Pool pump bonding

[Marcel Gratton]

Originally Posted by jfunderburk

Must a pool pump be bonded? (See the attached photo which would seem to answer my question.) If so, what would they bond it to? The ground rod was on the other side of the house and the plumbing pipes were PEX.

Why would that be necessary if the pump has a grounded (3 prong) power cord?

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To the best of my knowledge, pool pump, pool heater, pool metal framing, metal rods in concrete, metal enclosures around pool, metal fence...all need to be bonded!

[Jim Port]

Originally Posted by fnewman

Just this week I ininspected a pool system that had a driven ground rod and bare copper conductor bonding each motor and the panels. Feeder from home system was 3 wire. Appeared to be OK to me (certianly better than most I see

Well the ground rod was wrong. It serves no purpose in this instance.

Bonding of the metal parts together would have been required.

[Paul W. Abernathy]

Originally Posted by dandersen

Don't ask me why, or what the difference is, but above ground does not require the same bonding as in ground.
The second is "closer to ground" than either.???!!!

A pool is a pool.
I think they all should be bonded, but this is about code which "holds little water with me" (pun intended)!

Be careful with that statement.....the pool can be in the ground, partially in the ground OR have water deeper than 42" and be totally ABOVE ground and still be considered a "Permanently installed swimming" and/or at least treated as such in the eyes of the National Electrical Code.

[Frank P. Newman]

So, as a HI, how can we tell if the required ground place exists and tell the owner what qualifies as an acceptable ground plane? Most times, all we can see (at best) is a #8 wire attached to the pool pump(s). When did the main changes take effect and are any retroactive?