We moved into a house a couple of years ago that was built in the 70's, with a pool that was built around that time as well. It's a vinyl liner pool, so the liner has obviously been replaced many times, and plumbing updated at some point. Anyway I couldn't really find any info on a bonding system. I did find a thick copper rod in the ground near the pump, but it wasn't connected to anything, so I'm assuming that was someone's attempt to "ground" the pump at some point. The mother of the original owner lives nearby, she says the pool was "built to code" and there should be a bonding system, but I'm honestly not sure if she knows what I'm asking about. So I got a bug up my butt to find this bonding system and tried digging up near the pump pad, and located a thick piece of copper that runs next to the pad and then under the concrete pool deck, and off to who knows where after that. I was able to locate the end of the copper, and it turns out it's actually a tube not solid copper. I have no other explanation why this thing would be buried here. The end isn't hooked up to anything, it just sort of stops. Any chance this is part of this old bonding system and for some reason they used tubing? Any way to test and figure this out?
I've included a few pics of what I found if this helps any.
I've included a few pics of what I found if this helps any.