- Oct 10, 2022
- 54
- Pool Size
- 13500
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Hey everyone,
We have 3 Intellibrite LEDs in the pool and 1 in the spa. While the lights look really nice and are very low profile, I'm a bit disappointed in the service life. I We had 1 fail in the Spa July this year. Obviously a seal failed somewhere in the housing (see pic below). When I inspected it, it was about 1/2 full of water and rusted out. I ended up changing it out with a Pentair Globrite (model# 602054, 50ft). Since it was in the spa, I was able to drain the water from the spa into the pool and was able to install it w/o any water in the line (as soon as I pulled the old one out several gallons of water came out). Other than running a pull line and pulling the 50 feet of cable, it was a very easy fix (although expensive at about $470 for the light).
Yesterday I fired up the lights and one of the Intellibrites in the pool flickers on then immediately shuts off. While I haven't put a mask on and looked, my hunch is this one probably is suffering the same fate. I guess that brings me to two questions:
1. Do you have to empty the water to replace the light or can there be water in the conduit/housing? The light itself if fully self contained. I'm guessing it is ideal to replace dry but I really don't want to drain 2 feet of water from the pool.
2. Is 3 years about right for these? From what I can see online, 2-5 seems about the lifespan for Intellibrite. I've read the Globrites should have a longer life (fingers crossed).
Thanks for any input,
Tony C.
We have 3 Intellibrite LEDs in the pool and 1 in the spa. While the lights look really nice and are very low profile, I'm a bit disappointed in the service life. I We had 1 fail in the Spa July this year. Obviously a seal failed somewhere in the housing (see pic below). When I inspected it, it was about 1/2 full of water and rusted out. I ended up changing it out with a Pentair Globrite (model# 602054, 50ft). Since it was in the spa, I was able to drain the water from the spa into the pool and was able to install it w/o any water in the line (as soon as I pulled the old one out several gallons of water came out). Other than running a pull line and pulling the 50 feet of cable, it was a very easy fix (although expensive at about $470 for the light).
Yesterday I fired up the lights and one of the Intellibrites in the pool flickers on then immediately shuts off. While I haven't put a mask on and looked, my hunch is this one probably is suffering the same fate. I guess that brings me to two questions:
1. Do you have to empty the water to replace the light or can there be water in the conduit/housing? The light itself if fully self contained. I'm guessing it is ideal to replace dry but I really don't want to drain 2 feet of water from the pool.
2. Is 3 years about right for these? From what I can see online, 2-5 seems about the lifespan for Intellibrite. I've read the Globrites should have a longer life (fingers crossed).
Thanks for any input,
Tony C.
