Pool Electrical for a New Gunite Pool in Stafford, VA
A new gunite pool needs its own electrical system, and we built all of it: a dedicated feed off the main panel, a trenched run across the yard, the equipment and sub panel, a 240-volt outlet and the pool lights - every circuit GFCI-protected and the whole pool bonded to code.
From the main panel to the pool
The power starts at the house. We tapped a new circuit at the main panel and ran 1/2-inch conduit out and around the side and back of the house to the pool equipment. From there the run goes underground: we trenched conduit across the yard to the pool and laid the bonding wire in the same trench. Pulling the feed - including the main 10-gauge conductors - and the bond together means one clean path from the house to the water.
The equipment pad and sub panel
At the pad we mounted the pool sub panel and wired the equipment to it: the pump, the AquaPure salt cell, the transformer and junction box that run the pool lights, and the pool-cover circuit. We also set a 240-volt (6-20) receptacle on a length of Kindorf strut. Everything feeds from one sub panel, so the pool has its own clearly-labeled home instead of a tangle of cords.
Wired to code: GFCI and bonding
Pool electrical has its own rule book - NEC Article 680 - and it is the part that keeps a pool safe. Every pool circuit here is GFCI-protected: the pump and salt cell, the lights, and the 6-20 receptacle each get a GFCI breaker, labeled in the sub panel. And the whole pool is bonded - we tied the pump, the salt cell, and the rest of the metal together with the wire we ran in the trench, the equipotential bond that NEC 680 requires. It is invisible once the deck is poured, but it is the difference between a pool that is safe around electricity and one that is not.
Scope at a glance
- ✓New circuit fed from the main panel to a dedicated pool sub panel
- ✓1/2-inch conduit run around the house and trenched across the yard
- ✓Equipotential bonding wire run through the trench and tied to all equipment (NEC 680)
- ✓Pool sub panel mounted and wired on the side of the house
- ✓Pump and AquaPure salt cell wired
- ✓Transformer and junction box for the underwater pool lights
- ✓Pool-cover circuit and a 240-volt (6-20) receptacle at the pad
- ✓GFCI protection on every pool circuit, labeled in the panel
Who wired it
This pool was wired by Anson Electrical & Remodeling, a family-owned company that has worked in Northern Virginia for 20+ years. Pool work is squarely electrical, and it is led by founder Brad Anson, 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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