Mattt97
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- Location
- Washington
- Occupation
- Homeowner
I have not yet bonded our Above Ground Pool. This is going to happen in the next few weeks, Summer is coming slowly here.
I was getting everything set up this weekend with a new pump filter and had recently watched Mike Holt's videos and read the new NEC code on Bonding Pools. So, I thought it might be a good time to take some (Ohms setting) voltage readings of the various parts of our pool, metal uprights, pump, etc. vs. the water. Everything was surprisingly showing zero volts on my multimeter. That was some good news.
Then I thought I would touch one of the hose clamps that holds the discharge hose leading into the pump. It was fluctuating between 1v and 5v. That was weird. So, I tried a different hose clamp that was in the exact same part of the system leading to the exact same inlet to the exact same pump and it read 0v.
So, next I shut off the pump and disconnected it from the power source, so there was no electricity flowing anywhere near the pool and tested it again. I got the same set of readings from all of the sources that I tested; including the hose clamps. The original 0v hose clamp still had the same 0v reading. The 1v to 5v hose clamp still had the same reading, with no electricity being used anywhere nearby.
Does anyone with more electrical experience have any ideas what might cause these random voltage readings? Thank you for your help in advance, I am out of my depth.
I was getting everything set up this weekend with a new pump filter and had recently watched Mike Holt's videos and read the new NEC code on Bonding Pools. So, I thought it might be a good time to take some (Ohms setting) voltage readings of the various parts of our pool, metal uprights, pump, etc. vs. the water. Everything was surprisingly showing zero volts on my multimeter. That was some good news.
Then I thought I would touch one of the hose clamps that holds the discharge hose leading into the pump. It was fluctuating between 1v and 5v. That was weird. So, I tried a different hose clamp that was in the exact same part of the system leading to the exact same inlet to the exact same pump and it read 0v.
So, next I shut off the pump and disconnected it from the power source, so there was no electricity flowing anywhere near the pool and tested it again. I got the same set of readings from all of the sources that I tested; including the hose clamps. The original 0v hose clamp still had the same 0v reading. The 1v to 5v hose clamp still had the same reading, with no electricity being used anywhere nearby.
Does anyone with more electrical experience have any ideas what might cause these random voltage readings? Thank you for your help in advance, I am out of my depth.
