During my pool remodel I uncovered what I'm fairly certain is a bonding wire, which was hiding in the dirt next to the equipment pad (which was tiny and broken into pieces). The problem is that it's only 10 ga wire, instead of the standard 8 ga. While cutting a portion of the deck out for a water feature wall I took out a metal volleyball pole sleeve, which was bonded to the adjacent rebar with 2 pieces of 10 ga wire. This leads me to think that all of the bonding wire is likely undersized.
When I cut the deck and dug a trench for the new skimmer plumbing I exposed a portion of the conduit for the pool light. I had a 30ft section of 6 ga copper wire in my shed, and my thought was to use a ground clamp to secure the 6 ga wire to the brass pool light conduit, connect it to the rebar for the equipment pad, to the rebar I installed around the new skimmer, and to the existing 10 ga bond wire.
Does this seem like a reasonable thing to do? What else can I do to maximize the effectiveness of my bonding grid after the fact?
Any thoughts or ideas are greatly appreciated.
When I cut the deck and dug a trench for the new skimmer plumbing I exposed a portion of the conduit for the pool light. I had a 30ft section of 6 ga copper wire in my shed, and my thought was to use a ground clamp to secure the 6 ga wire to the brass pool light conduit, connect it to the rebar for the equipment pad, to the rebar I installed around the new skimmer, and to the existing 10 ga bond wire.
Does this seem like a reasonable thing to do? What else can I do to maximize the effectiveness of my bonding grid after the fact?
Any thoughts or ideas are greatly appreciated.