Replacing pool light screws

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Hudsongirl

Hudsongirl

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Our builder for our pool has been an absolute disaster. We have decided not to allow them back onto our property for a lot if reasons, but there are some things we need to fix the first of which is we have a less than 2 month old pool light where pretty much every screw is rusting.

I was able to locate the manual for our light and find the correct replacement screw part number- I'm still trying to find the best place to source them as the Leslie Pool ones are cheapest but have an extra letter at the end of the part number which makes me wary.

Anyway I'm nervous about how to go about this, but if I'm understanding correctly these screws can be replaced with a handheld screwdriver without draining the pool by removing and replacing 1 screw at a time? Has anyone here successfully done this?

I believe that I can use Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) to clean up the faceplate where the rust has started to spread?

Any advice or insights are appreciated because I'm pretty nervous to mess with the one electrical component actually inside the pool.
 
Screws for what model light?

Link to the manual you found for your light?

Link to the screws you found at Leslie?

Picture of the problem lights?
 
ajw22 said:
Screws for what model light?

Link to the manual you found for your light?

Link to the screws you found at Leslie?

Picture of the problem lights?
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It's a Pentair Amerlite- the manual the pool builder left me is a physical copy and it lists the part number for the screws as 619355. When searching INYO pools it looks like this part may have been replaced with part 619355Z (perhaps because of the rusting issue?)

this is the part I found at INYO Pilot Screw, For SS Face Plate - 619355 Replaced by 619355Z - INYOPools.com

and this is the leslie version https://lesliespool.com/pentair-screw-for-ss-face-plate-619355z/16715.html

Pics are hard ot take because the light is underwater and I'm not keen on sticking my phone in the water to get them- but this is a pic from a couple weeks ago. Since then the rust has gotten worse and pretty much all the screws are showing signs of starting to rust

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I'm reading the manual and looking at images online and it seems like there are 9 screws total and that 1 of them may be a grounding screw- I am going to look underwater in the pool tomorrow to see if I can visually identify this screw as different and if it shows any rust.
 
You have 8 screws or 10 screws?

Note there are at least two different screw lengths and you need to know which one was used.
 
ajw22 said:
That manual is for the light used in a light niche in a plaster pool. That install is different then yours in a vinyl pool. One screw hold the light frame clipped into the light niche in the gunite.

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Editing because I was confused- the manual I linked above is the one I have in my hands as best I can tell. The one you posted is different- I assume even if it says that it's for plaster that it was what was used becuase I have the physical manual in my hand left for me from the pool light box the builder brought to my house.
 
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ajw22 said:
www.pentair.com

Amerlite® Underwater Incandescent Lights

Add lighting to your pool with Amerlite, the world standard of reliability for underwater pool lights. Shop the Amerlite collection from Pentair here.
www.pentair.com www.pentair.com

Is this the manual you have?


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No, I linked the one I have above
 

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Hudsongirl said:
Editing because I was confused- the manual I linked above is the one I have in my hands as best I can tell. The one you posted is different- I assume even if it says that it's for plaster that it was what was used becuase I have the physical manual in my hand left for me from the pool light box the builder brought to my house.
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I would not assume that.

You have an 8 or 10 screw light installed from the picture you posted, not a one screw light in a niche.

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This is the manual I was left by the builder- It is slightly different than the one you posted- Since it came out of the box of the light he installed I assume it's the one I have, even if it wasn't intended for a vinyl pool
 

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ajw22 said:
I would not assume that.

You have an 8 or 10 screw light installed from the picture you posted, not a one screw light in a niche.
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I hear what you're saying, but when I got the digital version of the exact same light from Leslie's website it was ona light with more screws than 1 too. I think the diagram may just be showing only the 1 screw. Let me find the link.
 
I only see one screw rusting in the 2 O'clock position.

It looks like a different screw then the others.

I would only replace the screws that are rusting. I think your builder may have lost or run out of the correct screws and used some that are not correct.

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Hudsongirl said:
I hear what you're saying, but when I got the digital version of the exact same light from Leslie's website it was ona light with more screws than 1 too. I think the diagram may just be showing only the 1 screw. Let me find the link.
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Found it. https://lesliespool.com/pentair-amerlite-pool-light-120v-400w-50-cord/387238.html

So this is the light on Leslie's site where I found the same manual I have in my hand as the user manual link- the picture seems to show one just like my actual light
 
Hudsongirl said:
Found it. https://lesliespool.com/pentair-amerlite-pool-light-120v-400w-50-cord/387238.html

So this is the light on Leslie's site where I found the same manual I have in my hand as the user manual link- the picture seems to show one just like my actual light
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If you look carefully you will see your light has a different frame then the light you linked to...

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The Pentair website has both manuals...

www.pentair.com

Amerlite® Underwater Incandescent Lights

Add lighting to your pool with Amerlite, the world standard of reliability for underwater pool lights. Shop the Amerlite collection from Pentair here.
www.pentair.com www.pentair.com
 
ajw22 said:
I only see one screw rusting in the 2 O'clock position.

It looks like a different screw then the others.

I would only replace the screws that are rusting. I think your builder may have lost or run out of the correct screws and used some that are not correct.

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That was unfortunately from about 2 weeks ago and while it's hard to get a closer picture I think all of them have the start of rust, and that particular one has spread- I can get very close to look underwater with my goggles on, but my phone not so much so pics are hard. I will confirm tomorrow when I can get in the water, but I think all of them have at least some rust.

After seeing that Pentair changed the part number from 619355 to 619355Z I'm wondering if the change wasn't because they had a rust problem with the older version. It's also possible since the parts were all literally thrown in a box my the builder over the winter that they messed up and used the wrong ones or replaced some. These are literally people who gave me a cardboard box of stuff to store for winter with leaves and a dirty sock in it.
 
619355 or 619355Z are not the screws for your light.
 

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