Whirlpool tub bonding / handrail
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ryan_618
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Re: Whirlpool tub bonding / handrail
If you mean a hydromassage tub, your answer is no. 680.74
If you mean a hydromassage tub, your answer is no. 680.74
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Re: Whirlpool tub bonding / handrail
Metal railing,water(with additives roger LOL)electric motors/heaters...It should be bonded.
Metal railing,water(with additives roger LOL)electric motors/heaters...It should be bonded.
ryan_618
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Re: Whirlpool tub bonding / handrail
I'm not saying that bonding is a bad thing, but it is not required by 680.74.
By the way, if the motor and piping system are bonded, could there be a voltage gradient?
I'm not saying that bonding is a bad thing, but it is not required by 680.74.
By the way, if the motor and piping system are bonded, could there be a voltage gradient?
pierre
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Re: Whirlpool tub bonding / handrail
Ryan
For Hydromassage tubs, I just reread the bonding requirements. These requirements are different than for hottubs and pools. I at first disagreed with your response thinking that the rail would require bonding. As I read it again, only metal parts of electrical equipment need to be bonded.
Correct?
Pierre
Ryan
For Hydromassage tubs, I just reread the bonding requirements. These requirements are different than for hottubs and pools. I at first disagreed with your response thinking that the rail would require bonding. As I read it again, only metal parts of electrical equipment need to be bonded.
Correct?
Pierre
ryan_618
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Re: Whirlpool tub bonding / handrail
Thats correct, Pierre. 680.74 is a bit less restrictive than the bonding required by 680.26. In my area, it is popular to put a fireplace near the foot of the hydromassage tub. The plans examiners and inspectors at my city used to require that it be bonded, but I explained to them and showed them that it is not required.
It seems a bit odd to me, since this is equipotential bonding, just like the rest of art. 680, but indeed, it is not required.
Again, I say if you want, bind until your blue in the face, it won't hurt anything, but it is not required.
Thats correct, Pierre. 680.74 is a bit less restrictive than the bonding required by 680.26. In my area, it is popular to put a fireplace near the foot of the hydromassage tub. The plans examiners and inspectors at my city used to require that it be bonded, but I explained to them and showed them that it is not required.
It seems a bit odd to me, since this is equipotential bonding, just like the rest of art. 680, but indeed, it is not required.
Again, I say if you want, bind until your blue in the face, it won't hurt anything, but it is not required.
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