Hot tub costing way too much..

marcarm

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

Too many people hear what they want to hear.

Sure, I'd love an omelette if you're making, thanks

davidmcn

Comms69 wrote: »

It depends entirely on the outside factors.

primarily temperature. If your hot tub is totally exposed to the elements, then the amount of electricity needed to maintain the temperature will be much higher

Yes - I can't confess to having done the sums, but even at 6kWh a day, that's an average of only 250W - around here I think that might be just enough to keep the ice off, not to keep it cosily warm.

martin1959

We had a Hot Springs hot tub a few years back and we given the same quote of a £ a day.....absolute rubbish. When I went in some years later, they were still using the same advertising material saying £ a day, but electricity prices had alsmost doubled over the same period so it had to be b******s.
When I pushed I was told it cost £ a day where they were made in California....

Ours averaged £70 per month electricity, we paid extended warranty and with chemicals etc, it averaged about a £100 per month for the winter months when we used it, and we drained it down from May to October...

After 3 years the novelty wore off and we got rid of it.....l

Mslater

One thing I haven’t seen mentioned is the type and rating of the cables providing power to the hot tub.

If the cables are incorrect then they will generate heat. That will in turn cost you money and draw more electricity

hollydays

Hi, no-ones posted on this since February

lockedout69

he raised a valid point.

hollydays

lockedout69 wrote: »

he raised a valid point.

Yet never returned

foxy33

In case anyone still reads this conversation...Octopus Energy have a tariff 'Octopus Go' which has a four-hour period from 12.30a.m. at 5p per KwH (one third of normal).  I program this into my Bestway pump every night and it consumes between 6 and 9 KwH (so 45p maximum) and is almost enough to maintain the temperature over 24 hours in reasonably warm weather.  In cooler weather it needs a bit of a boost, but saves a lot!

theonlywayisup

foxy33 said:

In case anyone still reads this conversation...Octopus Energy have a tariff 'Octopus Go' which has a four-hour period from 12.30a.m. at 5p per KwH (one third of normal).  I program this into my Bestway pump every night and it consumes between 6 and 9 KwH (so 45p maximum) and is almost enough to maintain the temperature over 24 hours in reasonably warm weather.  In cooler weather it needs a bit of a boost, but saves a lot!

This thread is a year old and some. 

Manxman_in_exile

I was watching "Alien: Covenant" the other night, and reading one of these zombie threads is like that bit where they come across that ghost broadcast from the Noomi Rapace character (Dr Elizabeth Shaw?) towards the beginning of the film.

Spooky...