Hot Tub 220V 50 AMP GFCI Breaker Installation - ALL WIRING!

[@maxdigout6378]

Apprentice electrician from Canada. Awesome video! Very well detailed and explained!

[@TheExcellentLaborer]

Thank you! I wish you well with your electrical career. Stay tuned for more!

[@sdpease]

Thank you so much for this video. I have the exact same disconnect and panel. You gave me the confidence to get this done. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[@VCHAuMiner]

This video saved me about $1,500! Thank you😁

[@HectorPerez-rw5fn]

I’m learning a lot with you Josh Thank you man,God bless you.

[@aksuarezjd]

Very good video, you have a gift to explain things. All good, the only thing, but in a school environment, and because some inspectors, fair enough, will judge the electrician on their attention to detail, is that phase 1 is customary to be black and phase 2 is red. Like you said, it does not matter because it is safe and will work, but since I noticed you are good at details, and because as an old manic veteran with OCD🤣 who since an apprentice, and son of an Electrical Engineer, who was super picky and paranoid about these things, I still fear him yelling if I don't pay attention 🤣😂 even though he is long gone. The good thing is that you ended up wiring them accordingly. Your left buss bar terminal got the black one! I have watched you and you do get your information right and your videos are safe. I cringe on other "internet electricians" out there, but you have never made a mistake and I would say your videos are the best edited and somehow the pace and your voice matches really good.

[@ВячеславХодеев-н1д]

Hello Josh. I wanted to thank you for the useful content you create for us. Can I ask you to make a video on how to properly use power tools for construction (screwdriver, drill, angle grinder, jigsaws, etc.)? As a novice builder, I was interested to know. Thanks in advance.

[@doubleslit9513]

Dude!? Great vid! Seriously comprehensive.

[@tender3066]

Thanks for the video. Confirmed my work and put my mind to rest 👍 Well done

[@rudyrivera7426]

Awesome videos as always thanks for sharing. Keep it up.

[@Solomonraf]

Very informative, keep up the good work! 😊

[@TheExcellentLaborer]

Thank you! Appreciate you stopping by and watching. Stay tuned for more!

[@jasonhawkins2717]

Great detail, perfect video. Thank you

[@earthenergyhex]

What a good video, everything is explained.

[@RosembeltVillanueva-c9f]

Excellent video!!! Thanks.

[@TheExcellentLaborer]

You’re welcome. I appreciate it!

[@natew.5511]

For those of you wiring a Watkins (HotSpring/Caldera) tub, it's wired differently than just about all other makes. Watkins supplies the subpanel with GFCI breakers with their tubs. The pre delivery instructions detail how to wire a Watkins tub. Namely, a 50 amp double pole non GFCI breaker is installed in the main dervice panel. Watkins then says 8 guage wire is run to the supplied subpanel/disconnect (I used 6 guage THHN/THWN-2 in conduit) and from the subpanel to the tub 10 guage and 12 guage is used (the breakers are 20 and 30 amp double pole GFCIs). The 30 amp powers the jet pumps and the 20 amp powers the 4 kw heater. The ground wire is 8 guage and goes from the tub back to the main service panel (it's NOT connected to the neutral bar in the subpanel). Use the subpanel ground bar.

[@Rocco-nu1ui]

So I am wiring a Grandee next week. I will need to run 3 wire gage 10 and a ground gage 10, plus 2 wires gage 12 from the disc to the spa. Correct??

[@edzo1988]

Excellent video

[@lettersandlove]

Great detail! Thanks for sharing!

[@TheExcellentLaborer]

Thank you! I hope it helps!

[@Babak.Abdehagh]

It was very helpful, Thanks 🙏

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YAY NEW VIDEO

[@TheExcellentLaborer]

Yes! I’m glad I can keep the videos coming. Thanks for watching!

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[@DistantHornProductions1]

@@TheExcellentLaborer because of you, I’ve done so many things I never thought I could ever do. Love the videos man!

[@zekenzy6486]

Great video. Thank you for sharing

[@TheExcellentLaborer]

You’re welcome. Thank you!

[@dougschadel8094]

Good stuff 😊👍

[@TheExcellentLaborer]

Thanks, Doug! I appreciate it!

[@daroldw4606]

Can you create an LED light install video? 😁 Like the under counter type.

[@MrGermanjazzfan]

Great job explaining

[@sameernelson9684]

Great work, you kick azz 😊.

[@humbert1010]

Hey when connecting the hot tub ,does it matter red or black where it goes ? they're both hot correct ?

