What is a wet niche pool light? The fixture is designed to work underwater and the supply wire is sealed to it. They’re called “wet niches” because of that.
Where are the lugs on a wet niche under water light?
Dave your confusion is common concerning installations of underwater lights. You have two lugs on the wet niche underwater light casing. The lug located on the outside of the niche connects to the metal pool itself if metal sided or to the rebars supporting that pool if nonmetallic sided pool. The lug inside the wet niche is special.
What is the minimum depth of wet niche light fixture?
The minimum depth of the wet niche light fixture must be at least 18" below the water level in the pool. The #8 insulated ground wire I will terminate in the pool light j box.
How do I connect wet niche to pool light box?
Just float the wire nut joining all equipment grounding conductors size 12 ga. [green] in the air and inside the pool light box. Then I would run the #8 green bonding grid wires coming from the inside of each wet niche into that box and connect them to that grounding bar found inside that pool light box.
Where to run copper wire for wet niche?
However like Rick said a # 8 copper wire must be run along the side of that rubber cord inside that non metallic conduit. This #8 copper conductor must be connected to the lug inside the wet niche and run through that conduit beside the rubber cord into that junction box.
What is a wet niche luminaire?
Wet-Niche Luminaire. A luminaire intended to be installed in a forming shell of a pool or fountain and completely surrounded by water.
What is a dry niche light fixture?
As noted in the definitions section of this Article (680.2), a dry-niche luminaire is "a luminaire intended for installation in the floor or wall of a pool, spa, or fountain in a niche that is sealed against the entry of water."
Is a pool light supposed to have water in it?
Water inside the Pool Light? If there is water inside the lens of the pool light, which you can usually see from on-deck, that doesn't mean that the light is leaking, but it does mean that the lamp gasket has failed, letting water leak inside and surround the bulb.
Does pool light niche need to be grounded?
An electrician should ground the light niche, to protect against any stray voltage. Inside the wet niche there is a grounding lug that must have a bare copper wire connected to it, normally this a continuous ground around the entire pool.
Can you use a regular flood light in a pool?
You can use flood lighting for just about anything, including around your pool. LED flood lighting can be the right choice for your pool area because it will light large areas. LED is much more energy efficient than halogen too.
Do LED pool lights burn out?
Your pool lighting should give you few problems overall. Most incandescent bulbs will burn for 1,000 hours before bulb replacement is necessary. LED bulbs can burn for 25 years or more (or so they tell us).
Does water get behind pool light?
Water can get into the hole that carries the conduit. This is often a slow leak. Most frames holding the light can and lens cover are attached with screws that can be easily removed if it is necessary to change the light bulb. The frame must be attached to the pool wall very tightly to prevent leaks.
What happens if water gets in your pool light?
Water in the pool light does not necessarily mean that the light has a leakage. However, this can mean that the lamp gasket is damaged. When water gets into the light, it can be dangerous and should be repaired immediately. Take note that electricity in underwater lights can cause electrocution.
What is a pool niche?
A niche for swimming pools is the housing for your pool light. Traditionally, larger pool niches were meant for pools and smaller niches were meant for spas. But today some modern lights are bright enough for a pool and can fit in a smaller pool niche.
Do you have to drain the pool to replace the light?
Fortunately, the answer is no—the water typically does not need to be drained! Because the electrical cable is sealed, it's impervious to any water that will get into the conduit when the bulb is being replaced.
How do I fix a leak in my pool light niche?
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Should there be water in pool light conduit?
It's normal for it to have water in it but it's supposed to terminate well above the pool water level.
What does dry Rated mean in lighting?
A dry rating is the right one for a luminaire in a location that rarely, if ever, is at risk of dampness or moisture. This means they are typically used indoors in above-ground rooms. This can include kitchens, dining rooms, hallways, offices, conference rooms, and reception areas.
Can a dry rated fixture be used in a bathroom?
Dry-rated lights typically handle low levels of moisture in bathrooms nicely because ventilation prevents the accumulation of too much condensation. In short, unless you're wiring fixtures in close proximity to your shower, you can use dry-rated lights for most bathroom locations.
How do you know if a light is damp rated?
Look for an IP rating (usually on the product) Check for UL or ETL certification logos. If it's damp rated, it can be used outdoors but not in direct exposure to water.
How do you light a niche on a wall?
Let There Be Light: illuminating your wall niche. If your wall niche is deep enough, place a low-voltage bulb in the top of the wall niche to have the light come straight from the top. If you have a smaller wall niche, then you could always have a light source mounted on the ceiling and aiming at the wall niche.
Can water leak into a deck lamp?
Water sometimes leaks into the fixture and fills the lamp/socket. Sometimes the cord just gets soaked thru. If everything goes right, you can remove the fixture from the niche and change the lamp on the deck. Hopfully it goes back in easily.
Can you install a pool without draining?
You can usually lean over and install it in without draining the pool.
Where are the lugs on an underwater light?
Dave your confusion is common concerning installations of underwater lights. You have two lugs on the wet niche underwater light casing. The lug located on the outside of the niche connects to the metal pool itself if metal sided or to the rebars supporting that pool if nonmetallic sided pool.
What is a tie wire in a pool?
1. All metallic parts of the pool structure, including the reinforcing metal of the pool shell, coping stones, and deck. The usual steel tie wires shall be considered suitable for bonding the reinforcing steel together, and welding or special clamping shall not be required. These tie wires shall be made tight. Where reinforcing steel is effectively insulated by a listed encapsulating nonconductive compound, at the time of manufacture and installation, it shall not be required to be bonded.
Why do we use bonding grids in pools?
They tend to defy normal electrical patterns. The purpose is to seperate the electrical equipment grounding system from the bonding grid system as much as possible creating a safety zone around the pool away from the electrical system as best as possible. Kind of like building a double fence 10' away from each other to keep the wild animals away from the domesticated animals to limit transmission of desease. The only difference is electrical gradients that the pool design is trying to isolate.
What is #8 on pool breaker?
You mentioned something about the pool bonding grid, and that you attached a #8 from it to the breaker panel. this is not intended to be connected this way. This is a bond wire only, one which will bond all the metal parts of the pool structure, and the pool pump/heater.
What is considered metal parts of electrical equipment associated with the pool water circulating system?
4. Metal parts of electrical equipment associated with the pool water circulating system, including pump motors and metal parts of equipment associated with pool covers, including electric motors. Metal parts of listed equipment incorporating an approved system of double insulation and providing a means for grounding internal nonaccessible, noncurrent-carrying metal parts shall not be bonded.
Can #8 wire be connected to a pool?
No #8 bonding grid wire is to be connected to any inside part of the electrical system except coincidental continuity. If you have a lug mounted to the outside of the your computor control box then that lug would be a part of the bonding grid and connected to the pool's bonding grid source.
Do pool lights need to be on the junction box?
No, each light must have its on pool light junction box approved for the purpose. These boxes are designed to only accept one #8 bonding grid wire in each box.
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