Need an idea on how to run my spa for nix

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Originally Posted by Tombie

Average spa heater/pump combo runs for 1-2 hours per 24 hour period and is 1200 - 2000w (element) - Not including the power consumed by the induction motor in the pump!!!!

Thats between 2.4 - 5.0 kWh of electricity per 24 hours... :eek:

On average a Spa will increase household power consumption by ~5kWh per day... @ $0.22/kWh =
$1.10 per day,
$33.50 per month,
$100.00 per Quarter or
$400.00 per year

But as I said, they are really worth the relaxation

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Thats less than I thought it would, I was thinking that it would cost about double that so thats a lot of power for the price of the solar panels, a wind mill or other tinkering ideas.....but no where near as much fun.

Cheers Casper.

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Originally Posted by Casper

Hi folks,

My wife's friend has just got her divorce settlement and part of it was a spa to which has ended up at my house so now I need to know how I can heat it and run the pump to circulate the water when we're not using it for as cheap as possible.

Being the tight wad that I am I also don't want to spend much to do it so put your thinking caps on and come up with some good ideas that cost bugger all to build.

I don't mind running the pump when we're in it, just don't like to spend up big on electricity (or for that matter on infrastructure) to run the pump and heater all the time.

Cheers Casper

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A friend of mine bought a large roll of black poly pipe, placed it in the sun next to the spa so water circulated by natural convection. Looked a bit messy but worked a treat as far as keeping water circulating and a bit warm at the same time. :D:D

Bestest and cheapest method is to EAT MORE BEANS and ONLY hop in the spa after a big feed.....:o


:D


JC