Pool & Spa Wiring in Bayonet Point, FL
Pool Lights, Pads, and Hot Tubs Behind the House|Licensed & Insured, EC13011268
At Bayonet Point homes, Kennedy Electric wires pools, hot tubs, and their equipment. Where a screened lanai backs onto the house, the work begins at that back wall, then follows the circuit out to the pump, the heater, and the pool light.
Say whether it's a pool, a hot tub, or both, and where on the lot it sits.
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At a glance
Pools Under a Screen Roof, Hot Tubs on the Lanai
Beacon Woods' deed restrictions govern where a pool and its wiring can be located. They rule out above-ground pools and allow an in-ground pool only behind the house, within a screened enclosure with a screened roof attached to the home, kept 5 feet off the rear and side lot lines. A hot tub, under the same restrictions, may be placed inside a screened porch, lanai, or existing pool enclosure, and never on the side or front of the home.
The association's guidelines add that what goes onto a screened lanai sits outside its architectural review, while noting that state law and county rules still apply. On the county's side, Pasco wants the pool equipment's location and setbacks shown on the site plan, the flood zone marked, and the dividing line shown where a lot sits in two zones. On a lot split that way, the drawing shows which zone the pad sits in before any of its wiring goes in.
How it runs
The Wiring Follows the Spot
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Where the pad and the tub will sit
That spot is fixed before any wire is chosen, since the run from the house, its length, and the breaker it needs all follow from it.
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The feed from the house
The panel is checked for room, each circuit is sized to the equipment it serves, and the route from the back wall to the pad or the lanai is chosen, either run along the house wall or buried in conduit.
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Bonding and ground-fault protection
The bond is tied to every metal part it has to reach, and ground-fault protection goes on the pool equipment and the outlets around the pool. On a pool that's already in, the existing bond connections are checked while the electrician is there, so new equipment joins a bond that's whole.
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Passed, then put to use
The work is covered by a Pasco electrical permit, and Kennedy Electric files the application and schedules the county inspection once the wiring at the pad or lanai is in place. Only after it passes does the equipment or the tub go into use, with each ground-fault device tested on its first run.
What we cover
Where Each Pool Circuit Lands
At the back wall: The receptacles on the wall the lanai shares with the house, each given ground-fault protection, and the path the new feed takes as it leaves the house.
On the lanai, for a hot tub: A circuit that serves the tub alone, sized from the rating printed on the spa, with its disconnect placed where the lanai allows.
Under the screen roof: The pool light in its niche, its cord running up to a junction box mounted higher than the water, and LED lights on their transformer.
At the equipment pad: Every motor and controller there, from the pump to a salt chlorinator or an automation panel, wired to the figures on its own nameplate, with a disconnect at the pad for servicing.
Out toward the lot line: The buried run out to the pad, and power for a fountain or other water feature, on a circuit rated for outdoor use and protected against ground faults.
Pricing
Backyard Wiring Has No Set Price
How far the pad or lanai is from the panel, the equipment's label ratings, and whether the panel can accommodate new breakers all affect the price.
Repair and troubleshooting visits are billed by the hour from arrival: $100 residential, $150 commercial, one-hour minimum, then half-hour increments, plus materials. No trip charge and no service fee. No hidden fees: the 3.5% surcharge on card and ACH payments is listed in our terms.
We don't do upfront pricing. No job has a standard price with us: each one is tailored to the property and the work you've asked for, and priced once we've seen it.
We offer free estimates on installs, upgrades, and replacements in our service area. Estimates aren't free when the job needs troubleshooting or testing to price, falls after hours or outside our service area, needs several meetings to gather information, or is new construction or a custom remodel with multi-party walk-throughs. For most jobs, estimates arrive by email by the end of the next business day, and quotes are good for 30 days.
Our warranty
04If something we installed fails because of our workmanship within 30 days of completion, we waive the hourly labor to put it right. Materials Kennedy Electric purchases for your job carry the manufacturer's one-year warranty. To replace defective materials we supplied, or materials damaged by storm, flood, fire, or other acts of God, we charge a reduced warranty labor rate of $50 an hour residential and $75 an hour commercial. The warranty does not cover materials not purchased by Kennedy Electric, work performed by the customer, or materials the customer purchased or damaged. Our warranty terms are printed on the estimate, the invoice, and the receipt, and the product boxes stay with you so you can register each product with its manufacturer.
Our Bayonet Point lanai is small. Where can a hardwired hot tub's disconnect go?
Our Bayonet Point pool sits inside an aluminum screen enclosure. Does the frame have to be bonded?
The new hot tub would sit on our Bayonet Point lanai next to an outlet that's already there. Can it plug in?
Our pool pump and our house share one panel in the garage. Does the pad need its own subpanel?
An easement runs along the back of our lot. Does it affect where the pool wiring goes?
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