Thanks for sharing your hard luck experience - I thought I was the only poor soul who had these headaches!
Misery Loves Company
Thanks for sharing your hard luck experience - I thought I was the only poor soul who had these headaches!
Bill Marshall
Well, thilbert, I've got to print that one out to share with some local pool 'dudes' I know. I think they'll bust a gut!
Heh,
As I look back on it, I have to laugh, but at the time, I can't tell you how... angry I was.
I've since come to discover that according to NEC, it's a requirement that any electrical to the pool needs to be 18 in. above the water line (I think that number is right), which mine is decidedly NOT. It might be 10 or 12 but certainly not 18.
Another project...
18" above the water line for electrical? Say What? Phooey...my dyvin board ain't 18" above the waterline. Love to live in a place where nobody gives a rats behind about rules.
Al
The "j" box should be 8" above water (min) and anything electric 5' away.
Last edited by PoolDesignnet; 04-07-2006 at 01:48 AM.
Zina
Pool-Design . net
What surrounds the pool? Did you have to dig up a patio?
As I understand there is usually a tether (few feet) of cord inside the wall housing allowing you to bring the light to the surface to replace the bulb, I suppose this is not true in all cases. How old is the pool?
Our light failed when the pool was about three years old. The housing (brass) built into the steel wall (vinyl in-ground) leaked around the conduit… instead of draining the water below the light, digging the bricks up, and installing a new housing we just removed the light and puttied up the wire hole (the light was pretty, but attracted too many bugs).
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