It was some kind of submersible pump?
How stupid.
I know. The pump for my pool is well above ground and is a good 10 feet from the pool.
Submersible pump in a pool where people are swimming. I was really wondering how the people became the path to ground from a live electrical wire in water. Were they inches from the pump while holding on to a metal ladder or something?
and not plugged into a GFCI? Why even have outlets near a pool that aren’t GFCI?