On May 19, 4:51*pm, Ivan wrote:
I've had problems with the pump circuit at my pool. The electrician
fixed that by bypassing some other stuff up there and says he won't do
any more unless I agree to let him bring the old wiring up to code.
From what I've seen of what the prior electrician did, he's right.
But I'm not sure everything he wants to do is necessary:
1) Bonding filter pump and heater to "the bonding bar in the
electrical equipment trough". Sounds good to me, but I don;'t think we
have a bonding bar or a trough.
* 2) Supply and install a mounting board for the electrical
equipment. *Needed? At the moment, it's all mounted to a structural
element of the pump house.
* 3) Install a twist-lock receptacle with in-use cover and a twist-
lock cord and plug for the pump? At the moment, the motor is hard-
wired to a switch. It is only disconnected when service is required.

*Why are these items needed? *The rest of his suggestions all make
obvious sense, so I have not listed them.

Sounds like he wants to clean up your pool electrical so that he
doesn't have to return to deal with it peice meal. Is he possibly a
little anal about how nice it really needs to be? Maybe. But would
you rather have that or just let some hack jury rig things from time
to time to keep it working? I do most of my own work but it sounds a
lot like he wants to do what I would probably do myself if I had a
pool.