pool bonding questions

[shputnik]

I will run the solid #8 copper 18-24 inches around the above ground pool at 4 to six inches deep....I will bond the pool pump motor... completing a full circle around the pool

I need to bond four points around the pool....the ladder is plastic....
I will bond the water in the skimmer via the listed plate....

My question is the pool liner is metal....but the vertical structural supports are plastic...

.am I missing something?

Is there a way to bond the metal liner?

Also...there is a low voltage light that is part of the jet... The jet brings the filtered water back into the pool....I plan on mounting the transformer 6 feet away and plugging it into single outlet that will be on the same circuit as the pool pump....

I looked and I didn't see a way to bond the light or the transformer....I saw nothing in the directions....does it have something to do with the isolated secondary winding of the transformer?

Thanks

 

[Little Bill]

Are you sure the supports aren't metal encased in plastic? I've done a few pools and never saw plastic supports. They are usually open during the rough and I hit 4 of them spaced equally apart around the pool.
The light doesn't need bonding. The transformer must be one "listed" and "labeled" as a pool or spa transformer. They usually have a lug on the outside, or you can add a lug for bonding.

 

[mopowr steve]

Last pool I did had plastic/fiberglass upright supports but the shell was still sheet metal, I at least put a lug on the very top-most bolt hole that bolts the shell together.
So yeah, what to do about that.

 

[shputnik]

Last pool I did had plastic/fiberglass upright supports but the shell was still sheet metal, I at least put a lug on the very top-most bolt hole that bolts the shell together.
So yeah, what to do about that.

What do you mean a lug on the very top most bolt hole?

 

[Little Bill]

What do you mean a lug on the very top most bolt hole?

I think he's talking about removing one of the bolts that holds the metal sections together and either using the bolt that was removed or installing another with a nut and bolting on a lug. At least that's what I have done in the past with metal sided pools.

 

[shputnik]

I think he's talking about removing one of the bolts that holds the metal sections together and either using the bolt that was removed or installing another with a nut and bolting on a lug. At least that's what I have done in the past with metal sided pools.

That would be only one spot though not four...how would typically handle this?

Thanks

 

[Dennis Alwon]

Firstly, I assume the pool is deeper than 42". It seems hard to believe that a pool that needs bonding on the corners is not designed to be bonded.

Without seeing the pool I can only guess as what to do but if it is a metal liner than you need to bond it somehow. Call the manufacturer and ask them about it.

 

[Timy]

I did an inspection on a pool[Endless Pool] a few weeks ago. The pool is built with a metal frame like your describing. The manufacture has a bonding kit that comes with the pool. You might give your manufacture a shout and see if they have a bond kit for your pool.

 

[Little Bill]

That would be only one spot though not four...how would typically handle this?

Thanks

You do this at 4 DIFFERENT SPOTS!
There are several sections bolted together, (if it's the type I'm used to seeing) you take a bolt out and add a lug at 4 separate areas equally spaced around the pool.

 

[mopowr steve]

Well actually the metal surround is only one piece with a bunch of holes for bolting it apon itself at one location.
Which I guess one could drill additional holes in it to get the 4points. Though I would have had to dismantle the top rail then the upright supports to get a bonding wire up to where I could drill a bolt/lug. None of the pools I’ve seen seem to have any clear cut bonding apparatus come with them like it’s taboo, WHY? When pool bonding been around for some time.