Pool Light Repair or Replaced?

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Rossterman : Ordered a set of bulbs and new gasket which are due in by 23 July. Will follow your recommendations when replacing bulb and gasket. My daughter plans to have a family birthday pool party in early August and asked me to fix the light. I wasn't sure I could afford to fix them at this time but thanks to your help I will be able to do so.
 
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When I have light fixtures out to replace bulbs do I need to do any maintenance of the niche like epoxying the area where the light cable comes thruough the pool wall? I think i might have read somewhere about putting pool putty around it?
 
Ok was not sure and did not want to have to remove the light again if I found out latter it was required as installing light fixture after pulling it out was not easy. As the niche is several feet below the water line I had to put on a diving mask to see clearly and then sink down 3 feet into the water. The water then keep pushing me back up before I could get it aligned enough in the niche to start the top mounting screw. Is there and easier way of installing the light?
 

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George Whitzel said:
Ok was not sure and did not want to have to remove the light again if I found out latter it was required as installing light fixture after pulling it out was not easy. As the niche is several feet below the water line I had to put on a diving mask to see clearly and then sink down 3 feet into the water. The water then keep pushing me back up before I could get it aligned enough in the niche to start the top mounting screw. Is there and easier way of installing the light?
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Been there, done that.. Luckily I have some dive gear and will pull it out if I need to do some work in the pool for some extended time. Usually its just one screw to take the fixture out of the niche. I think they designed it to be able to remove in the amount of time most people can hold their breath.
 
It not so much that I can not hold my breath lo g enough ( though I was able to hold it much longer when younger) but staying down under as I keep being pushed up above the fixture. I guess I will see if I can borrow a divers weight belt or wear a pair of swim trucks or shorts with pockets and put rocks in the pockets. Thanks for your help.
 
George Whitzel said:
It not so much that I can not hold my breath lo g enough ( though I was able to hold it much longer when younger) but staying down under as I keep being pushed up above the fixture. I guess I will see if I can borrow a divers weight belt or wear a pair of swim trucks or shorts with pockets and put rocks in the pockets. Thanks for your help.
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You need a weight belt and a buoyancy compensator (BC-air vest). The weights keep you down, the BC allows you to adjust your buoyancy and compensate for how deep you are.
 
George Whitzel said:
When I have light fixtures out to replace bulbs do I need to do any maintenance of the niche like epoxying the area where the light cable comes thruough the pool wall? I think i might have read somewhere about putting pool putty around it?
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I actually Apply a thin coat of adhesive rtv the cord where it goes into the housing so that it limits any minute seepage. Coupled with a new gasket and some silicone grease on the seal, It been 100%water tight.
 
So i got the pool light out and setting on the pool deck. Before I opened it and change the bulbs and gasket i just thought of a possible issue that i wonder has anyone has solved. After I change out the bulbs i want to make sure they all light before I put the light back together with a new gasket. The issue is that all of the lights do not come on at once. I read the manual and it says you can either have one color continuously On or cycle through like 10 different colors with a 20 second On time for each. I am told that you should never leave a pool light on for more than 20 seconds when out of the water. Not sure how i can test that all of the light bulbs illuminate with the 20 second per color which would be a total of 200 seconds. Any recommendations for this?
 
Thanks. My concern with reassembling the light before testing that all the bulbs light is if they Do Not all light then I have to disassemble the light again and may need to purchase another new lens gasket. I was wondering is there was a switch sequence that would have all of the lights bulbs illuminate at the same time.
 
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