swimming pool light

[pushrod]

Hi, on holiday and relative's outside pool has a couple of 12 volt (via transformer) underwater lights mounted on the side of the pool. One of the bulbs has blown. Anyone any experience of replacing them.
Guessing - i'm thinking that they might be on a long flex behind them so that when you can undo it from the wall and then lift it out of the water before breaking the water tight seal to replace the bulb?

cheers.

 

[devon1]

Hi, on holiday and relative's outside pool has a couple of 12 volt (via transformer) underwater lights mounted on the side of the pool. One of the bulbs has blown. Anyone any experience of replacing them.
Guessing - i'm thinking that they might be on a long flex behind them so that when you can undo it from the wall and then lift it out of the water before breaking the water tight seal to replace the bulb?

cheers.

I've not yet done a pool mate, but if you want i can post the question on the ozzy forum, i'll be sure of a swift reply! so many pools in their back gardens!!

 

[pushrod]

I've not yet done a pool mate, but if you want i can post the question on the ozzy forum, i'll be sure of a swift reply! so many pools in their back gardens!!

be grateful if you could - think it is very straight forward, but would rather know what to expect before i offer to take anything apart and suddenly find you are supposed to drain the top 2 feet of water out

 

[Izzy's Dad]

You're correct in thinking that the lamp is changed from the surface. Remove what ever is securing the lamp, it should want to float to the surface. If it doesn't then it's full of water! Remove the lens and check the lens gasket, (I would change the gasket). That's the easy bit, now you need to get the lamp back in it's holder. If you've ever tried pushing a football to the bottom of a pool you'll understand what I mean!

 

[SirKit Breaker]

Dont forget goggles. flippers and snorkel either

sorry couldnt resist.

 

[devon1]

Guessing - i'm thinking that they might be on a long flex behind them so that when you can undo it from the wall and then lift it out of the water before breaking the water tight seal to replace the bulb?

cheers.

Got a reply saying that is how it is done and not to forget the silicon grease!

 

[pushrod]

Cheers lads

Dont forget goggles. flippers and snorkel either

sorry couldnt resist.

You could 've told me to turn the leccy off as well - it made me all tingly, oooh

 

[pushrod]

Just to finish off in case anyone else has to do one - the underwater light was held by one screw visible from the front and a plastic locating peg on the back. Once undone you had to uncoil the flex from the back of the light and unwind the light unit up to the surface. 6 screws on the back sealed the rubber gasket which surprisingly had taken a permanent set and was now too big to reuse (replacement was cheaper than the bulb though). The light was one of those very 12 V halogen ones that you don't touch and had push in wires. And yes you do need your trunks and it is a real fiddle to try and coil the flex back up and re-attach underwater. But poolside beers more than made up for it

 

[SirKit Breaker]

Cheers lads


You could 've told me to turn the leccy off as well - it made me all tingly, oooh

Safe isolation, you puff