680.21 Motors

[stickboy1375]

This code has bugged me for years, Why is it that I have to keep a cord on a pool-associated motor limited to 3' in length? I still can't install the receptacle less than 5' from the pool edge... do they think someone is going to pick the thing up and throw it into the pool? I just wanted some opinions on this...

 

[wireman3736]

I see I'm not the only one bugged by this,

 

[stickboy1375]

isn't it the biggest pain

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

What is the big stink?

 

[stickboy1375]

well for one, when you show up to wire the pool, (usually an above ground pool for me) the installers left the pump too close to the pool so when I install my outlet 5' away from the pool the cord isn't long enough to reach the receptacle. but maybe that just happens to me

 

[stickboy1375]

I just wanna know the reasoning behind the 3' length....

 

[wireman3736]

What is the big stink?

I guess the big stink I have is above ground pools come with a cord that has a regular grounding attachment cap on it, It's not long enough to reach a receptacle 10' away, now to bring a receptacle 5' away you have to cut it off and put a locking cap on it. Possibly this is voiding the listing on the pump, I know this has been discussed many times on this site.
I guess this has nothing to do with a 3' cord but more with the cords that come on most above ground pool pumps.

 

[celtic]

I just wanna know the reasoning behind the 3' length....

I'm really streching here(no pun)....take a look at this image....what do you think?

Mike has a .pdf on pool's...have you seen it?
http://www.mikeholt.com/files/PDF/Pooldownload.pdf

 

[stickboy1375]

I dont know, i'm pretty sure the cord length used to be 4' in length.... then they changed it to 3', I don't know about you but I do alot of pools in the summer, and that 3' rule gets me every time...