Hi everyone!
I'm new here and I just bought a house with a pool so I guess that makes me a first time pool owner!
As I'm slowly figuring out everything with the pool and how it's setup, one of the things I found was this..
The previous owner and listing boasted about this (expensive) Intellibrite colour LED light they had installed. But, as I was just opening the pool and filling it with water, I heard some dripping under the diving board.
I went to investigate only to find out that whoever installed it cut the cable of the light and spliced it JUST above water level under the diving board compartment. I made sure there is no power going to the light and opened the housing, only to find spliced wires floating in water)... After some reading, I understand that the conduit from the light opening will get water inside it, but I also know that the cable connection needs to be well above water level away from the pool somewhere.
This must be installed incorrectly and be an electrocution hazard, or am I mistaken? If so, then whoever cut the cord to this light might have rendered it completely unusable...
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Kujibuji
I'm new here and I just bought a house with a pool so I guess that makes me a first time pool owner!
As I'm slowly figuring out everything with the pool and how it's setup, one of the things I found was this..
The previous owner and listing boasted about this (expensive) Intellibrite colour LED light they had installed. But, as I was just opening the pool and filling it with water, I heard some dripping under the diving board.
I went to investigate only to find out that whoever installed it cut the cable of the light and spliced it JUST above water level under the diving board compartment. I made sure there is no power going to the light and opened the housing, only to find spliced wires floating in water)... After some reading, I understand that the conduit from the light opening will get water inside it, but I also know that the cable connection needs to be well above water level away from the pool somewhere.
This must be installed incorrectly and be an electrocution hazard, or am I mistaken? If so, then whoever cut the cord to this light might have rendered it completely unusable...
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Kujibuji