Quote Originally Posted by Poolidiot View Post
I will throw my 2 cents in on this topic, I am a Master Electrician and my advice would be for wiring around a pool you protect the WHOLE circuit not just the outlet(if the GFI outlet does trip then the outlet is dead NOT the wire, the wire would still be hot at the outlet, with the whole circuit protected with a GFI breaker then when it trips the whole circuit from the breaker is dead). 3" is NOT deep enough, code wise or saftey wise and you did say kids were involved right? I would also put the wire in conduit (PVC) also for safety reasons. Think of it this way...what cost more? renting a ditcher that will dig rock or having a small child or anyone for that matter getting hurt all because you didnt want to rent the equipment to do it right?
Amen to that! Pools are darn dangerous things--you can't cheat or cut ANY corners on ANYTHING!

If anything goes horribly wrong, at a minimum 2 lives will be ruined--the person hurt, and yours--Plus everybody in both your lives. It's just not worth it.

I love my pool--I LOVE pools, but you gotta respect them.