How do outdoor hot tubs work?

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Hannah

Like how do they bubble, were is the electric? Confused lol.

Answer
You have to have an electrician come and wire it up for you. Other than that most hottubs are compatible indoors or outdoors. They work exactly the same as an indoor one.

One prong on a three-prong plug overheated and the outlet is ruined. What could cause this?

Houyhnhnm

Outdoor outlet, 110 volts, 20 amps. The circuit is dedicated to a small hot tub. It draws 1500 watts intermittently for the heater and a few watts continually for the circulating pump. Outlet is regular outdoor type with a plastic cover, and GFI plug. One night I noticed power was off. One prong was charred, with plastic melted around it, and melted plastic in the outlet. Breaker on panel wasn't tripped. No evidence of a power surge anywhere else. Any ideas on what's going on and what I should do to correct would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Houyhnhnm
Thanks to all for your info. I have replaced the outlet and the plug/cord, and it's working fine now.

Vincent mentioned problems with P&S. Both the old and new outlets are Leviton.

All the answers were good and I don't know which to pick, so I'm putting it to the voters.

Thanks again,
Houyhnhnm

Answer
Make sure you have COPPER wire, and that all the connections are nice and tight. Replace the plug all the way to the hot tub, as well as the GFI

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