grounding

With something so potentially letal, I'd get a qualified electrican to check it all out.
My guess is the pump motor has a short from a winding to the body, if you earth the body, you will probably find it trips the supply, in which case fit a new pump.
All metalwork should must be grounded in a system like that.

It should must also have an earth leakage circuit breaker fitted.

Del

Gamundia

Does the plug have a grounding lug? (3 prongs) If so, there should be an equipment grounding conductor in the cable you plug into the GFI. It may be green. Make sure all metal parts are bonded to this conductor, including the motor. If the metal parts had been bonded, the GFI should have tripped prior to your touching anything if there was a fault condition.

gamundia; thank god for the gfi, whats you wife been up to lately. ben their

Wow, gamundia, I am amazed you are still with us and glad you survived!

I would advise that you read thoroughly the 'good answers' on this CR4 thread, especially this one, since it addresses exactly what you need to know about your choice of grounding and the dangers of using piping for a ground.

Since you have not bothered to indicate where you are located in your profile, we will be at a loss to get specific without more information, but in general, you are risking your life to continue using this hot tub before you have a qualified electrician complete your connections.

This time (as you may already know,) it is worth the money.

There are so many small details about the possibilities here, simple enough to a skilled electrician, but if you miss ONE of them and get this wrong, we may lose a fine member of CR4 and not know why you aren't with us anymore.

Don't rely on what we are able to share with you on this forum on this one. We care too much for you and your family's safety.

Please let us know when your electrician is done, what he corrected and the results of any testing he does, Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you on this.

CJM

Bonding to the cold water pipe supply is good if there are no places where PVC has been used for repair and make sure that the power company ground is bonded to the copper plumbing, too. Also, bond the motor ground lug and I would even use a bigger wire for the ground (#10). Good Luck and happy soaking!!

Dear Guest, (why not log in?)

Please be advised that NO trained electrician would advise any one to use a copper water pipe for a ground. Obviously you did not read the previous posts on this forum on this subject.

Bonding to pipes is NOT for the purpose of obtaining a ground source, but only for the purpose of activating a protective device in the event the pipe becomes energized.

For you to give this advise is to encourage this person to endanger himself and his family. Please be more responsible in your posts.

Regards, CJM

It's trying to say something like:

"I AM FAULTY AND I NEED TO BE CHECKED OUT BY A QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN AND MADE SAFE PRIOR TO BEING ENERGISED AGAIN".