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That's a good point. I need to do that regardless. Since the old pump is on its way out, I want to get the new pump installed as soon as possible, so I think what I'll ask the electrician to do for now is replace the two 20A breakers in the subpanel with 3 new GFCI ones: one double-pole for the...

It's in the manual for the booster: "If a time clock is used, set it to turn the pump on half an hour after the pool filtration pump is turned on, and turn the pump off at least half an hour before the filtration pump shuts off." Perhaps they meant that for safety to give a buffer in case the...

Funny you should ask. I've been contemplating the same thing and putting together a list of pros and cons for the Polaris 380 + booster vs robot. The electrican is quoting $975 for the stuff below: "Disconnect and remove existing conduit, wire and 20 amp circuit breaker powering 100 amp pool...

At first glance, it didn't look like a bare wire, but when I zoomed in on the photo, I had the same thought as you. So I opened it back up and felt it and it does feel like bare copper wire, and if you look in the last photo of the underside of the J-box, you can see the bare wire traveling down...

This is what I see with the top cover off. I don't think I see any bare copper wire.

I'm not sure, but I think you're onto something. Here are pictures of the light and the J-box.

So, I found the original paperwork that the previous owners left for us. The pool was built by Sylvan Pools in 1984 and it says that Electrical Bonding was included. The description is "Sylvan to electrically bond entire steel reinforcing and metal appurtenances for the pool and have inspected."...

Thanks! That's been on my to-do list. Any recommendations?

Those are great questions. My pool was built in the early 80s I believe (I bought it in 2017). I hadn't heard about bonding until I saw the note from the electrician. Last night, I read up some more about bonding, and made a note to go check the equipment pad in the morning for a bonding wire...

I did some more reading on bonding and found this video by Mike Holt: . I also read the CircuPool manual again, and both the video and the manual say that bonding is required when the equipment is within 5 feet of the pool. In my case, the equipment is a lot further from the pool, so does...

The pump itself will be connected to a 20A breaker in the subpanel. The 40A is for the breaker in the main panel (the one inside the garage that has all the other breakers for the house) that powers the subpanel outside by the pool equipment. The reason for 40A in the main panel is to handle ALL...

Hello. I'm getting ready to replace my single-speed pump with the CircuPool SmartFlo 3.0 VS pump. As part of that, I'm also hiring an electrician to upgrade the breaker in the main panel that powers the pool subpanel from 20A to 40A. When I bought this house, it came with only the single-speed...

Correct.