Not sure if this is the right forum (electric versus landscaping).
I like to put a hot tub in my backyard. When my house was build, in 1958, overhead lines where strung everywhere. Two sides of my yard have power poles with lines and the service to the house cuts right across the backyard.
I do have a place in my backyard that may work, but according to the hot tub place, there can not be any power line within 10 feet of the hot tub. If you walk out 10 feet from the edges of the hot tub and you lookup, you can not have any power lines between you and the hot tub.
I have 10 feet on three sides, but 7 on the fourth side (best I can do in my backyard). My question, if I could put a gazebo over the hot tub, would that help? If a power line happens to fall, not likely in So Cal as we have no ice, it would fall over the gazebo.
I have also heard that as long as there are no power lines over the hot tub, you will be okay. I was told by another person that this really pertains to large pools in which items like skimmers would be used. I long skimmer pole could touch the power lines. Something you would not use in a hot tub.
Trying to plan all this out before I make a purchase.
I like to put a hot tub in my backyard. When my house was build, in 1958, overhead lines where strung everywhere. Two sides of my yard have power poles with lines and the service to the house cuts right across the backyard.
I do have a place in my backyard that may work, but according to the hot tub place, there can not be any power line within 10 feet of the hot tub. If you walk out 10 feet from the edges of the hot tub and you lookup, you can not have any power lines between you and the hot tub.
I have 10 feet on three sides, but 7 on the fourth side (best I can do in my backyard). My question, if I could put a gazebo over the hot tub, would that help? If a power line happens to fall, not likely in So Cal as we have no ice, it would fall over the gazebo.
I have also heard that as long as there are no power lines over the hot tub, you will be okay. I was told by another person that this really pertains to large pools in which items like skimmers would be used. I long skimmer pole could touch the power lines. Something you would not use in a hot tub.
Trying to plan all this out before I make a purchase.