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Hi Phil. It's not an inflatable tub. I've had 2 of those and used them all the time and so have now bought an actual full size "proper" hot tub. The majority of modern hot tubs come in a choice of 32A or 13A models. The 32A still require the whole shabang, standalone circuit, isolation switch...

I'm seeking the advice to give me a higher level of competence. You have not advised to give me knowledge merely judged my ability or lack thereof and pointed it out. If I believed I had the competence without advice I'd have done it by now without asking.

No, but there's also no need to be condescending when people are asking for some guidance.

Firstly, I'm not sure you've read my posts properly... secondly, I'm pretty sure this is a DIY section. Therefore no, I'm not a qualified electrician and am looking for guidance that a couple of people have provided. 

Thank you for that answer Evans Electrical. I've a mate who's a sparky who I've talked to who has said much the same. I appreciate the feedback from all.

It should plug into an external socket with RCD protection.

What I'm saying is that it comes ready to use. It's powered via a 13A plug on the end of a cable. What special thing would you do with that? I'm asking purely for my own learning.

Thank you Steptoe. The hot tub has no special requirements, it's "plug and play" so if you wanted to put it in your front room for instance, you could just plug it into any of the plug sockets (in theory!)

That makes absolute sense and was my concern. Thank you. My second question ProDave , was whether it is ok to extend the old cooker point by swapping the old fuse point for a 13A FCU and running a smaller, standard mains cable? I've looked on various pages and even the pro's seem to be in...

It may be that I haven't explained it properly. Which bits don't make sense? I'll try and explain. I may not have used the correct terminology.

It may be that I haven't explained it properly. Which bits don't make sense? I'll try and explain. I may not have used the correct terminology.

Good morning!!  My quandry this morning is that I am about to install a hot tub in a lean to conservatory on the back of my house. It's a 13amp plug-in hot tub that uses a standard 3 pin UK plug.  My current fuse board board is an old style board with no RCD's so the plug that ultimately gets...