Chapter 42 covers wiring and equipment for permanent and storable pools, wading and decorative pools, spas, hot tubs and hydromassage tubs, including pumps and filters (NEC 680.1).
Local review: Electrical work on pools in San Antonio is permitted under the city's adopted NEC with licensed electricians; confirm the adopted edition, since several items here (Class A GFCI wording, listed bonding grids) follow the 2023 NEC.
Exposed GECs are fastened; 6 AWG may run unprotected if not exposed to damage, smaller sizes go in RMC, IMC, PVC, RTRC-XW, EMT or armor; bare aluminum stays 18 in above earth (NEC 250.64(A), (B)).
Searches all 4,276 IRC 2024 sections, 5,532 IBC 2024 sections and defined terms (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 so far) and each city's local rules as they are added. Section numbers and titles from the International Residential Code and International Building Code, 2024 editions, copyrighted by the International Code Council; the IRC's electrical chapters (34 to 43) follow NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code. Requirements are summarized in our words (IRC Chapters 3 to 43, IBC Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33); read the full text at the link on each result. Local values come from each city's published documents.
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