Thank you for making this video. I found it very useful. And soaking in it in cold weather is my favorite too as the water warms your body and feels so good. And for 110v as long as we keep a good cover on it.
Thanks for the info, I have a hard time finding things on a hot springs spa like ours and this is the first hot tub we have, it's almost the same as yours we have the Sovereign model. Thanks for sharing!
Your tub must be well insulated. Mine runs almost constantly when temps get into the 20's. I do have a question though, did the insulating cover make much of a difference?
It's an old Hot Spring, and they're very well made. We've never used it without the insulating cover but I can only assume it makes a huge difference. We got the most insulation possible. It's about six inches at it's thickest. We also use a thermal blanket directly on the water surface.
That's not a 2011 Hot Spring. It's more like 1991. Tell me the serial number and I'll tell you exactly what it is. Or see my video on Hot Spring serial numbers and you tell me what it is... easy to figure out when you know the number system.
You're correct, it's roughly 1995. I know precisely but I'm not at home. The simple fact is I was nervous doing this off the cuff, so I muffed it. I should have corrected it in post but I'm just an amateur. But the older age just underscores how solidly built Hot Springs spas are. And the point of the video is whether a 110/120V hot tub keeps heat in the winter. It does, even if it's 25 years old.
@@zinaustro I had an '89 Sovereign 120V in an old detached drafty garage on a 15A circuit that had some outlets in the house on that circuit. We would pop the breaker vacuuming sometimes when the tub was heating. To cure this, I unplugged the spa's heater, and turned on the spa's 85W blue light. Circ pump still running. All the rest of January and February, it never got below 70 degrees on light bulb heat in the service compartment. In Wisconsin. Well insulated tubs, 20 years in the Hot Spring service biz.
