Above ground swimming pool electrical wiring diagram. For round pools take the diameter of your pool and add two feet then multiply by 314 finally add 25 feet to that. All electrical outlets around an above ground pool must be properly grounded to prevent. If electric is required to supply a pool filter pump motor or a pool low voltage underwater light fixture listed and labeled for us with a storable pool that is 42 deep or less nec article 6804 then your pool equipment must be served by a gfci protected receptacle with an in use bubble shield type. 2017 national electrical code sps 316 swimming pool wiring nec article 680 6805 gfcis may be either circuit breakers or receptacle type.
How to run underground wiring to a. If a pump motor receptacle is located between 6 10 from the inside pool wall the receptacle must be a single twist lock outlet grounded and gfci protected. How to install your above ground pool electrical dennis. Collection of swimming pool electrical wiring diagram.
No further than 20 feet from the outside of the pool wall. How to bond an above ground swimming pool determine how much 8 bare solid copper wire you will require for the job and how many bonding lugs. Can be existing andor wired with any approved wiring method see diagram 2 2a b. Plug in the pool pump and cover it with a weatherproof cover.
Connect an 8 gauge wire to the metal posts of the pool the pump and the metal plate on the skimmer and then wire that to the pump to bond the entire pool. 10 horizontal from the pool wall. Cord length for a pump motor is 3 except for storable pools. Ground or partially in the ground and all others capable of holding water with a depth greater than 42 inches 1067 mm 1 pool pump receptacle outlet and wiring method a.
Electrical question from sue about electrical codes for an above ground pool background. A wiring diagram is a simplified conventional photographic representation of an electrical circuit. Bonding an above ground swimming pool. Convenience receptacle outlet shall separate from the pool pump receptacle wiring.
There is no metal on the pool supports. This old house 779080 views. All above ground pools must have a water filtering system which uses a pump powered by an electric motor to remove contaminants from the water. With the main service off to the house wire in gfci circuit breakers to the electrical panel.
The only electrical requirements to a storable above ground pool are as follows. Convenience receptacle outlet must be gfci ground fault protected. 6809 overhead wire clearance is min.