NoOriginally Posted by Wulf202
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The white and black that are connected together probably go to the light and where disconnected for a reason.
What a cluster fuck. Your red wire being capped off is odd. It looks like it should go to the black one under the yellow nut. The white under the yellow would have to be tied into the rest of the whites.
Makes me think that it was capped for a reason.
So the red that is supposed to go to the light isn't connected to anything, that is why it doesn't work.
I question the white connected to the black.
When we moved in I had a pool guy look at everything and he said the light was tripping the gfi because of water in the light, he may have unhooked it as a preventative measure. The light has been dried out, replaced the bulb, and new gasket installed.
Im thinking the yellow nut is his if he did anything.. My plan was to put the red wire under the yellow cap with black but unsure what to do with the neutral.
Last edited by Hotchef181818; 07-07-2015 at 11:58.
Hotchef, I want to personally thank you for this thread. I plan to use it to show my wife if we are ever in danger of actually getting a pool like she is always talking about.
"There are no finger prints under water."
This is is the easiest part of owning a pool. I couldn't live here without it but my god, every day it's something. Some days it's chemicals, every day it's cleaning, then there's filter maintenance, electrical maintenance, upkeep on the motors, then you toss in a heater, a fence surrounding it and the salt generator. It never stops needing attention. I will say that my 2 yr old absolutely loves it and goes in daily. If we didn't have one at the house we'd probably never go to the pool due to having a 5 month old as well. It just keeps me busy as hell and electrical is a night,are for me. I've figured everything else out so far. I can't fix what I can't see though, I've never gotten along with electricity.
Wulf, I'm thinking about adding the red to the nut to the left. Theory is that he took it off that bundle so that if I threw the switch I would trip the gfi and take out all the outlets on the patio every time. Maybe I'm nuts. What do you think?
Also, if this works and the light comes on the next step is to install back in the niche. I would do that with the power off just to be safe. Then power back on, turn on the light. How the hell do I make sure the water isn't electrified ? Or would the gfi pop if there was water present in the circuit?
Connect red to black and put the white in with the other whites. Youll have the spare yellow wire nut the pool guy put in. Fire it up just long enough to check the light. If the pool light is out of the water it will cook the gasket
The gfci will trip the instant the power is on and water hits hot wires. That's why its there. It might tingle for a half second at worst. Not much of a safety concern.
Thats what I was thinking. I'll let you know in a bit. Baby just woke up
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