Hello,
I have a pool that was built in the early 70s in Massachusetts. I'm the second owner of the house and pool since it was built. The first owners are no longer in the area and no way to contact them. The original builder of the pool has passed and can no longer be found. So all that leads me to the questions I have.
We are getting the liner replaced and replaced the old Raypak millivolt heather with a Raypak digital heater. One thing that has come up is the bonding/grounding of the equipment. One suggestion was an 8 foot copper rod driven into the ground and the heater connected to that via copper wire. Seemed easy enough, we purchased the rod and drove it into the ground and connected the wire. Now the heater has been connected to the gas and needs to be plumbed and plugged into the power. Reading other posts it seems this may not be the proper way to handle this. The pump has nothing connected to the external wire clamp. We do have a pool light but it is on the other side of the pool about 45 feet away.
Is there any value in connecting the heater to the rod, connecting the pump to the rod? Is there something else we should have or could have done? Is this a major risk, jump into the pool and fry? So far we have had no issues like that in the pool, but I want to make sure we are not introducing issues. What are the real risks of this? Can someone die, or is it just a nuisance issue or risk of something breaking down too soon? I would like to make sure there are no issues as we are looking to sell the house in a few years, maybe 4 or 5 years. I would not want this to become a major problem derailing the sale.
Thanks everyone, if you have additional questions and I would bet you do, I will do my best to answer them.
I have a pool that was built in the early 70s in Massachusetts. I'm the second owner of the house and pool since it was built. The first owners are no longer in the area and no way to contact them. The original builder of the pool has passed and can no longer be found. So all that leads me to the questions I have.
We are getting the liner replaced and replaced the old Raypak millivolt heather with a Raypak digital heater. One thing that has come up is the bonding/grounding of the equipment. One suggestion was an 8 foot copper rod driven into the ground and the heater connected to that via copper wire. Seemed easy enough, we purchased the rod and drove it into the ground and connected the wire. Now the heater has been connected to the gas and needs to be plumbed and plugged into the power. Reading other posts it seems this may not be the proper way to handle this. The pump has nothing connected to the external wire clamp. We do have a pool light but it is on the other side of the pool about 45 feet away.
Is there any value in connecting the heater to the rod, connecting the pump to the rod? Is there something else we should have or could have done? Is this a major risk, jump into the pool and fry? So far we have had no issues like that in the pool, but I want to make sure we are not introducing issues. What are the real risks of this? Can someone die, or is it just a nuisance issue or risk of something breaking down too soon? I would like to make sure there are no issues as we are looking to sell the house in a few years, maybe 4 or 5 years. I would not want this to become a major problem derailing the sale.
Thanks everyone, if you have additional questions and I would bet you do, I will do my best to answer them.