First of all, i would like to point out that i am "not" related to the electrical industry. And yes, i read the AUP, but this board seems to be crawling with folks that have answers to questions related to a situation that i am involved in. Considering i live in rural Texas, please undertand that there simply are no code inspectors here that i can turn to, and the issues i am about to speak of relate to safety issues with perhaps many pools installed in my area..
My swimming pool was installed in August 2005 by a local company by my homes previous owner. it is an in ground, linered pool with unknown wall composition, there is a metal ladder, and 6 metal legs which hold up my slide.
there is a concrete walkway around the pool, that extends from about 3 feet to almost 10 feet at the widest point. the walkway starts at the pools edge and is about 6 inches thick. There is also a bare 8awg copper wire that comes from under the concrete and goes to a lug on the pool pump motor.
Here are the findings of a master electrician who ran a few test on things around the pool.
(a) It was found that there is no connection between the 8awg and other metal surfaces such as pool ladder and legs of slide.
(b) it was found that there is no connection between the metal ladder, and the metal legs of the slide.
Conclusion, well, lol, it appears nothing is grounded, even if the 8awg had been accidentally severed, there would still be continuity between other metal items at the waters edge as they should have been bonded persuant to 680.26, right? me and the master electrician agree on that one, heres the questions though.
Without correct bonding, is my pool really unsafe? i take that the NEC was written for a reason, i know that UL did a TIA on 680 later that year, UL seems to be authoritive. Is the incorrect bonding something that should prompt me to stay out of the pool? what could happen?
The reason i'm asking is because the same installers that installed this pool install about 10 pools per year in my area, and of course i am concerned.
Is NEC 680 something that is madatory for electricians to follow in Texas? well, rural Texas?
Please enlighten me before nuking this thread on AUP violations eh? i've been trying to get answers for over a month on these issues.
My swimming pool was installed in August 2005 by a local company by my homes previous owner. it is an in ground, linered pool with unknown wall composition, there is a metal ladder, and 6 metal legs which hold up my slide.
there is a concrete walkway around the pool, that extends from about 3 feet to almost 10 feet at the widest point. the walkway starts at the pools edge and is about 6 inches thick. There is also a bare 8awg copper wire that comes from under the concrete and goes to a lug on the pool pump motor.
Here are the findings of a master electrician who ran a few test on things around the pool.
(a) It was found that there is no connection between the 8awg and other metal surfaces such as pool ladder and legs of slide.
(b) it was found that there is no connection between the metal ladder, and the metal legs of the slide.
Conclusion, well, lol, it appears nothing is grounded, even if the 8awg had been accidentally severed, there would still be continuity between other metal items at the waters edge as they should have been bonded persuant to 680.26, right? me and the master electrician agree on that one, heres the questions though.
Without correct bonding, is my pool really unsafe? i take that the NEC was written for a reason, i know that UL did a TIA on 680 later that year, UL seems to be authoritive. Is the incorrect bonding something that should prompt me to stay out of the pool? what could happen?
The reason i'm asking is because the same installers that installed this pool install about 10 pools per year in my area, and of course i am concerned.
Is NEC 680 something that is madatory for electricians to follow in Texas? well, rural Texas?
Please enlighten me before nuking this thread on AUP violations eh? i've been trying to get answers for over a month on these issues.