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Originally Posted by alex the great

Yeah that sounds right, about $100 but what im thinking more about is that the electicien was maybe lazy or trying to cut corners cause the #8 wire was ALREADY there! I had an old spa replaced with a NEW ONE that's why I called him, and he said we can just use the 8you already have and save money! that way we wont need to do the hole wireing again, know what I mean? but i regret it now...the manuel says use 6 wire, im upset and paranoid, what if i get inspected?

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It will pass inspection. Electrically it's safe and sound. Just 'lose' the manual the day of the inspection.

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Originally Posted by mike 165278

It will pass inspection. Electrically it's safe and sound. Just 'lose' the manual the day of the inspection.

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What did he charge you, and what did he do?

Charged me $200, he just pluged the wire to hottub and installed bpx on the outside of the box :)

Btw Mike thanks so much for your time and help!!

Alex, before you and the installing electrician gets a pass, we need to know EXACTLY, what type of cable or raceway the #8 is.

IF, you have #8 Romex cable, the max protection is to be 40 Amp.

100% agree. I read he installed a box on the house, assumed it was outside an piped in PVC. I got to stop assuming.