"J" wrote in message
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First off, don't worry, I plan to hire an electrician since I'm not
comfortable messing with the main breaker box. I just want to know about
feasibility and difficulty (or ease) of this proposition before making a
choice on a new hot tub.

We recently removed our old dead hot tub from our deck. When we got it, we
had an electrician install a dedicated 220V, 50 amp circuit. It has a
breaker in the breaker box, and another breaker and cut-off switch outside
on the side of the house in a separate box - about 10' from the tub. This
was done about 5 years ago, so the wiring is pretty new. The tub itself
was older and used when we got it, but the price was right (free - plus the
cost for moving and wiring). It served us well, but gave up the ghost last
year. Now we're looking for a replacement and have been looking at smaller
hot tubs. Most of them seem to be of the 110V "Plug-n-play" variety,
though they say they do require a 15amp dedicated circuit.

Since the wiring for the old tub is all already there (I think it's 6
gauge, 4 wire) - even though it would be total over-kill, would it be an
easy thing to convert this circuit to be a 110V, 15 amp circuit? Basically
as simple as putting in new breakers of the appropriate amperage, and
adding a receptacle to the end of the wire (previously it was wired
directly into the tub)?


Depending on the electrical code, it may be as siimple as replacing the
breaker on the outside box to a 15 amp breaker if it is actually a 4 wire
circuit. The 2 hots, neutral and ground.