- Location
- Tennessee NEC:2017
- Occupation
- Semi-Retired Electrician
Let me preface this with... I have not went to investigate nor did I witness any of the things that I was told happened.
I wired a swimming pool a month or so ago. The pool installers didn't have anything ready for me to run the equipment that I wired so all I know is the voltage to each item was correct and wired properly.
I got a call from the HO saying their doorbell started ringing one night with no one at the door. They said also their phone started ringing but with a strange ring. I don't know how many times this happened but somewhere along the line they said they noticed these things whenever the pool pump would come on.:huh:
Now, the pool equipment is powered from a subpanel that I set close to the equipment. The pool (sub)panel is fed from another subpanel that is in a barn about 85' from the pool. The barn subpanel is fed from the house main panel about 125' away.
So the doorbell and phone are in the house with no connection to the pool panel other than through the panel in the barn.
The HO couldn't tell me if the doorbell was wireless or hardwired and wasn't sure if the phone that was ringing was cordless or standard corded phone.
If the pump motor could be causing this, how would this happen and how could it be doing it so far away from the house.
Let me add that the pool pump is powered through a salt generator with a built-in timer. Not that it matters but the salt generator is also fed through a timer. I put the timer in because I wasn't told the salt system had it's own timer.
I wired a swimming pool a month or so ago. The pool installers didn't have anything ready for me to run the equipment that I wired so all I know is the voltage to each item was correct and wired properly.
I got a call from the HO saying their doorbell started ringing one night with no one at the door. They said also their phone started ringing but with a strange ring. I don't know how many times this happened but somewhere along the line they said they noticed these things whenever the pool pump would come on.:huh:
Now, the pool equipment is powered from a subpanel that I set close to the equipment. The pool (sub)panel is fed from another subpanel that is in a barn about 85' from the pool. The barn subpanel is fed from the house main panel about 125' away.
So the doorbell and phone are in the house with no connection to the pool panel other than through the panel in the barn.
The HO couldn't tell me if the doorbell was wireless or hardwired and wasn't sure if the phone that was ringing was cordless or standard corded phone.
If the pump motor could be causing this, how would this happen and how could it be doing it so far away from the house.
Let me add that the pool pump is powered through a salt generator with a built-in timer. Not that it matters but the salt generator is also fed through a timer. I put the timer in because I wasn't told the salt system had it's own timer.