Long story made short;
pool light in an in-ground pool wasn’t working in a home I recently bought.
pool service guy said it’s a 120 volt so get a 120 volt. So I did. Went to install it (the easy part was pulling the wires) and the screw hole in the niche is at 4 o’clock instead of 12, but the new Pentair 5g Intellibright has multiple screw holes. Yay.
light won’t go on. Checked power at the J box and no power (there was power before).
further examination; I DO have a transformer, so I guess I should have got the 12 volt version.
called Pentair to se if I can hook it up to a light switch or outlet to see if it goes on. He says sure, but it must be installed in the niche in the water. AND he said that the light has a transformer built in to knock it down to 12 volts.
my pool guy that said I needed to buy a 120 volt light also says my transformer is shot because it’s only putting out 6-7 volts. At the J box for the light, there was no power At either J box.
now for my question.
did I possibly ruin my $500 light by connecting it to a possible line voltage of between 6-12 volts? Do I need a new transformer? If the light has a built in transformer, do I just take the transformer out and run 120 to the j box since the light knocks it down to 12?
PS the spa light does not work either....
pool light in an in-ground pool wasn’t working in a home I recently bought.
pool service guy said it’s a 120 volt so get a 120 volt. So I did. Went to install it (the easy part was pulling the wires) and the screw hole in the niche is at 4 o’clock instead of 12, but the new Pentair 5g Intellibright has multiple screw holes. Yay.
light won’t go on. Checked power at the J box and no power (there was power before).
further examination; I DO have a transformer, so I guess I should have got the 12 volt version.
called Pentair to se if I can hook it up to a light switch or outlet to see if it goes on. He says sure, but it must be installed in the niche in the water. AND he said that the light has a transformer built in to knock it down to 12 volts.
my pool guy that said I needed to buy a 120 volt light also says my transformer is shot because it’s only putting out 6-7 volts. At the J box for the light, there was no power At either J box.
now for my question.
did I possibly ruin my $500 light by connecting it to a possible line voltage of between 6-12 volts? Do I need a new transformer? If the light has a built in transformer, do I just take the transformer out and run 120 to the j box since the light knocks it down to 12?
PS the spa light does not work either....
