James86004 said:
You mean we got to rush out and buy a spa, too? What bill was that?
Yes and I'll give you a screaming deal. My goal is to get Adventure Trailers to install one on one of their next trailer designs. Everyone with thier roof top tents...imagine a roof top hot tub!
Reality, no.
Government may be retarded, and though the CPSC hasn't given a ruling on the petition for change, I still have faith hot tubs will be available and as safe as they have been for the past 20 years. The new law goes into affect Dec. 19th. We were supposed to have a ruling last friday, but there is still no word. It would be foolish in this economic time period to willy nilly shut an industry that provides tens of thousands of jobs accross the country.
Congress passed the Virginia Gram Baker act in late 2007 citing new ASTM testing for entrapment. No one anticipated the derating of suction grills to 20% of what they have been rated at for the last 20 years, including the board that wrote the standard. In all honesty I would be supprised if any congressman read it. It was attached as pork to an energy bill that was being pushed through. Even if they had read it, I have full faith that very few of them would have understood what it was talking about.
If the CPSC doesn't resolve the problems with the ruling, all 60k spas sitting in showrooms accross the country will have to be returned to their manufacturer for plumbing changes. Including shipping that could run from $500-$2000 per unit with some spas being impossible to retrofit. The problem is that local building inspectors(yes you are supposed to have one to install a hot tub) are reading the new rule totally wrong and telling spa service companies all over the country to shut down privately owned spas already in the field. Yep they want to come into your home and turn off your big bowl of hot water. :yikes:
