Below grade electrical wiring

It sounds like you have buried EMT and not galv pipe. There is no practical way to repair it, although the fact that the wires are wet is not an issue. Even wires in a galvanized pipe underground will be wet and in contact with the pipe and ground, etc. I would just make sure the conductors are protected by ground fault devices on the house side, this way if the insulation on the wires failed, you would be protected. You would also want to be sure that there is a separate ground wire in the conduit, and that the conduit is not used as an equipment ground

Thanks, there is only one red wire inside the conduit, does this mean I don't have a proper ground wire?

if that the only wire in the conduit? how old is the pool?

safety rules have changed a lot. between age and needed safety upgrades you may have a large project started

If the conduit only has one red and one white wire, and no others, yes, you have no ground wire

pool was built in 1972.

The conduit has a single red wire, no white wire or any other wire. Strange...

Where does it come from and go again?

What is it hooked to and what other connection(s) is/are on whatever that device(s) is/are?

This a low-voltage lighting circuit by chance?

Do you have a sprinkler system?

One conductor doesn't get you very far, unless it is possibly a bonding conductor. The rebar in the concrete pool deck must be bonded together. If it is, it will be #8 gauge. Is it definitely an insulated (Red) conductor?

"MiamiCuse" wrote

(snip- Corroded conduit)

I think so. If the line is unsafe, have it capped off at the house first. Danger now gone. Next, look and see if it would be easier to just ignore the old conduit and run a new one with newest safety grade. It wouldnt have to follow the same lines as the old so might not involve as much under the pool deck digging to lay it. Depending on the design of your pool deck, it

That's what I was thinking of when I read "red wire". My sprinkler system (installed in 1998) has red wires going to each valve, and white for common. These wires are not in conduit, but buried with the pipes.