001 General.
(1) Package spa or hot tubs. Electrical
heating, pumping, filtering, and/or control equipment installed within five
feet of a spa or hot tub must be listed or field evaluated as a package with
the spa or hot tub.
(2) A factory
assembled skid pack of electrical heating, pumping, filtering, and/or control
equipment must be installed more than five feet from a spa or hot tub and must
be listed as a package unit.
(3)
The maintenance disconnect and field installed,
listed electrical equipment for
a hot tub, spa, or swim spa must be located at least five feet from the hot
tub, spa or swim spa. Field installed
listed equipment must meet the following
additional requirements:
(a) The heater is
listed as a "spa heater or swimming pool heater";
(b) The pump is listed as a "spa pump" or
"swimming pool/spa pump" (the pump may be combined with a filter assembly);
and
(c) Other listed equipment such
as panelboards, conduit, and wire are suitable for the environment and comply
with the applicable codes.
(4) Field installed,
listed electrical
equipment for a swimming pool must be located at least five feet from the
swimming pool. Field installed
listed equipment must meet the following
additional requirements:
(a) The heater must
be listed as a "swimming pool heater or a spa heater";
(b) The pump must be listed as a "swimming
pool pump" or "spa pump" or "swimming pool/spa pump"; and
(c) Other equipment such as panelboards,
conduit, and wire must be suitable for the environment and comply with the
applicable codes.
The five foot separation may be reduced by the installation
of a permanent barrier, such as a solid wall, fixed glass windows or doors,
etc. The five foot separation will be determined by the shortest path or route
that a cord can travel from the spa, hot tub, swim spa, or swimming pool to an
object.
(5) The
field assembly or installation of "recognized components" will not be
permitted.
(6) Hydromassage
bathtubs must be listed as a unit and bear a listing mark which reads
"hydromassage bathtub."
(7)
Manufacturers' instructions must be followed as part of the listing
requirements.
(8) Electrical
components which have failed and require replacement must be replaced with
identical products unless the replacement part is no longer available; in which
case, a like-in-kind product may be substituted provided the mechanical and
grounding integrity of the equipment is maintained.
(9) Cut-away-type display models may not be
sold for other than display purposes and are not expected to bear a listing
mark.
070 Hydromassage bathtubs.
(10) For hydromassage bathtubs, the ground
fault circuit interrupter device must be identified as to use and not located
in a building or tub cavity, crawlspace, or attic.
(11) For hydromassage bathtubs, all
electrical equipment installed to support the bathtub (e.g., disconnecting
means, motor, etc.) must be accessible at the same grade level as the tub or
from a landing on the exterior of the building without the use of a ladder or
other access device.
