Tony wrote:

MiamiCuse wrote:
I have two lights about 3 feet below the water surface. One of them turn
on and one of them went off recently.

I had the electrician who was working on my remodeling take a look, and
he opened a junction box near the pool, and there is power at the
junction box, so it is either the bulb or the light fixture is bad.

He told me normally swimming pool lights are low voltage, but in my case,
the wire going to the light is not low voltage but 110v. He said either
the light fixture has a built in low-voltage transformer, or when they
put the light fixture in back in the 70s, they used a 110v light fixture,
and I need a specialist that deals with pool lights to examine it.

Do I need to hire an electrician that is specialized in pool light
fixtures? or do I need to drain the pool down below the fixture level to
take a look myself?

My water table is very high being in Miami, I was told I cannot drain it
or it will crack, what if I drain my pool to half full (25000 gallon
pool) it will not crack right?

Thanks,

MC


If you don't want to drain the pool, you need an electrician who
specializes in pool work. He is going to have to remove the fixture
underwater, bring it to the beach on the long cord it presumably will
have, replace the lamp, and re-install it underwater. This can be
dangerous, particularly if the fixture turns out to be broken and
leaking. Don't let the pool guy do it unless he is also a licensed and
insured electrician. On the other hand, if the pool is drained, it only
requires a ladder.
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There should be a raised box above water line and usually above the decking
of the pool somewhere near the pool where the splice is for the pool light.
Turn the circuit off and disconnect at this box. The line to the light
should be in a conduit and pretty long to get to this box. Before pulling
out the light tie a pull line to the wire in the box and make sure the line
comes through at the light side. Get a new light and pull in the wire with
the pull line. Connect wires and test.
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