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Originally Posted by Reggie28
Are homeowners now allowed to pull permits for hot tubs? Back in my day, homeowners were not allowed to pull permits for pools/hot tubs and the main service, but were allowed to work on basically anything else. Logic behind it was pools/hot tubs were social items and you run the risk of harming your guests and with the main if you mess up, you run the risk of taking down power to your neighborhood.
One thing to be aware of is the layout of single phase panels. The breaker stabs are typically L1,L2,L2,L1,L1,L2,L2…, you want to install the two pole hot tub breaker so it is attached to L1 and L2.
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Can’t speak to when the rule changed on it but as of a few years ago a friend who has no journeyman or master tickets (engineer tech) was able to pull the electrical permit himself along with his basement as a homeowner.
https://www.calgary.ca/development/h...rical%20permit.
Also if you manage to trip the primary feeder going through your spa pack breaker, branch circuit breaker, main circuit breaker in your panel, through fault the transformer, bayonette fuses on the transformer primary, any auto switching PMH gear with built in protection, any fuse cutouts from lateral poles and finally landing back at your substation feeder breaker.
If you manage to kaboom all those layers of protection, I commend you and want to give you a hug.