I recently purchased a home that has an older pool built 18 years ago. This is my first pool. The pool has a 120v pool light that functions just fine. However, my young son constantly mess around with it and yanking it out of the niche. I also feel uneasy having an older light underwater even though I never turn it on at the light switch. I plan to in the future change it to a 12V light.
For now, I would like to remove the pool light wire from the pool power box. I have opened up the pool power box and saw that the pool light wiring has a black and white wire that go to a GFCI outlet. There is a green wire that goes to to an area that all other pool equipment green wires connect to which I believe is the ground area. My question is, is it safe to disconnect all 3 wires from the pool light from the power box and put caps on them? I read that the pool water is usually bonded to the pool light. Would me removing all the wires affect the overall bonding of the pool and the other equipment?
For now, I would like to remove the pool light wire from the pool power box. I have opened up the pool power box and saw that the pool light wiring has a black and white wire that go to a GFCI outlet. There is a green wire that goes to to an area that all other pool equipment green wires connect to which I believe is the ground area. My question is, is it safe to disconnect all 3 wires from the pool light from the power box and put caps on them? I read that the pool water is usually bonded to the pool light. Would me removing all the wires affect the overall bonding of the pool and the other equipment?