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bulmer4nc:
So if I'm going to have an electrician come out do you recommend that I setup a date that the come out the day the tub is delivered and they do the whole job then?  Or can the do most of the work before the tub shows up and then come back to hook it up?  Is the difference in the wiring just the connection to the tub? Or, is there a chance that the line is run and the GFCI box is installed and then later find out that something was done wrong and have to change it after the tub arrives?

Ken

wmccall:

--- Quote ---So if I'm going to have an electrician come out do you recommend that I setup a date that the come out the day the tub is delivered and they do the whole job then?  


Ken
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I suppose it depends on the job, but in my case, my electrician did the work from the circuit panel in my basement to the disconnect box ahead of time and had the stuff from the disconnect to the tub ready to go.  I'm the kind of guy who always has to go to Home Depot to get the one last thing that was overlooked at the last minute so I like to try to get as much done ahead of time.  Many really good electricians can do it all in one day.

Tubber:

--- Quote ---it aint brain surgery, and most customers want to see the tub running before the delivery crew leaves. That is my stand as well. All hot tubs/spas are going to run off of a gfci protected circuit. If the electrician has done his job as per the manufacturers specs, where is the liability in connecting 6/3 red to red, black to black white to white and green to ground, or in the case of Jacuzzi/Sundance 6/2, hot to hot ground to ground. Even more simple. It is as simple as pluging in an iron once the wires are there and ready. I personally am not going to the expense of sending out a sencond crew/individual to teach the customer how to operate the tub, when in fact my delivery crew can do it at the time of delivery. It's expensive enough to run a business with out having to pay someone 2 hours wages to go out and tell the customers to push this button to turn it on, turn that lever to make the water do that etc...
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So what does your crew do while the tubs filling??????

empolgation:

--- Quote ---So what does your crew do while the tubs filling??????
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You beat me to it.

As a customer I most definitely would prefer that the delivery and orientation take place at the same time. I've been curious to know how that would work since it would take quite some time to get several hundred gallons of water through my garden hose.

Wisoki:
Tub gets set and hose put in, while tub filling, cover lift instaled, when cover lift done, electrical hooked up, when electrical hooked up, spa almost full, fill out warranty regristration card, give to customer, tada, spa full. Turn spa on, show how to push buttons and turn levers, collect water sample to be analized in store water lab. Collect check, shake hands smile say "thank you, goodbye. Get water to store, analyze, call customer with results, fax over if they have one, and call to go over and explain. Maybe you thought they just stood around drinking martinis and smoking cigars?

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