Simple Spa Testing

A Simple Test!
On standby mode an average spa, say 7'x7' and 35" deep will use an average of 14.5 kWh (kiloWatt hours) a day. In California (not accounting for peak power fluctuation) that would come out to $740.00/year to maintain a usable temperature. Spa Search Magazine of Scottsdale AZ put out regional numbers that suggest that a spa could cost as much as $6900.00 over a five year period... Most of that money is leaking out from the cover.

So what is your spa doing when you aren't around? How much money is it belching into the sky while happily slurping juice from the outlet into which it is plugged? Here is a simple test.

1. Heat your spa to 100 degrees and close the cover as securely as you can (weights, wedgies etc...)

2. Note the time and turn off power to the spa at the breaker box.

3. After 24 hours enable power to the spa once more and check the temperature of the water. If it lost 7 degrees or more it's not insulated properly.

This in the long run is costing you money and giving the spa industry a black eye as wasteful and uncaring about shared resources. On a people level, thats just not true.

Say if all the spas in California were loosing 7 degrees or more every 24 hours... PGE has done some thinking on this already, if all spas are as leaky and in-efficient as we know they are, California alone is host to over 40 Million dollars a month going up in steam. Ouch.

Now the pitch... At Coverplay Industries we have spent the last ten years developing our Compression Based Single Hinge Cover Pro System with energy efficiency, ease of use and safety in mind. While eccentric, the thought that an energy efficient spa cover would be of benefit has kept us going when everyone told us we were crazy. And crazy we might be but we have developed the industry standard for energy efficiency in a spa and hot tub covers and lifter systems.

Please check out Coverplay Industries web site for more information on spa covers and cover lifter systems. In our minds it's about Residential Green.