do the run and have somebody hook up the rest. My question is which guage wire ? I have measure the run
from the box to the spa it is about 125 feet. should I use a #8 or #6 wire.. 
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charger_1
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:36 am |
Joined: Fri Sep 03, 2004 12:27 am
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Location: Albert Lea, MN
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What is the load of the spa? Use the proper size wire, minus one gauge for the load of the spa. For instance, if your spa draws 40 amps, you would normally get by with 8 ga wire, but over 100' you need to move up to 6 ga wire due to the run.
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