SWCG

[NUHuskerFan]

We bought our above ground pool last year from a local pool company and trusted them to do the installation. Everything I have learned on TFP over the past year has shown me just how little the pool company actually knows about their products. We purchased a SWCG this spring and as I went to hook it up, I could not find the bonding wire. I am pretty sure the pool company did not bond our pool when it was installed.

I understand that I need to bond to the pool exterior in 4 places and encircle the pool 18-24" out from the walls with #8 AWG copper wire, buried 4-6". I will need to connect this bonding wire to both the lug on the pump and the SWCG. I will also need to bond the pool water, is there a preferred method/part to accomplish this? I was looking at the following options.....

https://www.amazon.com/POOL-BONDING-BURNDY-MfrPartNo-BWB680AGRK/dp/B005FM2KSS

https://www.amazon.com/Perma-Cast-P...rd_wg=3C5HA&psc=1&refRID=G9A5G7JHXKYHS0BM2JRG

After the pool was installed, we had a contractor install a concrete pad to within approximately 3' of the outside of the pool walls. The space between the concrete and the pool has landscaping edgers and stone to keep the weeds/grass from growing and so we don't need to mow right up next tot he pool. Do I need to break up the concrete and bond it as well?

 

[Teald024]

My installers specifically stated that bonding the pool was the owner responsibility. Actually all electrical work was excluded from the installers work. They had me sign a document when I signed the bill of sale/install with a bunch of other requirements as well. Your sale/scope of work could be different. You may want to go back and look at your paperwork if you have any.

 

[JohnFoe]

Bonding is part of the electricians job.

Around here the pool installers said bonding the pool wasn't needed. I put my own copper, but could only bond it to one part of the pool since it is a solid sheet and bonded the pool skimmer so the water is bonded as well.

I used the Perma-Cast PB2008 Water Bonding Fitting as a T pipe fitting under the skimmer.

If I was in your shoes I would not break up the concrete to do the bonding. I would try to bond as well as possible using alternative methods.