Anyone have experience doing this? Do you have to drain the pool? After about 2 years my light stopped producing all the colors and now it is down to 3 - green, red and yellow. Thanks
How hard to replace a SAm?
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Are you replacing the bulb or the entire fixture? You shouldn't need to drain your pool down for to either repair it or replace it. There should be a top screw that holds it in place. Once that is undone the fixture should just come out and enough cord is left in place to bring it to the deck. I replaced my broken Sam as well as all my other lights with LED lights.
I am not sure what to do. Obviously the light - bulb works since I do get some colors. Maybe its the colorwheel motor. I honestly do not have a clue. Thanks for info.
My old Sam light had two bulbs. Maybe one of your bulbs is burned out. Do you see two lights on or just one? My SAm had two lights one on each side. Is this a full sized fixture? Or a spa light? The color changing part of my SAm was motorized and was no longer working so I am not familiar with color changing part. It was in my opinion just cheaper to replace the entire fixture with a led light instead of trying to replace the motor.
The water does not have to be drained to switch out the lights or motor. Yes there are two lights P/N 7911240. Also the motor can be replaced P/N 619495 it's about 80 bucks. Make sure if you open it change the gasket as well the standard American Product Light gasket.
I can't tell if a bulb is out. I see a light and its bright but not sure if its one or two. The light does change so maybe its not the motor. When I pull the light out and take off the lens ....can I turn the light on to see what happens i.e if a light is out or if motor is working? Thanks so much, yall are so helpful. Does your new LED change colors?
Have you verified the voltage? If it is low, the unit may not operate properly.
According to this doc ( http://www.pentairpool.com/pdfs/SamSpec ... rKitIG.pdf ), you shouldn't operate the light out of water for more than 3 minutes.
According to this doc ( http://www.pentairpool.com/pdfs/SamSpec ... rKitIG.pdf ), you shouldn't operate the light out of water for more than 3 minutes.
Yes, my led lights do change colors. They do put on a pretty impressive light show at night and the kids really enjoy the changing colors. We had a red pool and spa for Halloween. As Ohm_Boy said you shouldn't turn you pool light on out of the water for very long. The pool light is cooled by the pool water and will get extremely hot fast.
Flippy - can you tell me what light you have? I'm not real happy with this light considering we maybe got less then 200 hrs before it stopped working right. But then again I have had nothing BUT issues with this pool and the equipment which leads me to believe my pool builder is a crook.
This sounds like a burnt out bulb.
The fixture should have enough cord stuffed in the niche, usually wrapped around the fixture to allow you to unscrew the retaining screw at the top of the fixture and bringing the unit to the surface and onto the deck.
Then you can change the bulbs and gasket and replace the fixture into the niche,
Scott
The fixture should have enough cord stuffed in the niche, usually wrapped around the fixture to allow you to unscrew the retaining screw at the top of the fixture and bringing the unit to the surface and onto the deck.
Then you can change the bulbs and gasket and replace the fixture into the niche,
Scott
I have the pentair intellibrite 5g led lights. Like PoolGuyNJ said it probably is just a burnt out bulb. I would try that before I spent a couple of hundred on a new fixture. I ended up replacing all of mine because they all were in bad shape when I bought the house. The previous owner did not take good care of the pool or the house.
Flippy said:
The motor kit can be purchased online for around $40. A new SAm or LED system (e.g. IntelliBrite) would cost roughly $500. So, fixing the SAm would be the way to go. Unfortunately, these SAm lights are notorious for leaking water even with a good seal using a new o-ring.
I never had a problem with them. Just ensure all surfaces are clean and undamaged/bent.
Scott
Scott
I'm gonna repost the link to the PDF to which I referred earlier, as I failed to note that it is Pentair's "SAm® Spectrum Amerlite® Repair Kit Instructions" document. It may help some folks looking for SAm info.
PDF on Pentair's website: SAm® Spectrum Amerlite® Repair Kit Instructions
http://www.pentairpool.com/pdfs/SamSpec ... rKitIG.pdf
PDF on Pentair's website: SAm® Spectrum Amerlite® Repair Kit Instructions
http://www.pentairpool.com/pdfs/SamSpec ... rKitIG.pdf
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