I am buying Hot Tub, which is an American import, and the shop has said it is a 32amp and needs to wire directly into the consumer unit with an RCD.
I was hoping to just plug it into the outside socket on the wall - (which looks like it shares the wires with our cooker as it is the opposite side to the wall) why can i not just do this??
I have a consumer unit which looks old (perhaps 1970's) which uses fuse wire. The shop has said this MAY be too old and could need replacing with a modern one before i get the hot tub. They would do this, and charge me for it. Is this correct??
If it does need replacing, how much should I expect to pay an electrician to do this, and wire in hot tub??
If i can use the existing consumer unit, how much should an electrician charge to just wire in the hot tub??
Thanks for reading my questions, and I hope someone can help out!!!
2006-08-31
07:35:18
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KEVIN M
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