All electrical installations in walls or decks close to swimming pools must follow these requirements.
Swimming pool electrical code.
Metal parts separated from the pool by a permanent barrier that prevents contact by a person are not required to be bonded 680 26 b 7 ex 1.
1 pool pump receptacle outlet and wiring methods a.
10 horizontal from the pool wall.
If a pump motor receptacle is located between.
Examples of 2020 national electrical code changes.
A swimming pool or spa installation must follow a couple of rules when it comes to overhead electrical lines.
This web page includes a brief summary of some but not all of the uniform code s requirements relating to swimming pools.
If the pool is an above ground and is considered storable then the following codes apply.
680 9 overhead wire clearance is min.
Swimming pool rules and regulations found in the uniform fire prevention and building code uniform code please note that this web page is not intended to be the document required by executive law section 376 6.
Electrical wiring requirements for swimming pools permanently installed swimming pools are those that are constructed in the ground or partially in the ground and all others capable of holding water with a depth greater than 42 inches 1067 mm 1 pool pump receptacle outlet and wiring method a.
Light sources within 10 feet of the edge of the pool or spa exception made for devices higher than 5 feet over the water level.
Thus you bond it all unless it fits one of the exceptions.
Top 10 major code changes to look out for in the nec 2017.
Electrical outlet receptacles near swimming pools.
All electrical equipment used with storable pools are required to be gfci protected.
Summer is the time of year when most swimming pool equipment hot tubs and spas are inspected and maintained to ensure that life saving measures such as ground fault circuit interrupter gfci protection and all grounding and bonding systems are functioning properly.
For added protection of all new pool installations the 2017 nec national electrical code article 680 has been amended.
2008 national electrical code 2010 residental code of new york state permanently installed swimming pools.
All 125 volt outlets or receptacles within 2o feet of the inside walls of a pool require gfci protection.
Pool pump motor receptacles regardless of distance from pool wall.
Differences in potential can exist between any metallic equipment electrical or not.
National electrical code definition are those pools that are constructed or partially in the ground all others pools capable of holding water with a depth greater than 42 inches.
2017 national electrical code sps 316 swimming pool wiring nec article 680 680 5 gfci s may be either circuit breakers or receptacle type.
Electric pool cover mechanisms.
