Ground rod driven for pool pump

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This really bothers me. An inspector who thinks that installing an 8' ground rod will help to facilitate the opening of an overcurrent device...give me a break...the inspectors are supposed to have some skills.

Also, we do not ground pools, we bond pools. The bonding is to help to create an Equipotential plane that helps to mitigate the potential for shock, regardless of what voltage may be flowing through the earth around the pool at the the time someone may be swimming or walking around the pool.
 
There was an inspector in Albany who used to say "Driving a ground rod at a pool is like saying 'come on lightning, strike right here'." :grin:
 
MKinnes said:
The circuit breaker is a ground fault breaker.
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Is it a ground fault breaker because it must be ( cord and plug pump) or
because you chose to use one. The NEC does not require GFCI for pool pumps if they are direct wire.
 
Pierre C Belarge said:
How about hiring some who may have a clue. I wonder sometimes how these people get hired.
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The inspector (i use the term very loosely) that creates the most trouble from gross negligence in the area where I live never has had any electrical experience at all! He repaired photocopiers and was offered a job by his father-in-law to become an inspector. He started the same day and has been going strong for years now. I've yet to hear of him failing a job. He gets fined quite a bit from the pocos, but he can easily afford those and there's no mechanism to stop him short of him being fired. The company he works for is well staffed with more of the same type. :-? :mad:
 
Pierre C Belarge said:
How about hiring some who may have a clue. I wonder sometimes how these people get hired.
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Pierre,
I do not know. I have worked for several Municipalities and most offer classes and CEU's but most just want their pay check....work ethic I guess. I am 53 yrs. old and taking another Electrical exam. I am not tootin my own horn so to speak but I work with Inspectors all day long that really don't give a Rat's A**......I do not want them around me or around the EC's in this area.
 
wbalsam1 said:
There was an inspector in Albany who used to say "Driving a ground rod at a pool is like saying 'come on lightning, strike right here'." :grin:
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I knew a guy who was fond of saying something that I've shamelessly stolen and use from time to time: The problem is at the pole, 'cause you know the motorcycle ain't got no doors.

It makes about as much sense as the Albany guy's statement. Lightning doesn't search for ground rods. :)
 
georgestolz said:
I knew a guy who was fond of saying something that I've shamelessly stolen and use from time to time: The problem is at the pole, 'cause you know the motorcycle ain't got no doors.

It makes about as much sense as the Albany guy's statement. Lightning doesn't search for ground rods. :)
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I think the least understood part of electricity is grounding. When I got my 1st job as an electrical inspector, years ago, the fellow whose job I took retired after 33 years. When he passed away, his wife gave me all his code book collection. The most underlining and highlighting in all those books was done regarding grounding. I learned a lot from his notes. :)
 
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