Hit the Lights

[Poconos]

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

[PoolDesignnet]

The "j" box should be 8" above water (min) and anything electric 5' away.

[Hubjeep]

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).