Swimming pool electrical installation in Seville, Spain: pump control panel, 12 V lights and certification

Swimming pool electrical installation in Seville, Spain: water and electricity kept well apart

A pool is the place at home where electricity has to be most carefully controlled: there is water, people walking barefoot and equipment running for hours in the sun. That is why the Spanish regulation gives it its own instruction, ITC-BT-31, which divides the area around the pool into zones 0, 1 and 2 and sets what can go in each one. We carry out swimming pool electrical installation for private pools in Seville in line with that instruction, both on new pools and on pools that have run for years with a makeshift control panel.

What it includes

• Weatherproof filtration control panel, with circuit breakers, RCD, contactor and a timer or programmable clock.
• Connection of the filtration pump and, if there is one, the heat pump or the salt chlorinator.
• Underwater lighting with 12 V LED lights and their transformer outside the risk zones.
• Weatherproof sockets for the pool cleaner and other equipment, with the right degree of protection.
• Equipotential bonding of all the metal parts around the pool.
• Legalisation with an electrical installation certificate filed with the Junta de Andalucía. More on that document in electrical certificate (boletín).

Typical cases in Seville and the Aljarafe

• Villas and townhouses with a pool. In Tomares, Bormujos, Mairena del Aljarafe or Espartinas the private pool is part of the house, and it is common to find old filtration panels with no RCD of their own or a broken clock. New detached homes, such as Guiomar in Bormujos, Altos del Aire in Tomares or Enea in Entrenúcleos, also call for garden and pool lighting and irrigation.
• The first autumn rains. When it rains after the summer, water gets into the pump house or an old light and the RCD starts to trip. It is the moment to check seals and insulation. If it is tripping right now, see RCD keeps tripping.
• Communal pools. In developments with a pool, such as Habitat Puerta Cartuja in Camas or the new developments in Sevilla Este, we check the filtration panel of the communal pool, the pumps and the underwater lighting. Pools for public use also have their own health regulation (Royal Decree 742/2013).
• Pool heating. More and more owners add a heat pump to swim in spring and autumn. If you also have solar panels, the filtration and the heat pump can use the midday production.

How we work

1. We look at the pool and the pump house, and check the condition of the control panel, the pump and the lights.
2. We measure insulation and earthing to detect leaks before they trip the RCD.
3. We give you a fixed quote with what needs doing and what is worth improving.
4. We install or renovate the panel, lights, sockets and equipotential bonding.
5. We programme the filtration and hand you the installation certificate.

For sockets in the garden or by the barbecue, see outdoor sockets, and for watering the garden, irrigation and well pumps.

Guide prices

Prices estimated from market rates. We give you a fixed price after seeing the installation. More references on the prices page.

Regulations

ITC-BT-31 of the Spanish Low Voltage Electrotechnical Regulation covers swimming pools: zones 0, 1 and 2, safety extra-low voltage at 12 V in zones 0 and 1, RCD protection and equipotential bonding. Under ITC-BT-05, pools over 10 kW must pass a periodic inspection by an inspection body. The rest of our outdoor work is under outdoor, pools and gates.