Looks like I need to address this I have a concrete pool no rebar that I can find in concrete deck - metal ladder and rail at steps I’m thinking I could cutout a channel of the deck but how do I attach to the metal ladder and rail aren’t the anchors aluminum wouldn’t the copper wire go right into the chrome ladder / railing? Also do I have to go completely around the pool or can I just connect back to the pump & heater?
Bonding existing concrete pool
- Thread starter ksully
- Start date
- Jun 7, 2017
- 9,204
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Aquapure 1400
My pool deck has no rebar either. Was your pool ever bonded? Mine has a bonding wire under the deck that goes all the way around the pool. All metal is connected to this bonding ring using a mechanical connection. All metal and all equipment should be bonded.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 53,761
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
You are in Canada. The electrical bonding codes and specific pool requirements are different then US NEC. You will get many comments that may not be applicable to you in Canada.
Why do you think you need to do something with the bonding of your pool?
Why do you think you need to do something with the bonding of your pool?
I guess all the information about bonding kind of scared me. I don’t have wire around the pool as far as I can tell. A couple years ago I had a heater installed and a pump replaced and then I saw stuff about bonding and got concerned.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 53,761
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Do you have a bonding wire connecting your pool equipment?
How old is your pool?
What type of lights do you have? In older pools with metal light housings the light niche and conduit can be used to bond to the water.
How old is your pool?
What type of lights do you have? In older pools with metal light housings the light niche and conduit can be used to bond to the water.
Pool is build in the 1970s no bonding wire on the equipment I don’t have any in pool lights
- Jul 21, 2013
- 53,761
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
I don't know all the differences but I believe bond wire in the US NEC is required to be #8 AWG copper and I think Canada is #6 solid bare copper wire. There have been other differences mentioned over the years.
Bonding a Fiberglass Pool (Ontario) - Opinion From My Electrician
Hey all, I've been inching towards having a fiberglass pool installed in Southern Ontario. I've found one PB who I like and who has good references. He didn't feel that the pool would need to be bonded as there are no rails/metal parts/etc. But he also said bonding is more of an electrician...
www.troublefreepool.com
Okay so I have to do this as a retrofit with a concrete deck any suggestions on how to do thisI don't know all the differences but I believe bond wire in the US NEC is required to be #8 AWG copper and I think Canada is #6 solid bare copper wire. There have been other differences mentioned over the years.
Bonding a Fiberglass Pool (Ontario) - Opinion From My Electrician
Hey all, I've been inching towards having a fiberglass pool installed in Southern Ontario. I've found one PB who I like and who has good references. He didn't feel that the pool would need to be bonded as there are no rails/metal parts/etc. But he also said bonding is more of an electrician...
- Jul 21, 2013
- 53,761
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Start by bonding together all your pool equipment that requires bonding.
Then figure out where you can create a water bond.
Bonding to a concrete deck is difficult if it does not have rebar in it.
Electrical Bonding - Further Reading
www.troublefreepool.com
When I had corroded ladder and handrail anchors replaced on my previous pool, the installer failed to bond the new anchors. Instead of cutting the concrete to add a bonding wire, the metal ladder and handrail was replaced with Saftron ones.
