Electrical for pool

[MaxxFusion]

Yes. Do as much as possible yourself. I always do all my own work. You save soo much money.

Check with the city to see what depth you need to bury your conduit. They should have all the guidlnes for you. When my bro in law did his he used metal conduit and only had to go 8" in the ground. I used plastic and had to go 18".

[johnm92627]

I would run 4- #6awg thhn wires (2-blk, 1-wht, 1-grn) in a 1" schedule 40 PVC gray conduit. Do not exceed 360deg in bends atleast 18" deep. Install it on a 60amp breaker in your existing main panel. Use the same mfg breaker as your existing panel. Mount a 12/24 outdoor main lug subpanel. Any conduit above ground may have to be schedule 80. You should be able to run sealtight (gray liquid-tite flex) to your motors. Try not to run the sealtight over six feet. If you do not want to spend the money on a GFI breaker for the light mount a outdoor box underneath the panel with a GFI in it and run conduit to your light from there.
John..

[matt4x4]

To answer your innitial question, no, you do not need to run a second line from the house, the sub panel, if installed off the main panel correctly will allow you to hook up as many breakers/individual circuits as it will accomodate.

[us7sail]

thanks for all the input. Any body have pictures of their subpanel setup. thanks chris

[MarkC]

Here is the panel I used. http://www.intermatic.com/?action=prod&pid=8849 The 2 timers are for the pool sweep and the main pump. The panel excepts breakers right inside and I also have a GFI breaker in there that runs a convenience outlet (weatherproof cover) located in a small box directly under the Intermatic panel.

[us7sail]

Thanks for the info Mark. Who did you purchase the intermatic through? how much power do you have running to the panel?