Changing to LED lights

Pro Golfer Mark

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Sep 23, 2013
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Las Vegas, NV
Hello all. I'm looking for some help here. I'm getting my pool replastered and I figured I would take the opportunity while the pool is drained to switch from my currrent lights to LED lights in my pool and spa. Below are pictures with the model numbers/etc. Can I just replace the bulbs with LED bulbs or do I need to buy new fixtures? If it's just bulbs, what type do I need to get? I don't want multicolor, just white LED bulbs.

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Hello all. I'm looking for some help here. I'm getting my pool replastered and I figured I would take the opportunity while the pool is drained to switch from my currrent lights to LED lights in my pool and spa. Below are pictures with the model numbers/etc. Can I just replace the bulbs with LED bulbs or do I need to buy new fixtures? If it's just bulbs, what type do I need to get? I don't want multicolor, just white LED bulbs.

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There are many R40 white pool LED bulbs available. J&J makes a good one. Blue Square does as well. They are brighter (more watt equivalent) than ones that can be purchased at Home Depot. Home Depot's ones work, especially ones rated for outdoor use. Just not as bright, but the light is very "white" if you get a "cool white" or "daylight" color. I used a Home Depot, 22W R 40LED in my pool until my daughter convinced me we "needed" a color-changing bulb, which now only shows a few of the original colors. I'm too old to be changing pool bulbs.
Most any PAR16 LED can be used but ones made specifically for pool/spa use all seem to be PAR 20, about .5" more in diameter. They may or may not fit your fixture.
The number after the PAR or the R is the diameter in 1/8." So, a PAR 16 is 2" and a PAR 20 is 2.5" in diameter. Its the same for the R bulbs. An R40 is 5" in diameter.