Home inspector pool bonding

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petersonra

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Home inspector on DIY Network show Finders Fixers. Finds bare wire (about a #8 I would guess) attached to bond screw on pool pump. Other end is loose.

Proceeds to pound a copper (he made a special point about it being copper) ground rod in ground next to pump and connects loose end of wire to it.

Told homeowners ground wire is there to soak up electricity that might leak out of the pump housing.
 
Oh my! I'm going to try to TiVo that if I can, and post it on YouTube, so that we can make fun of it for all time.

Home inspectors have their heart in the right place, but sometimes lack a little bit of technical education.
 
I feel sorry for some of those guys. They just seem to act like they know absolutely everything. What ever happened to getting the proper information before making a fool of themselves?
 
Trevor:

I saw that episode a few Saturdays ago as I was napping on the couch, but convinced myself I was having a bad dream. I have seen a few of these MAJOR blunders on these DIY shows.
 
The home inspector show seem to do pretty good with carpentry, plumbing, landscaping, roofing, and most other aspects of home construction. They seem to have a lot of bad ideas about electricity though.
 
A few weeks ago, I caught an electrical project where the 'pro' hooked the wires around the screws in the wrong direction. :rolleyes:
 
I just got done watching a bathrom show. The bathroom was stripped to the studs, but the electrician only ran tails to each device and fixture location, and installed cut-in boxes when the rock was up. That really puzzles me. That's how they do modulars and trailers. How would you get a rough-in inspection when you wire like that?
 
mdshunk said:
I just got done watching a bathrom show. The bathroom was stripped to the studs, but the electrician only ran tails to each device and fixture location, and installed cut-in boxes when the rock was up. That really puzzles me. That's how they do modulars and trailers. How would you get a rough-in inspection when you wire like that?
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I don't think there is a definition of rough-in inspections in the code. my guess is a lot of localities have slightly different procedures. I think I recall they did it this way when my bathroom was remodeled.
 
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