My pool light is tripping the GFI, which is a real bummer because I just replaced the gasket last year. I am guessing I didn't install it quite right. I remember after I got it all sealed up that the tension on the wire holding the gasket did not seem evenly distributed around the fixture. I haven't pulled it out of the pool yet but I am just guessing the water's getting in where there wasn't that much tension pulling against the gasket.
Anyways, I'll pull it up soon and will try again. Any tricks to getting the wire to seal properly?
I'm also wondering if I should convert to a 12V LED light as I am assuming the 12V doesn't pose the same electrocution hazard as 120V. The GFI has tripped when mine's shorted out but it makes me nervous. Am I right to think 12V is safer?
Is converting just a matter of installing a transformer in the J-Box and putting an LED bulb in the fixture? Guess I've got to get the gasket to seal regardless. Or maybe replace and rewire the whole thing?
Here's a pic of my fixture from last year when it shorted out for the first time. Pic is from before I replaced the gaket and may have bent the thing out of shape.
Anyways, I'll pull it up soon and will try again. Any tricks to getting the wire to seal properly?
I'm also wondering if I should convert to a 12V LED light as I am assuming the 12V doesn't pose the same electrocution hazard as 120V. The GFI has tripped when mine's shorted out but it makes me nervous. Am I right to think 12V is safer?
Is converting just a matter of installing a transformer in the J-Box and putting an LED bulb in the fixture? Guess I've got to get the gasket to seal regardless. Or maybe replace and rewire the whole thing?
Here's a pic of my fixture from last year when it shorted out for the first time. Pic is from before I replaced the gaket and may have bent the thing out of shape.
