Pond bubbler GFCI or not?

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ultramegabob

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I am going to connect a pond bubbler in a neighborhood shared pond. It is going to be fed with a 20 amp 240 volt circuit and will be hard wired. the motor sits inside a plastic enclosure and pumps air through plastic lines into the water. Does it need to be fed with a GFCI breaker? where would I look in the codebook for reference thanks...
 
Thanks for your quick reply, but it isn't a submersible pump, it is mounted in a box up on the shore and pumps air through plastic tubes to bubble air into the water to help control alge, it is a very large pond not a pool or fountain, the people that live around it call it a lake...
 
ultramegabob said:
It looks like article 682 is where I should find my answer....
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I agree, what you discribe would fall under Article 682 not 680.

I don't see a requirement for a hardwired pump to be GFCI protected but if you do not provided GFCI protection then you would need to have an equipotential plane installed around the equipment. (See 682.33(A) & (B))

Chris
 
In 682.15 it looks like GFCI protection is only needed for 125-250v 15 and 20 amp receptacles, so if my air pump is hard wired am I correct in believeing no GFCI breaker is required?
 
My bad..... I was picturing the pump submerged in the water. And the other thing I now realize is that there is no fountain associated with the pond. Therefore, I concede that you both are correct. All things considered under article 682 it would not require GFCI protection. This is why I like this forum. I learn something every time I get on it.
 
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