How often do you guys run your lights? Everyday, weekends, only when swimming? I would like to have mine on a few hours every night but I am worried about burning them out as I have had 5 light failures in 3 years. I have 3 Pentair LEDs.
Pool Lights Usage
- Thread starter Iceman 21
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I turn mine on every time the pool is open and the sun is starting to go down. My pool is just over a year old and no light issues yet. I'd be a little upset about 5 failures in 3 years too.
- May 16, 2011
- 1,180
- Pool Size
- 28000
- Surface
- Plaster
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
We have ours on a schedule to turn on every night all year round so we can enjoy the look of the pool. It didn't even occur to me to worry about light failures! That would be a real annoyance!
- May 23, 2015
- 24,407
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
I have old school halogen lights in my pool & spa. I don't turn them on unless someone is swimming or if I have to go out to the pool at night to do something. I have thought about installing LED's but there have been enough reports of early failures that I would be pretty furious if I spent $1000 on a Pentair IntelliBright 5G only to have it die in year two (warranty would only cover 1 year). I have installed LED landscape lighting all around my home and I'm pretty appalled at the dismal lifetimes I get (some bulbs failing within a year of use) given how LEDs are always touted as having lifetimes so long that "they'll need replacing". My technical opinion is that the LED's themselves are probably just fine, it's the drive electronics that are cheaply made and prone to failure.
So I'll sit on the fence a little longer before converting to LED pool lights....
So I'll sit on the fence a little longer before converting to LED pool lights....
Yeah I have been pretty upset about the whole light failure issue. What are the odds? I think I will use them a few hours a night like I would like (on a timer) and cross my fingers
YES! I hate this. sure the LED will last forever, but if the circuitry can't then stop marketing the long life.
I tried some GU10 LEDs and they have lasted less time than the halogens which have a horrendous length of life. I am about to cut all these fancy stainless steel fixtures out of my ceiling and just put in the large recessed cans :grrrr:
- Oct 18, 2009
- 3,637
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
We have a pentair intellibrite and for the first couple of years we turned it on every nite and on the weekends sometimes we forgot to turn it off on the weekends perhaps too many adult beverages[emoji44]now we only put it on when we are swimming and occasionally at nite to enjoy while we are in the flamingo lounge. It is 8 plus years old. Hope this helps
- May 23, 2015
- 24,407
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
We have a pentair intellibrite and for the first couple of years we turned it on every nite and on the weekends sometimes we forgot to turn it off on the weekends perhaps too many adult beverages[emoji44]now we only put it on when we are swimming and occasionally at nite to enjoy while we are in the flamingo lounge. It is 8 plus years old. Hope this helps
Wow, 8 years is great. If Pentair could guarantee that kind of performance and back it up with at least a 4 year warranty, I'd drop the $1,000 bucks a pool and spa light would cost me tomorrow.
But they can't, so ......
Ya I have 2 intellibrites, and I thought l.e.d..... it'll last forever. Mine turn on everyday 9pm to 11pm. Might have to rethink this.
- Oct 18, 2009
- 3,637
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Here is my post when I installed the intellibrite light switch controller in the Flamingo Lounge.
Pentair Intellibrite light Controller
I purchased the Intellibrite after I built the pool and installed it on 10-31-09, cost was $325 on ebay.
I purchased the light switch controller and installed it 06-10-10, cost was $177 on ebay.
Pentair Intellibrite light Controller
I purchased the Intellibrite after I built the pool and installed it on 10-31-09, cost was $325 on ebay.
I purchased the light switch controller and installed it 06-10-10, cost was $177 on ebay.
- May 23, 2015
- 24,407
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Yeah, I was just grabbing prices off of Amazon but I was using the unit with a 150' cord length (which is the most expensive at ~$600 for the pool light). I probably don't need that much cord but man I'd hate to pay less and come up short...
- Oct 18, 2009
- 3,637
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Hate to tell you this but my cord was 150ft. Trust me give it your last bid and don't bid anymore. Some of my items that I bidded on they told me that I did not get. Then a few days after the bid was over I got notification that I won the item. I know that it is a gamble and you have to be patient, at the end of the day you will still have your money in the bank and live to see another bid. [emoji2]
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