My patio project is nearing completion, so in the next two or three weeks I'm expecting to re-claim my backyard and be able to put up our pool. In addition to gaining a useable outdoor entertainment space by way of a covered patio, I am also hoping to have a heated pool in the yard. Other than having had an Intex for two years (and keeping it clear using Bleach and Intex equipment) I know nothing about pools, nothing about pool equipment, and neither my husband nor I have an ounce of mechanical ability -- so while the water chemistry of a pool is not a fear anymore for me, everything else about this is.
I will have a metal frame style Intex. I am not planning to use the Intex pump/filter this year. Rather, I intend to buy "real" pool equipment for use on the Intex. Something along these lines:
RayPak 200,000 btu natural gas heater with electronic ignition (I'm getting it free, but it is used and broken at the moment)
Pentair Clean and Clear 200 sq. ft. cartridge filter
Pentair Optiflo 1 HP 2 Speed pump (still need to figure out if need horizontal or vertical)
Intex SWG
I am trying to coordinate with my electrician so that he can get all the covered patio stuff done, and also be ready with the pool portion of it when I'm ready to finally put up the pool. I spoke to him tonight, and came away with questions and concerns that all this effort to get a heated pool will result in an unsafe situation rather than a fun backyard for the family.
I have stumped my electrician by having an Intex pool that will be taken down off-season, but that has equipment that normally would be on a permanent AG. I have asked him if it needs to be bonded, and I think he is unsure. He will be running GFI outlets out to the pool area. The pool equipment is likely going to be along my back garage wall, next to the air conditioner. The pool is going to be about 20 - 30 feet away from the pool pad, but close to soon-to-be-poured concrete I assume will have rebar or mesh in it. I'll eventually run the water underground, but for this year it might be hoses strung across grass, mud, or concrete to the equipment. I wish I had a picture handy - I can post one if it would be useful to see the physical lay out.
QUESTION: What should my electrician be doing to ensure the pool and equipment are safe from an electrocution standpoint? I am asking from the perspective of wanting to know how to make it safe, even if "code" doesn't require something because of the temporary nature of the pool. I do trust my electrician, as I know him to have an excellent reputation with our City codes people and he has bonded inground pools. He is just a little thrown by this hybrid situation, for lack of a better word. Oh -- not sure if this is important: the ladder has metal legs and since it has no lock or anything we just take it out of the pool when we don't want anyone using the pool. If the ladder has to be bonded, how would this be done given that it goes in and out of the pool and gets stored away from the pool.
Thanks for any input I can pass along.
I will have a metal frame style Intex. I am not planning to use the Intex pump/filter this year. Rather, I intend to buy "real" pool equipment for use on the Intex. Something along these lines:
RayPak 200,000 btu natural gas heater with electronic ignition (I'm getting it free, but it is used and broken at the moment)
Pentair Clean and Clear 200 sq. ft. cartridge filter
Pentair Optiflo 1 HP 2 Speed pump (still need to figure out if need horizontal or vertical)
Intex SWG
I am trying to coordinate with my electrician so that he can get all the covered patio stuff done, and also be ready with the pool portion of it when I'm ready to finally put up the pool. I spoke to him tonight, and came away with questions and concerns that all this effort to get a heated pool will result in an unsafe situation rather than a fun backyard for the family.
I have stumped my electrician by having an Intex pool that will be taken down off-season, but that has equipment that normally would be on a permanent AG. I have asked him if it needs to be bonded, and I think he is unsure. He will be running GFI outlets out to the pool area. The pool equipment is likely going to be along my back garage wall, next to the air conditioner. The pool is going to be about 20 - 30 feet away from the pool pad, but close to soon-to-be-poured concrete I assume will have rebar or mesh in it. I'll eventually run the water underground, but for this year it might be hoses strung across grass, mud, or concrete to the equipment. I wish I had a picture handy - I can post one if it would be useful to see the physical lay out.
QUESTION: What should my electrician be doing to ensure the pool and equipment are safe from an electrocution standpoint? I am asking from the perspective of wanting to know how to make it safe, even if "code" doesn't require something because of the temporary nature of the pool. I do trust my electrician, as I know him to have an excellent reputation with our City codes people and he has bonded inground pools. He is just a little thrown by this hybrid situation, for lack of a better word. Oh -- not sure if this is important: the ladder has metal legs and since it has no lock or anything we just take it out of the pool when we don't want anyone using the pool. If the ladder has to be bonded, how would this be done given that it goes in and out of the pool and gets stored away from the pool.
Thanks for any input I can pass along.