Pool Electrical for a New Pool in Manassas, VA
Getting power to a new backyard pool is not always a straight line. On this Manassas job the existing conduits could not be reused - so we found a smarter path than trenching the long way around, built a rack for the equipment, and wired the whole pool from the feed to the automation.
Getting power to the pool
The first problem was the feed. We dug to find the existing conduits, and they were there - but they could not be used. Rather than trench all the way around the yard, we cut into the basement, drilled out through the bulkhead, and ran 1-inch conduit out of the house and bent it straight into the panel. From there it was a much shorter trench to the pool. We pulled 160 feet of #4 wire for the feed, put it on an 80-amp breaker, and ran the bonding wire around the pool and through every piece of equipment - the equipotential bond that NEC 680 requires.
A rack built for the equipment
There was no wall to hang the equipment on, so we built one. We set two 4x4 posts in the ground and ran 1x6 boards across them to make a solid rack, then mounted everything to it: the pool sub panel, the Jandy disconnect, the transformer, and the salt cell. Flex conduit runs from the panel to each piece and out to the pump, the heat pump, and the pool-cover circuit, with a 240-volt (6-20) receptacle at the pad.
Automation and a salt system
The pool runs on a Jandy AquaLink automation system with a TruClear salt cell, so the owners can control the pump, the heat pump, and the salt from one place instead of a row of timers. We wired the automation panel and ran all the low-voltage control wiring that ties the equipment together.
Scope at a glance
- ✓New feed routed out through the basement bulkhead to avoid a long trench
- ✓160 feet of #4 AWG feed on an 80-amp breaker
- ✓Trenched conduit from the house to the pool
- ✓Equipotential bonding wire run around the pool and through the equipment (NEC 680)
- ✓Custom 4x4-post equipment rack built on site
- ✓Pool sub panel, Jandy disconnect, and transformer mounted and wired
- ✓Jandy AquaLink automation and TruClear salt cell wired
- ✓Pump, heat pump, pool-cover circuit, and a 240-volt (6-20) receptacle
- ✓All low-voltage control wiring
Who wired it
This pool was wired by Anson Electrical & Remodeling, a family-owned company that has worked in Northern Virginia for 20+ years - and Manassas is home, where our shop is. Pool work is squarely electrical, and the team works to the standard our founder set as a Virginia Master Electrician (License #2705178102) - the credential that matters most for getting bonding and GFCI right around water.
The job ran the way all of ours do: a consultation, then a written proposal with scope, timeline, and cost up front, with permits pulled by us where the work required them and a final walkthrough at the end. A named project manager ran it, and the work was done by our own licensed in-house team, not anonymous subcontractors carrying the Anson name.
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