Pool light cable looks burnt? Is this normal?
- Thread starter Flpoolhouse
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 63,059
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Looks like you rubbed off some coating removing the cable. Let's see what some others have to say.
- May 23, 2015
- 25,796
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
I dunno, that looks charred to me. I would not continue to use that light until you've verify that the current and voltages test correctly.
Is this a 120V halogen lamp?
Was the pool light ever turned on without water in the niche?
Halogen pool lights require a fully submerged niche to work or else you can burn/char/melt the enclosure.
Is this a 120V halogen lamp?
Was the pool light ever turned on without water in the niche?
Halogen pool lights require a fully submerged niche to work or else you can burn/char/melt the enclosure.
Was the wire in conduit? I'm wondering if the marks are from PVC cement. Doesn't look like burn marks to me.
Rub one of the marks with a magic eraser or sponge with cleanser. Does the mark come off or does it look like its all the way through the sheathing.
It doesn't look burnt to me.
It looks like a black cable with a white coating.
What exact light do you have?
How old is the light?
It looks like a black cable with a white coating.
What exact light do you have?
How old is the light?
When you replace the light, you replace the cable; unless you just mean the bulb?
It's a Pentair 967810 120v halogen. We recently bought the house so I'm not sure what happened. I'll check it with my multimeter and see what it says.
sktn77a
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You didn't have to pull the cord to replace the bulb.
The cable looks swollen.
I think that I would replace the light to be safe.
The cable looks swollen.
I think that I would replace the light to be safe.
The cord was coiled up under the light. After further inspection I think the cable is fine, it was from sitting on itself. Not sure why they have it so long.
I replaced my bulb with an LED floodlight from Home Depot. Old bulb was a 4 or 5 hundred watt incandescent. That attracted every bug from miles around. The LED is 15 watt (75 watt equivalent). It even makes the water look bluer than the old bulb. They say LEDs shouldn't be used in an enclosed fixture but I don't think they were thinking of a water cooled fixture. Its only been a couple months but so far so good.
