Background:
Old (1960) 28,000 gal dive pool with big deep end and diving board. 1.5" copper inlet (direct to pump via 90 deg) from skimmer, 1.25" copper plumbing to pool. Plumbing between pump and filiter is 1.5" PVC
Replaced a twenty plus year old Sta-Rite with Franklin 1hp pump motor which was sucking major juice. Its a 115 volt motor hooked up with only hot, neutral and ground (to intermatic timer box only). No bonding wire anywhere.
This setup yielded a workable (wouldn't always prime, loud running) that would not give me an electric shock when touching the water in the pump skimmer basket or anywhere else.
New Setup:
Pentair Superflo VS (342001) replaced old pump and required 1.5" copper to PVC compression adapter (inlet) and 1.25" to 1.5" adapter (outlet).
Same 115v hookup as old pump but incorporated an Intermatic PS3000 Surge Protection Device at timer box tying the two black wires into the hot and the white into the neutral.
This setup yields a good electrical shock upon placing a finger into the pump skimmer basket water. If I stick my finger or hand into the pool skimmer or pool itself, no shock. If I kill the power at the Intermatic Timer (shutting power off to the pump), no shock anywhere.
So my questions:
1) Given that the old pump was not bonded to the pool (unless the copper 90 deg inlet screwed directly into old pump counts as a bond?), why am I now getting shocked where previously i was not?
2) Would the Intermatic PS3000 (and/or the way I wired it) have anything to do with it?
3) Could the new pump be bad/have a short?
4) How can I remedy this or what would be the logical steps to figure this out?
Old (1960) 28,000 gal dive pool with big deep end and diving board. 1.5" copper inlet (direct to pump via 90 deg) from skimmer, 1.25" copper plumbing to pool. Plumbing between pump and filiter is 1.5" PVC
Replaced a twenty plus year old Sta-Rite with Franklin 1hp pump motor which was sucking major juice. Its a 115 volt motor hooked up with only hot, neutral and ground (to intermatic timer box only). No bonding wire anywhere.
This setup yielded a workable (wouldn't always prime, loud running) that would not give me an electric shock when touching the water in the pump skimmer basket or anywhere else.
New Setup:
Pentair Superflo VS (342001) replaced old pump and required 1.5" copper to PVC compression adapter (inlet) and 1.25" to 1.5" adapter (outlet).
Same 115v hookup as old pump but incorporated an Intermatic PS3000 Surge Protection Device at timer box tying the two black wires into the hot and the white into the neutral.
This setup yields a good electrical shock upon placing a finger into the pump skimmer basket water. If I stick my finger or hand into the pool skimmer or pool itself, no shock. If I kill the power at the Intermatic Timer (shutting power off to the pump), no shock anywhere.
So my questions:
1) Given that the old pump was not bonded to the pool (unless the copper 90 deg inlet screwed directly into old pump counts as a bond?), why am I now getting shocked where previously i was not?
2) Would the Intermatic PS3000 (and/or the way I wired it) have anything to do with it?
3) Could the new pump be bad/have a short?
4) How can I remedy this or what would be the logical steps to figure this out?
