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UV Medium Pressure | Installation & Operation Manual
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3.5 Bonding and Grounding
The National Electrical Code
®
(NEC
®
in the United States) or the Canadian Electrical Code (CEC in Canada)
requires pool equipment to be bonded to each other. Check your local codes to determine if the NEC or
CEC and/or other local installation codes are enforced by the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ in the United
States) or the local competent authorities in Canada. A solid, copper 8.37 mm2 (8 AWG) wire is required per
the NEC, and 13.3 mm² (6AWG) per the CEC, for bonding the equipment to a permanent bonding connection
that is acceptable to the local AHJ or the local competent authorities in Canada. Refer to your locally enforced
codes for the acceptable bonding wire gauge.
Connect to the bonding point located on the power center and UV reactor to a common bonding point. Do
not use the Jandy equipment as the common bonding point. Each piece of non-related pool equipment
requiring a ground should also be bonded to the common, approved bonding point.
National Electrical Code
®
(NEC
®
) requires bonding of the Pool Water. Where none of the bonded pool
equipment, structures, or parts are in direct connection with the pool water; the pool water shall be in direct
contact with an approved corrosion-resistant conductive surface that exposes not less than 5800 mm² (9
in²) of the surface area to the pool water at all times. The conductive surface shall be located where it is
not exposed to physical damage or dislodgement during usual pool activities, and it shall be bonded in
accordance with the bonding requirements of NEC Article 680. Refer to locally enforced codes for any
additional pool and spa bonding requirement.