Electrical question-pool plug

[ColdH20guy]

Hi guys

quick question please..can I splice a 14/2 wire that has a GFCI plug on it and 'make' another one..? I want to put a post by the pool with a plug in it (also with a GFI)and I have one outside already a short distance away that I wanted to run it from..I think the pool pump needs 12/2 wire? but 14/2 would work I'm guessing..

 

thanks

[OhioFisherman]

No idea how your building codes are up there. When I put my pool in here it required a 30 amp twist lock connection for the pool pump. Any other plug had to be like 10 feet from the pool.

 

The electrical inspector that came out to inspect the work gave us some reasons for it, and they made sense to me! Set a plug in radio on the top rail of a pool? On a wet pool deck?

[smally21]

GFCI receptacles have a line and a load side, so yes you can run other plugs past (thru) the GFCI. each receptacle past the GFCI will also be ground fault protected.

 

12/2 is capable of running up to 30 amps. dont run 14/2 to any device running in excess of 20 amps. more like 16 amps @ 80%. dont guess read the plate on the pump motor it will tell you its amperage. its quite likely the pump is 240V which means you cant run another plug off it as it has no nuetral.

 

hope this helps.

[ColdH20guy]

it does..sort of..

 

thanks for taking the time