Wiring Pool Pump Motor

Lastly your pool pump motor must be bonded in accordance with local electrical code requirements.

Wiring pool pump motor.

Connect an 8 gauge wire to the metal posts of the pool the pump and the metal plate on the skimmer and then wire that to the pump to bond the entire pool. With the main service off to the house wire in gfci circuit breakers to the electrical panel. The green ground wire connects to the green ground screw and the other two power leads will connect to the two power terminals marked usually l1 and l2. Run this wire from from a reinforcing rod to the pressure wire connector provided on the motor housing.

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Wire the twist lock receptacle.