- Aug 31, 2019
- 298
- Pool Size
- 21000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
If anyone has an ideas what the unknowns are (what is the jbox that is mounted horizontal on top of the conduit?) please let me know.
The horizontal jbox is the junction box for wires from your pool lights, which then go to your switch for the pool lights.
The item marked unknown above the pool light switch is probably a light junction box.
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You don't have any pictures of your circuit box that feeds all of this. Are those lights on a GFCI breaker?
You don't have any pictures of your circuit box that feeds all of this. Are those lights on a GFCI breaker?
I can take a picture of the main circuit box for the house, I believe that is the only circuit box for the pool equipment, there isn't a separate circuit box anywhere.
It is 6 point but it has a dot in the middle so I think a normal Torx bit will not work. Not 100% sure but I have a friend coming over later who I think has the correct bit, I'll post back once I get the box open.If it is a six point pattern it is likely a Torx screw. You just need the right size Torx screwdriver to remove it.
It is 6 point but it has a dot in the middle so I think a normal Torx bit will not work. Not 100% sure but I have a friend coming over later who I think has the correct bit, I'll post back once I get the box open.
Yes the lights are attached to the GFCI outlet that is below it, If it trip that GFCI breaker the pool light no longer turns on.
I'm not an electrician and I know very little about the electrical code, but I think that a pool light is supposed to run off of a gfci breaker, not just behind a gfci outlet. One of the experts around here might be able to verify that for us. It's good that there is gfci protection, but it's something you probably want to check into while you're cleaning everything up.
It is common for pool lights to be attached to the LOAD side of a GFCI outlet. It provides the same GFCI protection as a GFCI breaker.
Okay so I got the metal box on the bottom right open and also found out that the top opens without having to unscrew the Torx bolts. Here are the pics, looks like a timer to me.
I suppose this could be for that, OR there is also a bunch of lights that are all around the backyard that do not turn on either, maybe that's what this is for? I wouldn't think those lights were 12V though, so it's possible that this is just old and whatever it used to control is no longer around.
I do have an old fiber optic rope light around the pool but it doesn't work. The fiber optic box does have a switch near the pool, separate from this and it turns on, just doesn't seem to actually send any light to the cable.
That turns the TV in Monica's apartment on and off...I think I have everything accounted for except for one switch which doesn't seem to go to anything.
When I bought the house the pool inspector did say the bulb in the fiber optic device was out and he could replace the bulb for around $300. I just removed the fiber optic line from the pool though, it was held on with some gross glue and not very well at that. Plus the pool inspector gave me a bunch of other info that didn't match up. He told me the fountain didn't work, not sure why he thought that because I just flicked the switch and waiting a few seconds and it worked.Looks like a timer and wiring for landscape lighting to me. I'm guessing the previous owner bypassed the timer and was using the X10 to control the lights - that's what the cord running to the box above it.
I would unplug the cable from the X10 outlet and plug it into the outlet that comes from the pool light switch and see if that turns on your landscape lights.
I have an old fiber optic rope light around my pool too. Unfortunately, you need more than just power to light the cables. At some point, there was a light source that was turned on by the switch near your pool that sent light through the fiber optics. I have been trying to find an inexpensive replacement for the rope lighting but have not had any success.
haha, I genuinely enjoyed that and I (gulp) don't usually like Friends. Maybe I should give it another shot.That turns the TV in Monica's apartment on and off...
Looks like a timer and wiring for landscape lighting to me. I'm guessing the previous owner bypassed the timer and was using the X10 to control the lights - that's what the cord running to the box above it.
I would unplug the cable from the X10 outlet and plug it into the outlet that comes from the pool light switch and see if that turns on your landscape lights.