680.26 Equipotential Bonding (swimming pools and similar) 

Great video. I have shared this with numerous local inspectors.

This is the best explanation of , why we need to bond pools correctly, I have seen on RU-vid.

Holly crap, the fact that 500k volts could be traveling through a pool is scary. Every one with a pool needs to watch this.

Great information, Ryan. Thanks as always.

Very informative, and very clear. Seriously excellent presentation.

Single #8 copper wire does not sound like a good idea. Most electricians won’t settle for “good enough “, we want things to be safe and bulletproof. Excellent video once again. Thanks

Thank you for the informative videos!

Great work Ryan! It's always a pleasure learning from you, thanks!

Would be ok to bound the perimeter with copper conductor and conductive cement around it? Or plus agriculture soil mixed with conductive cement

Thanks again Ryan, would like to know about the substantiation and corroboration for the pool shocks caused by the single conductor method. Could be just bad install. Loose joints, water not bonded etc. I would have fell on the minority side of this TIA also without corroborating evidence

This is for conductive pools only and the single conductor method still seems to be accepted for nonconductive pools in the TIA correct?

Some areas around me above ground pools are popular and installed by the lowest bidder (often the pool salesmen never explain how much electrical work is required). Most of these installations are just on the unpaved grass, and therefore we will bury the #8 conductor 5" under the surface. How would this work with the copper grid? Im not arguing that it creates a better equipotential area, but would it be required to dig up a three foot path around the pool?

Hello Ryan, Concerning packaged hot tubs being exempt from an equipotential grid on the perimeter surface, what is the justification of the stipulation of the “top rim at least 28 inches above perimeter surface”? Is it assuming that a person could get out of the hot tub without using the typical non-conductive steps if this distance was

I am confuse ..I have an exterior Panel for the pump , water heat sistem , lights etc ,the sub panel it’s feed with 4 wires gauge # 10… of course neutral separate with the ground … do I need to complete the bounding around the pool , conect all the metal bare , ladder , lights , Water heat , sum pump , etc and then conect to the sub panel ground together? ? Also I installed 2 rod for ground , but the NEC say is no necessary to a add the bounding to any panel ??

About the 12:00 min mark. With the fence being that far away wouldn’t it be more of a danger to have it bonded so it could potentially have voltage on it? Seems more likely to have someone staring on the dirt outside it and touching it that someone in the water.

Thank you Ryan 😊 great video..

I would like to ad pics of how I did a bounding mesh for a building in peru. There is a lot of difference on bounding methods

Grounding resistance has to ground need to be less then 5 ohms, normally 1.5 to 2.5 ohms resistance,

@tymccart164 2 minutes ago Hello Ryan, Concerning packaged hot tubs being exempt from an equipotential grid on the perimeter surface, what is the justification of the stipulation of the “top rim at least 28 inches above perimeter surface”? Is it assuming that a person could get out of the hot tub without using the typical non-conductive steps if this distance was

Thanks!

Question for the inspectors, with input from all whoever installed swimming pool equipment particularly outside where you would have a combination panel/controller for all the associated pool equipment. I think i might have dropped the ball over the years, regarding article 250.32 structure supplied by feeders. once we install 2 posts in the ground and mount our pool equipment to it( now is this not a structure?), then pull our feeders. I do believe we're obligated to install a grounding electrode system as well. Never have done this or been called out by an inspector over this. Thoughts?

Thanks Ryan!

Nice video

Wait. There was testing, which yielded factual results, that further evidenced a single conductor was not good enough in which people were getting shocked and not able to use their pool and you and other “panelists” voted No?!?! …the purpose of the code is THE SAFE GUARDING OF PEOPLE & PROPERTY. If that’s not a direct example then idk what is. I’m glad the others got it right!!