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    Default Re: New install, pool light advice

    Mosquitoes are primarily attracted Carbon Dioxide, Lactic acid, and heat. Also to some degree they are attracted to motion. A regular "white" pool light (e.g. halogen) is really fairly yellow, and gives a blue pool a slightly green look. Prior to switching to a LED pool light, I used something like this: http://1000bulbs.com/product/3051/Q-GY612V104210.html which has a color temp of 2800k. Here's a chart that shows you what various color temperatures look like http://www.lumicrest.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=1 . I don't think it looks bad, most pools with halogen lighting look this way. If you go with an LED, you can get a true white (or other colors). I've got a color changing LED and haven't had any worse of a mosquito problem then before I got the light working.

    Other bugs may be attracted to the light, but probably not skeets.
    rectangle 11.5K gal IG concrete pool;; 125sf cartridge filter; 2hp 1 speed pump; K-2006, k-1766; PF:10

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    Default Re: New install, pool light advice

    Thanks for the advice. I see that you have the Pentair Intellibrite 5G listed in your info. This is the light that we decided on, as well.

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