Swimming Pool Electrical Requirements

All other outlet receptacles for other uses must not be closer than 6 feet if gfci protected or within 20 feet if they are not protected.

Swimming pool electrical requirements.

2017 national electrical code sps 316 swimming pool wiring nec article 680 680 5 gfci s may be either circuit breakers or receptacle type. Illustrations for typical bonding methods please refer to. Procedures to install in ground swimming pools. Cord length for a pump motor is 3 except for storable pools.

Utility power lines that run over a pool or spa must be at least 22 5 feet above the water level or base of a diving platform. Electrical outlet receptacles near swimming pools receptacles for motors and pumps must be protected by a gfci and are required to be located within 6 to 10 feet of the pool walls. Illustrations for typical bonding methods. Pool requirements based on the 1999 national electrical code.

Nec article 680 22. These add ons usually don t use much electricity so you won t have to upgrade the breaker and wire size needed for the pump. The 2011 revision changed 680 21 c to include 208v by replacing the or with through the requirements have also been relocated to 680 21 from 680 22 subsections in 680 22 renumbered accordingly. Click on the picture to open a larger easier to read picture in a new window.

Communications cable must be at least 10 feet above the water level or diving platform. 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. Add ons like ozonators ionizers and salt chlorine generators require electricity.