Is listing required? Might still be simple to just buy such a product, but that looks pretty easy to fabricate in a pinch.There are listed products to bond the pool water...
This is one of many
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Is listing required? Might still be simple to just buy such a product, but that looks pretty easy to fabricate in a pinch.
I knew that other bonded items in the water could get it done - 9 square inches is maybe the key - if fitting is under 9 square inches but still listed for bonding the water - I don't see how it can be rejected. If it is more then 9 square inches I don't see how it can be rejected whether listed or not, needs the attachment method of the bonding conductor to at least be "approved" though. How do you turn down a listed lug attached to a stud welded to the pipe or fitting?If the OP has other bonded items such as a ladder, etc in direct contact with the pool water that is at least 9 square inches of surface area, that can serve as water bonding in lieu of a special fitting.
If the OP has other bonded items such as a ladder, etc in direct contact with the pool water that is at least 9 square inches of surface area, that can serve as water bonding in lieu of a special fitting.
Yeah until the metal ladder is replaced with a nonconductive ladder. IMO, best to have the bonding at the pump area.
There is no requirement in the code that future changes be accomodated.
If the pump is not running is the water in the pipe still in contact with the water in the pool? If it is on the suction side it probably is. On the downstream side maybe not.
I think that the listed products ensure that the item is in contact with the water when the pump is off but I am not sure. I have seen some products that advertise that they are in contact with the water when the pump is off.
Btw, I know there is no code req. for future changes, that is why I said IMO....
That is going to depend on placement to some degree. If located in a section of pipe that happens to drain when pump isn't running - it will never bond the water when pump isn't running no matter how many different listing criteria it may comply with.I think that the listed products ensure that the item is in contact with the water when the pump is off but I am not sure. I have seen some products that advertise that they are in contact with the water when the pump is off.
Btw, I know there is no code req. for future changes, that is why I said IMO....
I don't think you have any choice, if you have a fixed metal ladder it will have a connection to the equipotential bonding system in some way. Doesn't mean that connection is normally exposed.I would tend to agree that if I had a pool I would not want the metal ladder to have a wire running from it.
I don't think you have any choice, if you have a fixed metal ladder it will have a connection to the equipotential bonding system in some way. Doesn't mean that connection is normally exposed.
The pools I've wired & inspected, there is a "cup" that is poured into the concrete around the pool.I don't think you have any choice, if you have a fixed metal ladder it will have a connection to the equipotential bonding system in some way. Doesn't mean that connection is normally exposed.
As I said, it depends on placement. If the fitting in question is above the highest level of the pool, I would expect it to drain below that fitting when pump is not running if there are no check valves to prevent this from happening.I am not certain that the water in the pipe disappears just because the pump isn't running. Wouldn't the pressure from the pool water keep the water from pouring back into the pool?