Do any of you see any problem with my plan to cut/slice the 120V wires located inside a 120V pool light?
These two wires feed the "color wheel" on a Pentair SAM light. The color wheel has a circuit board on it that has gone bad (color wheel doesn't rotate). I have a spare SAM light for parts. I want to swap the color wheel. BTW I can't just replace the entire fixture with my spare because the spare does not have a long enough cable (and Code doesn't not allow splicing the feed cable)
The area where I would cut/splice is not a wet area (water doesn't get to this part of light) however if the lens gasket leaks this area would get wet. I plan to use a waterproof splice kit (3M kit - this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1) and for extra protection, I put some "liquid electrical tape" over the splice.
Lastly the pool light is feed from a GFI breaker.
EDIT:
To add - I don't know if those red wires are 120V or 12V (there may be a transformer in the base of the fixture buried in that epoxy). Maybe 12V since the replacement bulbs are 12V 35W. But I'll still treat this project as if it's 120V.
These two wires feed the "color wheel" on a Pentair SAM light. The color wheel has a circuit board on it that has gone bad (color wheel doesn't rotate). I have a spare SAM light for parts. I want to swap the color wheel. BTW I can't just replace the entire fixture with my spare because the spare does not have a long enough cable (and Code doesn't not allow splicing the feed cable)
The area where I would cut/splice is not a wet area (water doesn't get to this part of light) however if the lens gasket leaks this area would get wet. I plan to use a waterproof splice kit (3M kit - this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1) and for extra protection, I put some "liquid electrical tape" over the splice.
Lastly the pool light is feed from a GFI breaker.
EDIT:
To add - I don't know if those red wires are 120V or 12V (there may be a transformer in the base of the fixture buried in that epoxy). Maybe 12V since the replacement bulbs are 12V 35W. But I'll still treat this project as if it's 120V.