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Makes perfect sense. I will test this tonight and let you know. Thanks again Dan!

I will definitely try this. That extra green wire is stranded versus solid. Will that matter or not as long as it is at least #8 AWG?

Just an update while I'm waiting to get a recommended pool electrician out. I decided to disconnect my pump and SWCG from the bare copper wire coming out of the ground at the equipment pad just to see what kind of readings I would get from the analog multimeter. I got the exact same readings...

Well, did a little more testing this evening and I'm not sure what to make of it other than, as almost everyone has said, the bonding wire. I tested the VAC reading between the water and the ladder and of course, there was no reading on either railing or the concrete between the railings. As I...

Thank you Dan! This actually makes perfect sense. Given the fact that when I would disconnect the ground wires from the ground bar in the sub-panel for the pool light and pump I would read no VAC difference on the analog multimeter, I started to wonder if the voltage on the main ground wire...

That is what I was thinking I would have to do originally so I'll definitely be posting about the outcomes.

Thank you Tim. I'm praying that it has to do with something other than the bonding wire. Fingers are crossed.

What is the accuracy of the last paragraph in this article which is below? Pool Bonding 101: Why Handrails, Coping, and Water Could Shock You. I feel like this could potentially be my problem since the ground wire coming from the main panel is feeding electricity back to the sub-panel when I...

Yes sir. There is a #8 copper wire coming out at the equipment pad that is attached to the pump via the bonding lug. I even took some sand paper and cleaned up the wire so that they were both bright and shiny at the split bolt connection. I've already got a call into a pool company to see...

My concern too. I'm probing the ground wire at the sub-panel directly to the ground wire coming from the main panel that is coming through the conduit. Yes, at the ground bar and on the ground wire itself (a little bit is showing) while it is connected normally. I believe it is bonded...

Okay so I did a little more testing and before I call out an electrician who may have no idea what to test (since he did install a ground rod and connected a #6 stranded cable to the neutral bus in the sub-panel and tied the bonding wire to it), I want to make sure I don't end up with another...

Thank you everyone for the help! I am going to get an electrician out here again to look into this issue. I have only one more general question. If the bonding grid/wire is in tact, should it prevent something like this from happening?

Thank you Tim. One last question I think. If I were to disconnect the sub panel while the kids play in the pool, would this be an issue since I've determined the bonding grid is not the culprit?

Daggum it! I connected the grounding rod to the ground bar in the sub panel and re-tested. Still seeing a small VAC reading (between 0.2 - 0.4). Connected the bonding wire to the ground rod as well just for kicks and giggles. Still seeing a small VAC reading (between 0.2 - 0.4). Anybody...

Thank you sir. The ground rod was not there last year and we didn't have this problem but I'm thinking back on a thread where dloki mentioned the generator. I looked at my records and noticed that the generator was installed AFTER we closed the pool last year so I'm starting to wonder if...