Jandy Pool Light Pilot Screw and Niche Tab

[JoJessup]

I have two Jandy lights in my pool. Both have flood lights in them. I’m assuming they are 120V (vs 12v).

One light is floating in the pool because the tab that the “pilot screw” screws into on the Niche is broken. I found this Warning in the Jandy Instruction Manual “ Use only the special pilot screw provided with this underwater light. This screw mounts and electrically grounds the mounting ring to the wet niche. Failure to use the screw provided could create an electrical hazard, which could result in death or serious injury to Pool or spa users, installers, or others due to electrical shock.” I found some “Pool Light Wedges” that I can use to secure the light to the niche, but since I can’t use the Pilot Screw does that mean it is not grounded?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[JoJessup]

I have two Jandy underwater lights in my pool. Currently they have floodlights in them. I have not taken them apart to see if they are 12 V or 120 V, but I am assuming they are 120 V. I have watched several videos and read posts about changing from white floodlights to colored LED. Is it a simple as turning off the electricity, removing the light from the niche, disassembling the light fixture, removing the flood light and screwing in an LED color lightbulb off of Amazon? I know I need a new gasket when I reassemble it, but I wasn’t sure if there was any converting I have to do or is it simply just changing the lightbulb?

 

[1poolman1]

I have two Jandy lights in my pool. Both have flood lights in them. I’m assuming they are 120V (vs 12v).

One light is floating in the pool because the tab that the “pilot screw” screws into on the Niche is broken. I found this Warning in the Jandy Instruction Manual “ Use only the special pilot screw provided with this underwater light. This screw mounts and electrically grounds the mounting ring to the wet niche. Failure to use the screw provided could create an electrical hazard, which could result in death or serious injury to Pool or spa users, installers, or others due to electrical shock.” I found some “Pool Light Wedges” that I can use to secure the light to the niche, but since I can’t use the Pilot Screw does that mean it is not grounded?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Use his instead. It helps restore the connection if your light niche is metal. Pool Tools 132-A SS. Works like the Light Wedge.

 

[Mikes61]

I have two Jandy underwater lights in my pool. Currently they have floodlights in them. I have not taken them apart to see if they are 12 V or 120 V, but I am assuming they are 120 V. I have watched several videos and read posts about changing from white floodlights to colored LED. Is it a simple as turning off the electricity, removing the light from the niche, disassembling the light fixture, removing the flood light and screwing in an LED color lightbulb off of Amazon? I know I need a new gasket when I reassemble it, but I wasn’t sure if there was any converting I have to do or is it simply just changing the lightbulb?

Yes it is that simple. I just did both my pool light and spa light a couple weeks ago. I got them from Inyo Pools, but they are available from Amazon a little cheaper with Inyo Pools being the supplier. The LED pool light is 35 watts and the spa light is 6 watts. They change color by cycling with wall switch in the house. There are 15 different light shows depending how you cycle the switch. Mine are 120v but they have 12v ones too.

 

[JoJessup]

Use his instead. It helps restore the connection if your light niche is metal. Pool Tools 132-A SS. Works like the Light Wedge.
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Bought this metal wedge, but my niche is not metal. Only the screw hole is metal. So unfortunately this will not ground it.

I got in the water and the screw hole is intact

 

[JoJessup]

Bought this metal wedge, but my niche is not metal. Only the screw hole is metal. So unfortunately this will not ground it.

I got in the water and the screw hole is intact

…but it is stripped.

 

[JoJessup]

My Jandy pool light was floating, but when I went under to screw it back in, I found the pilot screw hole stripped ( it’s required for grounding) AND the niche is too big. I bought a longer stainless screw and can put it through the light and into the niche screw hole, but the bottom floats up because the bottom light tab does not stay in the niche. I can’t use a wedge because I need the top screw hole for the grounding screw and there are no other viable holes on the light (if there were I could use the wedge at the bottom). Would an adapter work and still allow grounding? And if so, can I install the adapter without draining my pool? It’s a 120v Jandy white light (I just replaced the bulb with an Amazon LED) and a Hayward Niche (unknown model)