Let's see .... a plastic spa on a wood deck .... just how is one supposed to have a 'step potential?' Just how can you make a equipotential grid out of wood?
In a similar manner, just how do you instal a spa? Why, you take it off the truck and set it on the ground. That's all there is to it. Power? If there's a gas heater, an extension cord will do. Or, have a power line run to a disconnect on the wall - and the HO can just plug it in when he buys the spa 'at a later date.'
What I'm getting at is that there's not much of an opening for enforcement ... of either permit inspections or even contractor licensing.
You might as well pass a law requiring birds to sing on cloudy days. That makes for bad law, as it only creats contempt for all laws.
I am disgusted by innuendo that assumes evil motives to advocates. What about the evil motives on the part of those who sell 'bonding grids?' Just who else do you think will be in the best position to identify issues - apart from those most directly affected?
So where will this all lead? Simple: as things now stand, there is no requirement that spas be listed by anyone. For whatever reasons, the spa industry as a whole -including Jacuzzi itself- has seen no advantage to doing business with UL. Watch for there to next be a proposal to require such listing of spas. Do you believe UL to be composed entirely of angels, with holy motives?
It's not about safety; it's a power grab.
