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Great info! Thanks gwegan. This clear it all up. I appreciate it.

Thank you for the information. It does help and explains a lot. So basically it becomes an issue after years of settling and therefore people start putting the silicone or plugs to prevent the water from leaking between the niche and conduit connection. I haven't been in the pool yet this...

I am going to replace my pool light soon and while reading on how to change it, it seems some people talk about leaks or dry niches vs flooded ones or leaks at the niche. I thought all niches are supposed to be flooded. In which circumstances would I use a rubber plug at the end of the niche...

I am looking to replace the fixture. I looked into replacing the bulb but with a corroded base in the fixture it might not be worth it. I don't want to burn a new LED :(. I am hoping that an LED sealed fixture would last me for way over 5 years. The old fixture had the light replaced several...

Does anyone have recommendations on LED pool light to replace an incandescent Pentair Amerilite? Should I go with the Pentair Intellibrite or is there a better one yet compatible out there? Also is it necessary to fill up the hole in the niche after the cord is pulled thru? There seem to be...

Had an electrician over. The pool light had some corrosion and humidity in the light fixture was tripping the GFCI. Also the way it was wire was not the best way. It was "working" prior to all this but not wired correctly which added to the problem.

Yes this is the only thing I wish they would improve. Perhaps they should come up with a backup battery. The company claims it will stay charged and go for several hours at night after the sun goes down but I know this not to be true.

If you look close on the left side of the box, on the very back, the first conduit has the breaker wires. You could see the white one is connected to the main terminals on the black assembly. The black assembly has a bus. The load white wire is connected to that. The line white wire is...

I just followed what was already there but it seems to me that the white wire load (neutral) is not in the right place. Seems to me the white wires are transposed. Do you agree? The line white wire coming from GFCI is not feeding anything as it is connected to the pool light and the receptacle.

Here is the picture. The breaker wires are in the first conduit in the back left and they are connecting to those square terminals below the breaker switches at the top and then power the rest of the stuff here.

Just my two cents, did you replace the gasket or did you use the same one? Since this clamp holding the light fixture that goes over the gasket is so tight, it creates an permanent indentation in the gasket. It is almost impossible to fit the gasket exactly in the same position and to have a...

Tcat, I had the worse problem with leaves and debris from my neighbors tree falling in my pool. The tree also threw some coffee grounds like seeds and some brown bigger flat seeds as well which will cover the whole surface of my pool and used to get compacted on my leaf catcher with the suction...

The breaker switches are inside the pool panel case. The third one appears to be a breaker for the GFI. The GFI is on the side of the pool panel case. The light and the receptacle are managed by the GFCI. The pool light switch is an X-10 switch. The connections are like this: From GFCI: Line 1...

Sorry I had to delete the old attachments due to quota. Here is a piece of art. I hope you could understand it.

JamesW et All. I disconnected both side of loads and still could not reset the GFI. Here is a diagram. Sorry I am not good at drawing :). The black dots mark the connection point, The switches at the top are my pool panel switches. It seems to be wired correctly and my GFI light is green...

I take that back sorry. I left one of the loads connected so that was not a real test :(. I will remove the load wires tomorrow, leave the lines in and then tried to reset it.

I will open the light tomorrow and let it dry out. I am thinking about replacing it with an LED. Since I took the loads off the GFCI, doesn't this take the pool light off the loop as the cause of not been able to reset it due to the light tripping the GFCi?

Intellitouch and easytouch lead me to believe we are talking about advanced digital boxes. My metal box only holds the timer for the main pool pump and just manual switches for the pool light, and the waterfall pump toggle switch.

Ok I will watch for any start of corrosion. There used to be a salinator installed when the pool was first built and all I could think of is that at one point or another perhaps water from the shoot out valve might had hit the box and water might had dripped to the bottom of the box it it was...

I don't see a clip or wire underneath the enclosure. I guess I could add one. Anything I should get in particular and does it only needs to be buried? Could this cause the battery effect mentioned?

I ended up replacing the GFCI. The screws holding up the wiring were a little rusty and didn't look in good shape. The new one is nicer and have the self testing etc. The good news is that I have a green light on the GFCI indicating it was wired correctly (it is the same wiring as before...

I checked on that block and all three wires going to it are green so it seems like a grounding block. If I plug something on the GFCI receptacle, it gets powered. The black test button just seems frozen. Should I just replace the GFCI?

I checked on that block and all three wires going to it are green so it seems like a grounding block. If I plug something on the GFCI receptacle, it gets powered. The black test button just seems frozen. Should I just replace the GFCI?

Borjis, is not a GFCI breaker. It just connected to the side of the panel and the pool light connects through it. It worked originally when the pool was built. Stopped working long after but since the pool light kept working I didn't worry about it. I recently replaced my pool pump motor so...

The GFCI on the side of the pool panel won't reset. This GFCI appears to be connected to the pool light. This doesn't seem to affect the pool light operation, however I noticed I have had to change the pool light more frequently than I should. I have changed it 4 times in 12 years. This is a...

Thanks for the information . I really appreciate it!

James the pool pump has been working great, no issues but I want to clarify something as I thought I understood the logic of a timer install and now I am double guessing myself after looking at the picture of the on/off timer. I thought as required by code, wiring is supposed to follow certain...