I have seen a lot of posts about the cables being stuck but has anyone ever experienced a globrite that will not come out of the niche? I have turned it and turned it and it doesn’t seem to want to release from the niche. Any suggestions?
Pentair GloBrite stuck in the niche
- Thread starter Dave3C
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There is no extra cable coiled behind the globrite. The niche doesn't allow for it. The electrician/PB should have left slack in the junction box, but I've literally never seen it done properly. We do this though, when we replace them.
Unless you've released the wire in the jbox (and tied a line to it so you can reverse the pull once you cut the head off and splice the new light) you're not gonna get it to budge.
Unless you've released the wire in the jbox (and tied a line to it so you can reverse the pull once you cut the head off and splice the new light) you're not gonna get it to budge.
Thanks for the insight. Any recommendation of how to get this light out. I have disconnected the wire back at the transformer.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,469
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
You should have a J Box that the line for the light comes to and connects to the line from the transformer. Those have a clamp in them to hold the line from the light to keep the pressure off the connection. Check for that.
Ours doesn’t have a jbox near the pool. It is near the equipment about 100 ft away. Other than starting to break the light into pieces I am not sure what to do.
Thats the junction box mknauss is taking about. The wire from the transformer is connected to the wire from the light at that junction box. There is a clamp that holds the wire that comes from the light, its got 2 screws that go through it. make sure that clamp is loose so its not holding the light back.
You should be able to get the light to at least release from the niche lock and "jiggle" in place, even without slack. Are you saying not even this has been possible?
Yes. Nothing. It will spin left and right. Enough that it should release, but it won’t release. The wire on the other end is completely loose. Unhooked and no clamps.
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- Jul 10, 2018
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- Pool Size
- 26000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
I have no idea how to help. However, how many globrites do you have? Have you disconnected the correct one at the jbox?
I have three total. All three failed this season. Finally getting around to replacing them. The two in the pool were relatively straight forward. The spa on the other hand has me pulling my hair out.