Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Scrub a dub-dub in a great big "tub"

Jereme didn't go into work on Friday (he worked from home for a few hours in the morning)  so we decided to work on our hot tub.  We got it off craigslist.org for free several months back.  But found out we were going to have to add a breaker box with a main power off for the house... it became a big project.  With the help of my parents we got the electrical stuff all taken care of and passed the inspection.  So we decided to scrub the hot tub and hook it up.  The previous owner said it worked a couple month before we got it, but that it hadn't been used since.  So after getting it all pretty and clean, with the help of my kids, we filled it and tried to start it.  And nothing happened.  
It was looking like we would have to buy a new pump, but while I was at work last night Jereme talked to my parents on the phone and discovered the pump is fine, it just has some wiring issues.  We have a friend bringing over his multi meter later today for us to borrow so that we can get it all fixed... and hopefully it will be in running order when we have company over for the weekend!  That way we can put all the babies (mine and Erika's) to bed and sit out in the hot tub and relax!  The kids are excited about it too!  
I don't have any pictures of Malaki helping because he got drenched when we were scooping water out and went inside to watch a movie, and of course Korinthia was not helping, she was taking a nap.

2 comments:

  1. How fun! You know you're going to have all kinds of friends and family wanting to come over and "hang out" with you now! =)

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  2. Oooh, I love hot tubs! Sorry you're having all that trouble, but it looks pretty nice for a freebie! Hopefully it will all be working soon.

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