Hi. New member here. I've learned a lot by reading this site. I have a 28' aboveground pool(2009), and after the first year, I found the old pool forum site and switched to BBB and never looked back. I find as long as I run my filter 16 hours/day, I stay trouble free. My problem is with night swimming. The pool dealer sold me a 50W in-wall light. I think it's sta-rite or something. It's always worked fine, but I want it a bit(a lot?) brighter. I ended up buying a SmartPool NL100 nightlighter and put it on the pool wall opposite the 50W light. The lighting is perfect. The only issue is, the light has always turned off anywhere from 8 to 30 minutes after poweron and requires about 8 minutes before it will turn back on. I've troubleshot this thing extensively and SmartPool was willing but not ultimately much help. They even sent me a light they tested for the full 3 hour cycle. Still no dice.
I'm almost positive it's not thermal or water leakage related, after multiple tests. I'm convinced it's this "fuse protection circuitry" the light has. Question: Since the other light works fine, and overall, my house(1990) has no known electrical issues, what might cause this light to reset? I assume the fuse protection is just protecting the fuse against a spike/short because the fuse is not serviceable, but it seems awfully touchy if that's the case. Anyone else have an NL100? Options for aboveground pools are limited if you don't want another hole in your pool wall. Floating lights aren't powerful enough, and since my 50W light is right near my return, I really want a light I can put on the opposite side for better coverage, so that rules out return lghts. Sorry for the book...
I'm almost positive it's not thermal or water leakage related, after multiple tests. I'm convinced it's this "fuse protection circuitry" the light has. Question: Since the other light works fine, and overall, my house(1990) has no known electrical issues, what might cause this light to reset? I assume the fuse protection is just protecting the fuse against a spike/short because the fuse is not serviceable, but it seems awfully touchy if that's the case. Anyone else have an NL100? Options for aboveground pools are limited if you don't want another hole in your pool wall. Floating lights aren't powerful enough, and since my 50W light is right near my return, I really want a light I can put on the opposite side for better coverage, so that rules out return lghts. Sorry for the book...
I do have a line conditioner I use for my band. Maybe i'll plug the light into it to see if it passes the test. The light, as you know, is compeltely sealed and impossible to get a reading on without modifying it a bit. I'd love to see what's going on with the amperage when the light shuts off. At least that might give me a clue. Thanks for the help. This one might not get solved i'm afraid. I may have to buy a Pentair aqualuminator and put up with both my lights facing the same wall. It should add light, although not ideal like the NL100.