Another pool bonding question
- Thread starter WirenutGP
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I say no the table you've posted is not for bonding jumpers. Others may feel differently.
stickboy1375
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infinity said:
Of course I usually just try and install it in the same trench as the motor branch circuit and pool lights...
While it may be considered a bonding jumper the wire is a bare conductor.
Got into this at work the other day. Usually the equipment is closer to the pool so we'd just lay it under the turf but with the distance on this one it's hard to tell what might get planted in the yard.
300.5(D) says a direct buried conductor is to be protected from damage according to (1) through (5). 300.5(D)1 states the minimum cover is required by Table 300.5 and is to be protected up to 8'.
Second question would be, how do you sleeve the wire from below grade to the pump?
Geez, never worried about before. Guess that's what happens when you start reading the codes. :roll:
Got into this at work the other day. Usually the equipment is closer to the pool so we'd just lay it under the turf but with the distance on this one it's hard to tell what might get planted in the yard.
300.5(D) says a direct buried conductor is to be protected from damage according to (1) through (5). 300.5(D)1 states the minimum cover is required by Table 300.5 and is to be protected up to 8'.
Second question would be, how do you sleeve the wire from below grade to the pump?
Geez, never worried about before. Guess that's what happens when you start reading the codes. :roll:
tonyou812
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I would say no . When we install a bonding mat under pavers its not buried according to 300.5. so why should the other?WirenutGP said:
tonyou812 said:
Plus the pool loop is only 4" to 6" deep [680.26(B)(2)(b)(5)].
What I find interesting is the difference between 300.5(D)+(D)(1) and T300.5
300.5(D)+(D)(1) use the word "Direct-buried"
T300.5 uses the word "Direct Burial"
Equipotential grounding wires [+ electrode grounding wires] are "Direct-buried", at times, but they are not rated as "Direct Burial" conductors. . I believe that "Direct Burial" refers to the rating of the insulation, which equipotential wires have none.
This appears to be another instance where a CMP wasn't careful enough to be exact.
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