Okay. That helps a lot. Now I'm ready to do my wiring. Now I hope someone will answer about my plumbing in plumbing threadThe green wire should be connected to everything, the GFCI ground, the timer ground, the outlet ground and the pump ground.
Okay. That helps a lot. Now I'm ready to do my wiring. Now I hope someone will answer about my plumbing in plumbing threadThe green wire should be connected to everything, the GFCI ground, the timer ground, the outlet ground and the pump ground.
Grounding what??????? A ground rod will not clear a fault. In fact, you can drive a dozen rods and they, all connected together, will not clear a fault. Several years ago, I got into quite a heated discussion about this. To prove my point, I drove a standard 10' ground rod, connected a 12 gage wire directly to it from a 20 amp breaker. I then asked my "buddy" to turn the breaker on. He refused to, saying that it would cause a dead short and possibly an ark flash. So, I turned it on....Guess what?, nothing happened. I put my clamp-on amp meter on the line and barely registered 1 amp draw. One of the most common myths in electricity is that electricity seeks ground. It does not. It seeks its source. In the case of residential electricity that source is the zero reference center tap on the pole mounted transformer at the street.My neighbor just did his electrical work on the pool and he pounded about 5 ft of galvanized pipe into the ground next to his motor. He told me it is for grounding.
But I will do as you guys said. Run green wire back to the circuit panel.
Almost forgot. My filter motor is 115V and 12Amp. So I should be fine with 15Amp breaker in the circuit box?
Also let me get everything cleared here. By consultation with one of the guys in electrical department at my local store, I decided to go with the GFCI that is in line and outside the circuit panel. ( I know I change my mind a lot). I run 3 wires: black(hot),white (neutral) and green (ground). So I will have GFCI , timer and receptacle installed. I run black,white and green wire to the GFCI next black and white to timer next to receptacle. Green wire runs out of gfci straight to pump receptacle. Is that correct?
He run a green wire from motor to the rodGrounding what???????
He run a green wire from motor to the rod
Thank You.Twist lock plugs are required for pool pumps nearly everywhere these days.
Also I have not backfilled the pool yet. So can I just place a bonding copper wire around and then backfill ? The copper wire will be buried about 2 feet under ground.