John,
The best (worst) pool wiring job I seen was a motor (on an extension cord) plugged into a surge suppressor strip right next to the pool, where the pool crawler vacuum was also plugged in. Then it went to a 100 foot blue extension cord, that was plugged into a 100 foot orange cord, that ran down to the house, up over the roof of the house, which also plugged into a yellow cord that plugged into a receptacle in the back of the house. ( I don't even know if the receptacle was GFI. I told the lady whose kids were swimming in the pool that I though the install might have been a little dangerous. (to say the least) They got out of the pool right then.
