[Greenbuilding] Hot tubs and recirculating pumps

[Steve Mann]

I have a circulating pump that is supposed to run 2-3 hours per day.  
It works just fine. Our electric bill did not go up significantly. I  
don't know the wattage offhand, but I could take a look if you like.

Regards,
Steve Mann

On Sep 8, 2007, at 12:39 PM, Kevin Dalley wrote:
>

> Many manufacturers use an 85W circulating pump which runs 24
> hours/day.  This pump filters; much of the heat produced by the pump
> is recovered and used to heat the water.
>
> The Marquis tub, by contrast, uses a higher powered pump for
> filtering, the same pump used by the jets.  It uses 3.2A at 230V. The
> official recommendation uses this pump for about 6.5 hours a day, for
> filtering, testing the heat, heating the water.