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    New building code for low voltage lights around pool?

    Here is another article that says to keep lights away from the pool (duh): Revisiting Voltage Around the Pool Area | Electrical Contractor Magazine
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    New building code for low voltage lights around pool?

    Sorry - I haven't been around for a while. I don't know what a Sonos device is. The question I would have is not where the speakers or landscape lights are but where the WIRING is located. If it is properly listed for what you are using it for, and the wiring is at least 5-feet away, then...
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    New building code for low voltage lights around pool?

    To answer some of the comments - If something is listed for underwater use then it isn't listed for above ground use... Solar - no. It would be bad to introduce voltage (especially from another system) around the pool. Here is a recent article on this very same subject...
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    New building code for low voltage lights around pool?

    Well, since my last post - I haven't been able to locate any of these new mysterious lights that are listed to be used above ground at the pool's edge. A collegue of mine told me that they were the "exact same light" as an underwater pool light. But that can't be since the sealed beam light...
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    New building code for low voltage lights around pool?

    Don't get too excited about this "great change" just yet. I have put in a proposal to delete it or at least get change or clarification. The problem, as I see it, is that the human is at the same potential as the pool bonding grid. This is a good thing, though. The purpose of a pool bonding...