I am in the process of re-plastering my salt-water pool and they've already done the demo removal. So my wife says "We never use the 10' deep end, we should have it made shallower". Hmm, great idea, but there's complications. I have a light at the deep end about 4' down so the depth there would be 5' with a linear grade up to the shallow 3' end. One problem would be the lighting. That one bulb, now down a foot off the bottom of the deep end, may not really light up that pretty flat bottom very well.
So, I'm thinking about alternatives - and I don't want to spend a fortune installing new lights into the walls. Twenty five years ago, I had a fiber-optic rope going around the rim which was routed about 20' away from the pool to a powerful light bulb that illuminated the rim of the pool with that rope through a color-wheel for effect. That rope deteriorated and so I pulled it out. Now I'm wondering if there's some simpler LED based solution that I could run tucked under the coping around the rim of the pool (circumference 94')? Obviously can't be 120vac, but the low voltage 24vdc LED strips have limited distance runs of 33'. So from the remotely located 24v transformer (bonded and GFCI), I plan to run 3 wire pairs to the pool to feed 3 LED strips glued under the edge! The 24vdc would also have limited current so there should be no problems there, right? I'd plan on getting a real electrician to do the work of course.
Comments and ideas requested.
So, I'm thinking about alternatives - and I don't want to spend a fortune installing new lights into the walls. Twenty five years ago, I had a fiber-optic rope going around the rim which was routed about 20' away from the pool to a powerful light bulb that illuminated the rim of the pool with that rope through a color-wheel for effect. That rope deteriorated and so I pulled it out. Now I'm wondering if there's some simpler LED based solution that I could run tucked under the coping around the rim of the pool (circumference 94')? Obviously can't be 120vac, but the low voltage 24vdc LED strips have limited distance runs of 33'. So from the remotely located 24v transformer (bonded and GFCI), I plan to run 3 wire pairs to the pool to feed 3 LED strips glued under the edge! The 24vdc would also have limited current so there should be no problems there, right? I'd plan on getting a real electrician to do the work of course.
Comments and ideas requested.