tedinelkgrove said:
I finally removed the light fixture. One of the stamps on the side says Pentair 120v 500w. So all I need to do is buy an LED screw type bulb? I don't need to repalce the fixture itself?
How old is the light? It is usually best to replace the rubber gasket to assure no leaking, especially when you spend as much as an LED cost. I have an old Amerlite 8" fixture.
No one, yet, has heard of this, but when I tried to put my new rubber gasket on, last year when I replaced the 500 watt monster with an LED color changing, the new gasket was thicker than the old gasket. I did get the right part number but in order to use the new gasket longer stainless steel screws are needed for the clips that compress it together. I haven't gotten them yet but I did do a good restoration treatment on the old gasket and cleaned up the areas it touches very well (along with all the rest of the housing). I, also, let the gasket sit out a couple of weeks, uncompressed, out of direct sunlight, in hopes that it would "plump" up a bit. It has been holding well since last summer.
BTW.... I ordered the correct gasket, as per online parts lists, advised to get the same one by our experts, and even took the gasket to several different pool stores. ALL of the new ones are considerably thicker than the old one. When I tried to use the new one, even clamping the fixture around the edges in several places, with a lot of force, I still couldn't get the old screws to catch.
Just wanted to let you, and anyone else interested, know about that.
RE the pool surface color. My "Favorite Most Trusted" pool guy likes his white plaster for many reasons, one being that it takes better advantage of the color changing LED lights he has. Before I put in so much low voltage lighting around the pool and yard we used the pool light dusk to dawn for safety reasons. That 500 watt light ate up a tremendous amount of electricity. With my LED the light is adequate to give enough light for safety but doesn't light up the deck and overhanging trees and any structures close by as well. My plaster color is medium blue. I surely do like not being blinded by the 500 watt incandescent when I'm in or out of the pool.
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