Our concrete was poured around our vinyl liner pool about a month ago. We started feeling small electrical shocks when entering and exiting the pool and after some research we think it's because our pool was not bonded. Is there anything at this point that can be done to stop the electrical shocks? We've had the power company come out and check and they said it's not coming from our house but we can feel it even when we turn the main power off. Any suggestions???
No Bonding!
- Thread starter ashleyjohnson
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- May 11, 2021
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- CircuPool RJ-30
That is exactly what bonding is for. Ideally your bonding wire should loop around the pool at least 2ft away from the walls and connect to anything metal (including rebar in the concrete, metal stairs), then connect to pool equipment (pump, pool lights, swg controller) and to the water.
To better help you...
Do you have any rebar on your concrete?
Do you have any metal stairs (or other metal parts that can come in contact either with water, bathers or both)?
Do you have pool lights?
Can you share some pictures from around your pool?
To better help you...
Do you have any rebar on your concrete?
Do you have any metal stairs (or other metal parts that can come in contact either with water, bathers or both)?
Do you have pool lights?
Can you share some pictures from around your pool?
Orion7319
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- Jul 1, 2020
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Weren’t the pool builders required to get an electrical inspection? Is this a new build or a remodel? If it’s a new build your builder needs to fix it.
We do have rebar in our concrete. Our steps are not metal but the handrails are. Yes, we have a pool light. I'll upload pictures once I get home this afternoon.
It's a new build. We are in a rural area so we do not require inspections unfortunately.
Orion7319
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Wouldn’t surprise me if they didn’t pull a permit even then. That’s no good, your pool builder should have bonded it before they poured the deck. Before we bought a house with a pool we tried to build one. I recall one builder complaining about having to now bond fiberglass pools. Didn’t think it was necessary. Builder probably didn’t think it was necessary, but it would have been a minimum amount of work. Either that or the bond got broken somewhere somehow during construction. Either way, it’s on them.
Toxophilite
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The source of the stray voltage needs to found and eliminated first! Then, the issue of proper bonding resolved.
BMerrill
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- Mar 8, 2021
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Have you checked yourself if a permit was required.
Since you are in Marion County, the county maybe the authority having jurisdiction in your area.
205-921-1943
Since you are in Marion County, the county maybe the authority having jurisdiction in your area.
205-921-1943
- May 11, 2021
- 973
- Pool Size
- 7000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-30
That is a common misconception. A "source" of stray voltage does not necessarily needs to exist. Otherwise grounding alone would resolve the issue. Bonding server a different purpose by eliminating the difference in electrical potential (aka voltage).
Your option is to insist that your builder fix their mistake. The builder cannot simply build an unsafe pool and walk away.
- May 11, 2021
- 973
- Pool Size
- 7000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-30
The option is to bond the pool. Nothing else will eliminate the difference in potential.
Toxophilite
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Maybe I misread, but if there is an electrical shock being felt, should that not be found and eliminated beforehand?
- May 11, 2021
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- Pool Size
- 7000
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- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-30
Eliminating the electrical shock is what bonding is for. If there is no potential difference there is no electrical shock.
An electrical shock on a pool does not need a source like a damaged electrical cable or a broken piece o equipament. It may just happen in nature.
Orion7319
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Unfortunately you need to try to get the builder to do the right thing and fix it. If that goes south you will probably need to call a licensed electrician (they may or may not be able to fix it). As far as I know, you don’t have many options to fix it that doesn’t involve busting up some of that freshly poured concrete, I could be wrong, there are people that know way more about bonding then I do.