I repaired a leak in the hot tub pipes just last month. Because I used several Fernco connectors when I initially replaced the cracked jet body last fall, a weakness in this repair keeps happening.
Since the repair we were reluctant to turn the high jets back on but today with my grandson we could not resist. Just like last time the Fernco let loose and started to leak. This time I didn’t wait to look at it and retighten it. The problem seems to be that these two pipes have separated enough the the connector no longer sits completely on the bottom pipe. I loosen both clamps and slide it down and retighten and that works but water streams out while I’m doing it. I had to add water again and run the heater. Even heating a partial refill took a lot of power.
I downloaded the total spa use of electricity today and it’s a shocking 98.97 kWh!