Sooo..

Opening the pool today and the pump has a spot that a plug typically goes. This is the part of the pump with the skimmer basket in it. The installer put some sort of grounding plate under the basket in the pump with the ground wire going out of that hole and connected to the other ground wire for the entire pool. The ground wire is also connected to the pump in another location, but not where it would contact the pool water.

Anyhow, when I was installing the plug with the ground wire on it, it broke. I was able to unthread the plug and just replace with a plug.

I've never seen these grounding plates inside pool pumps. I'm wondering if I need to go buy a new plug that the ground wire goes through or just skip it.

I opened my pool around 6 weeks ago, but it is warmer here.

I don't have anything like that with my pump and am absolutely sure that the body of the pump is electrically connected with the A/C ground as electrical codes require it so I wouldn't worry about it.

I think you are talking about the Bonding Wire. All the electric equipment should be bonded together. Heater and pumps. Web search about it. Just had a heater installed and that was not done. I'll have to put it on my list to do.

-TVz

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Originally posted by TVzombie:
I think you are talking about the Bonding Wire. All the electric equipment should be bonded together. Heater and pumps. Web search about it. Just had a heater installed and that was not done. I'll have to put it on my list to do.

-TVz

Yes bonding wire. As you can see from the pic, the bonding wire is already connected to the pump. It was connected to the other piece that looks like a flat round plate and that went inside the pump under the skimmer basket.

Last year I had a ton of work done to my 16 year old pool and had an electrician install all that bonding and ground rods.

It sounds like the wire that broke off is the method to actually ground the water in the pool.

My guy used a Tee installed in the pvc water flow pipe that has an attachment for the ground wire to actually ground the water itself.

Very similar to this:

https://www.circupool.com/2-Zi...pper-Wire_p_295.html

If that pump shorted, would that put current INTO the water?

I’d probably set it up exactly the way it was, or better still, hire an electrician to see to it that it complies with code. If someone gets electrocuted and your insurance company finds out there was a missing ground you may be SOL.

I think that " ground " wire is for corrosion control . Galvanic reaction .

Well I can't find just the plug the wire goes through but I found the entire kit.

The interesting part is every single reference I see for bonding the pool pump in the water is for above ground pools. Mine is in-ground. Anyhow I can't find the fitting, which is a bummer. But I'll buy this kit for $28 and install it as it was...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...A1Q2IBR4FB3EQ6&psc=1