Powering Hot Tubs

Energy Conservation

Feb 22, 2011  Comment

Today's question: I am curious to know if the power consumption of a hot tub heater represents a big percentage of the personal consumption during a Yukon winter.

This is a difficult question to answer because it depends on the size and energy efficiency rating of the hot tub, and how often you use it. As a rule of thumb though, if you have a six-person hot tub that you heat all the time but only use a couple of hours a week, and if it is well insulated (has an Arctic Package), then you can probably expect to pay between $60 and $75 a month in electricity costs for the unit in the winter. In the summer it will cost significantly less than that.

That being said, I have heard about one household that includes people who love to take long hot baths. With the installation of a hot tub, they apparently saw a decrease in their power bills because it costs them less to maintain the temperature of the water in the hot tub than it does to heat water for multiple daily baths. This is merely anecdotal though and I have no proof that this would be the case for other households.

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