Newly single mom here on a crash course of learning all things pool maintenance related (oh, and no child support so trying to manage costs!)....
Our pool is 3 years old - never had to change lights thus far. We have 3 lights - one in the hot tub and two in the pool. One of the pool lights is not fully coming on. Under the water, I can clearly see something red and something green lit up as the pictures show, it's not fully displaying color like the others.
So questions:
1. Does this mean the light bulb needs to be replaced? Or could this be some other problem. This is newly happening.
2. Is this something I can do myself? Do I need to drain the pool?
3. I don't even know what type of bulb other than it's a LED color changing one. Our equipment is Pentair and it's through the pentair app that I turn the lights on/off. Do I have to get a Pentair bulb or are there others to consider or does that possibly cause issues with having the same color scheme in the pool?
**Edit w/ Additional info** Just got back from Leslie's and they asked when I look at the light is it one continuous bulb or multiple bulbs. I said that it appears to be multiple bulbs. They then told me that this is not a DIY thing - that in order to replace these, the entire wiring to the junction box is touched along with the entire casing. He also said this will run me $500 - $600 bucks.
I've posted a few pictures. The first 2 are the light that is not working correctly. First is from last evening and then this morning. The last 2 pictures are of the light on the other end of the pool that is working fine - first from last night and then of this morning. So comparing pictures 1 and 3, then compare pictures 2 and 4 and you can see the clear difference.
Our pool is 3 years old - never had to change lights thus far. We have 3 lights - one in the hot tub and two in the pool. One of the pool lights is not fully coming on. Under the water, I can clearly see something red and something green lit up as the pictures show, it's not fully displaying color like the others.
So questions:
1. Does this mean the light bulb needs to be replaced? Or could this be some other problem. This is newly happening.
2. Is this something I can do myself? Do I need to drain the pool?
3. I don't even know what type of bulb other than it's a LED color changing one. Our equipment is Pentair and it's through the pentair app that I turn the lights on/off. Do I have to get a Pentair bulb or are there others to consider or does that possibly cause issues with having the same color scheme in the pool?
**Edit w/ Additional info** Just got back from Leslie's and they asked when I look at the light is it one continuous bulb or multiple bulbs. I said that it appears to be multiple bulbs. They then told me that this is not a DIY thing - that in order to replace these, the entire wiring to the junction box is touched along with the entire casing. He also said this will run me $500 - $600 bucks.
I've posted a few pictures. The first 2 are the light that is not working correctly. First is from last evening and then this morning. The last 2 pictures are of the light on the other end of the pool that is working fine - first from last night and then of this morning. So comparing pictures 1 and 3, then compare pictures 2 and 4 and you can see the clear difference.
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