Pool electrical. Bonded and permitted.
Equipotential bonding grid, GFCI-protected pump and heater circuits, wet-niche underwater LED, salt-cell and automation wiring. Pool electrical is heavily code-driven and inspected separately — we pull every permit and walk every inspection.
Bonding is non-negotiable.
Every pool in Tennessee needs an equipotential bonding grid — #8 solid copper wire tied to the rebar, the deck reinforcement, every metal fixture, every motor, every light, and the water itself. The grid keeps everything at the same potential so nobody gets electrocuted touching two grounded objects. It is the single most important safety system on a pool, and it is the most-failed item at inspection.
The full pool electrical scope splits into bonding, power circuits, and lighting. Bonding is the safety grid (above). Power circuits are GFCI-protected dedicated runs for the pump, heater, salt cell, automation controller, and pool sweep — usually a sub-panel near the equipment pad. Lighting is the wet-niche LED installs on the pool itself plus any landscape lighting around the deck.
We work directly for pool builders on new construction (rough-in during shotcrete, finish during plaster, final at startup) and directly for pool owners on retrofit and repair (failed GFCI tripping, broken wet-niche bulb, pump motor replacement). Either way, we pull the electrical permit ourselves and walk the inspection.
Most pool electrical jobs we do are 1-3 days on site. Bonding grids on new pools take longer because each metal object needs its tie-in before the deck is poured. Equipment-pad sub-panels and wet-niche light replacements are typically same-day or next-day.
- Typical scope
- Bonding grid · GFCI circuits · pump and heater · wet-niche LED · automation
- Typical timeline
- 1-3 days typical · multi-phase coordination on new builds
- Typical price
- $800+ repair · $3,500-$7,500 new pool electrical scope
- Permit
- Pulled by us · electrical permit always required for pool work
- Inspection
- Scheduled and walked-through by us · pool inspection is separate from main
- Warranty
- 2 years labor · manufacturer warranty on lights and motors
Pool electrical we handle weekly.
Equipotential bonding grid
#8 solid copper wire tying rebar, deck reinforcement, every motor, every metal fixture, every light, and the water itself. We bond during shotcrete and verify before plaster.
GFCI-protected circuits
Pool pump, heater, salt cell, automation panel, sweep — each on its own dedicated GFCI breaker. Twenty-amp branch circuits standard; larger for high-horsepower variable-speed pumps.
Wet-niche underwater LED
Pentair, Hayward, Jandy color-changing LED swap or new install. Wet-niche fixtures with proper bonding, junction box height per code, and trim ring sealed at finish.
Equipment-pad sub-panel
Dedicated sub-panel near the equipment pad. Reduces voltage drop on pump motor runs and centralizes the disconnects for service.
Automation + smart-control wiring
Pentair ScreenLogic / IntelliCenter, Hayward OmniLogic, Jandy iAquaLink wiring. RS-485 control loops, valve actuator wiring, integration with home automation if you want it.
Salt cell + heat pump tie-ins
Salt-chlorine generator wiring (typically 240V), pool heat pump electrical (240V, 30-50A), gas pool heater control wiring (24V).
Field log.
Where we install this.
Same-day truck rolls across the East Tennessee corridor. Sevier, Knox, Blount, Jefferson, and Cocke counties primarily.
- Sevierville, TN
- Pigeon Forge, TN
- Gatlinburg, TN
- Knoxville, TN
- Farragut, TN
- Powell, TN
- Maryville, TN
- Alcoa, TN
- Seymour, TN
- Townsend, TN
- Dandridge, TN
- Jefferson City, TN
Five steps. No surprise invoices.
Text or call us first
Describe the job. We follow up with a phone chat to scope it, then we send your quote. Same-day for most residential.
On-site walk-through
For larger jobs, we come out, look at the panel, and talk through what you actually want. Free. No “let me get back to you.”
Itemized estimate
Every line item priced. Materials, labor, permit, inspection. You see exactly where the dollars go before you sign anything.
Job day · permits handled
We pull permits, coordinate with the county inspector, and arrive when we said we would. We protect your floors. We label every breaker. We test every circuit before we leave.
Inspection & sign-off
Inspector signs off, we walk you through what changed, we hand over the documentation. If anything ever flickers, you have our cell.
Our pool builder used Volt Pro for the bonding grid and equipment-pad electrical. Inspector signed off first try. The other pools in our subdivision had three trips back to fix bonding before passing.
Five things we get asked every week.
Why does pool electrical need a separate permit?
What is an equipotential bonding grid?
My pool light burned out — can you replace just the bulb?
My pump trips the GFCI every time it starts — what is wrong?
Can you wire a salt-chlorine generator?
Pool project or pool problem?
On-site walk-through within the week. Itemized estimate before any work starts.
If it shocks you, we got you. A licensed Tennessee electrician serving Sevierville, Knoxville, and the Smoky Mountains corridor since 2018.