[@aksuarezjd]

Yes, although in a trade school environment, the left (phase 1) is always black and phase 2 (right) is red. Is not important here but in other situations is somewhat of interest to people "down the line". And, if you are an old OCD veteran like me 🤣 I always look at the two feeders and check that my left terminal from the buss bar gets the black 🤣🤣🤣VA gives me pills but not a high dose, so is a habit I learned from a super detailed mentor in my youth (my dad).

[@fuegoman45]

That’s an expensive bundle of 6/3 wire 😂🤙❤️

[@humbert1010]

Hey great video, can I use 6 gauge from the panel to cut off box to the hot tub ?

[@Eneas1976]

Thanks so much!

[@BZ1340]

Our tub was a 30 and a 20 amp GFCI breaker to feed the tub from the spa Pack disconnect

[@TheExcellentLaborer]

Yes, there are lots of different wiring orientations for hot tubs depending on the model. Thanks for watching!

[@natew.5511]

That's a Watkins tub!

[@brianschraad5956]

Love the video! I had a local electrician hook my 60 amp hot tub up and he used a 50amp 120/240 gcfi breaker. Does that check out?

[@aksuarezjd]

Four reasons, the wire used is rated for 50 amps, the length of the run is far from the main panel and reduces amp capacity (feet/C degrees), or he did a load test and based on your meter and distribution panel he wanted to limit it to 80%, your equipment is rated for 50amp or less. Yet, perhaps, if everything else was not a problem, he did not have any 60 amp breakers left 🤣🤣😂

[@davidpenfold8743]

thank you

[@TheExcellentLaborer]

You are welcome!

[@darkknight4539]

Was a great video. I'm going to attempt to install my whip for my hot tub to 50 amp GFI outdoor already set up for a previous hot tub what gauge wire did you use for your whip?

[@bxu789]

Why do you need two 50A breakers , one in the main panel, the other one in the Square D sub panel?

[@TheExcellentLaborer]

Some areas may allow you to place a 50 amp breaker that is GFCI in the main or sub panel and not have the disconnect within a visual distance from the hot tub. In my case, I had to have the spa panel within visible range from the hot tub. I hope that helps!

[@BrianHinton-w3o]

Is that wire rated for wet location? Everything is ready it says to use thhn wire.

[@RosembeltVillanueva-c9f]

I see the liquid tight conduit under the spa but I don't see it sticking out on the GFI box side, did you not run it all the way? Or is it not needed?

[@natew.5511]

LiquidTite houses the wires from where the conduit exits the concrete pad (or from where the conduit running along the side of the tub ends next to the equipment compartment) and for the 2 or 3 feet from there to the control box inside the tub equipment compartment. There can ne some pretty tight bends and this is the easiest, neatest way.

[@TerryLynnburnsJr]

You can teach me how to do electrical work

[@mr.redneck2715]

What if there is no neutral on the hotub?

[@lakorai2]

Hot-hot-neutral-ground

[@Tim_Gravy]

What hottub did you get? And are u enjoying it?

[@natew.5511]

I think I saaw Balboa on the control unit.

[@hatimaitelmahni]

Salam, I am Elias from Morocco, I am being an electrician, I want to ask you about how I can work in America or Canada and I am in Morocco, how is that

[@PvMTerry]

Why does your garage door handle look upside down

[@JorgeSantos-uw3gk]

220V? I thought USA was either 120V or 240V

[@ocularperception]

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[@garypic4083]

500 gal petri dish

[@robertscott5458]

Only thing I hate about your video's are that you keep saying that you are going to do this, and then I'm going to do this , I think we all can see what you are doing so you don't need to say now I'm going to do this ,and then I'm going to do this ect, ect, ect.

[@TheExcellentLaborer]

I truly appreciate your feedback. I actually have got this as a comment before. I’m trying to work on it with each video. It’s a hard habit to break. I apologize. Stay tuned for more videos and hopefully I get it a little bit less repetitive. Thank you!

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[@MrJlough8788]

I've watched your videos for years now and you've truly saved me a ton of money while building my own house. I don't even notice you saying that any more since the content is so clear and easy to follow. Keep doing what you're doing.

[@garycornelisse9228]

I like the way you do your videos. I like that you say "I'm going to do this,"and then do it. I'm 83 years old and did my first electrical work when I was 13 years old in my father's machine shop. I would have liked that kind of detail back then. Eventually I was in the building and remodeling business for 60 years and did the majority of the electrical work on my own jobs, and it was a challenge to teach new people what to do. Your videos are perfect the way they are for new or younger people wanting to learn. The way you do your videos, you are teaching people how to understand the order in which the job should be done. Thinking out loud is a good way to teach, and your videos are about teaching.

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I wouldn’t sweat it. You have people watching that are new. Explaining what you do helps people follow the process.

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