pool mild pool shock

[domnic]

SITTING ON POOL DECK. WHEN I TOUCH THE WATER I GET A TINGLE . IS THE WATER ENERGISED OR THE POOL DECK .

 

[winnie]

SITTING ON POOL DECK. WHEN I TOUCH THE WATER I GET A TINGLE . IS THE WATER ENERGISED OR THE POOL DECK .

Yes.

Sorry, smartass answer.

It doesn't matter _which_ is 'energized'; each is energized relative to the other. The problem is that they are not bonded together creating an equipotential system.

A separate issue is where this voltage is coming from. It could be from a fault home's electrical system (eg current leakage from a 'hot' through a fault), a break in a neutral causing energized plumbing, or it could be cause by an external source such as a bad neutral at the POCO transformer or unbalanced neutral current on the POCO primary.

-Jon

 

[Buck Parrish]

Do you have any more details ? Have you cut off the main power to the house ? Or to the pool panel ? How old is the pool ? Concrete in ground or fiberglass ? Metal Hand rails ? Water bond ? Equipotential Bond ? Rebar ?

 

[domnic]

You are sidestepping the question !

 

[oldsparky52]

You are sidestepping the question !

#2 answered. "yes"

You don't know w/out testing with a meter as to what is what.

 

[Buck Parrish]

You are sidestepping the question !

It could be either one. Check out Mike Holts videos on swimming pool bonding (Equipotential Bond) He has a series of at least three. In the mean time don't let little children swim in the pool.

 

[DrSparks]

SITTING ON POOL DECK. WHEN I TOUCH THE WATER I GET A TINGLE . IS THE WATER ENERGISED OR THE POOL DECK .

Yeah that's really bad. Very small currents can cause drowning. Better make sure everything is bonded.

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