Turn off the circuit breaker for the pool or for the entire house.
Pool light wiring installation.
Cut the power cable at the light fixture end.
The essential steps for installing a pool light are.
Drain water from the pool until the water level is no less than 6 inches below the pool light housing.
Installing additional electric circuit wiring for a pool pump and equipment should be done according to local and national electrical codes with a permit and be inspected.
Feed a fish tape through the junction box.
Correct preparation will save hours of time and maybe even a stuck wire.
Wire the new light to the power source.
Cut off about 6 of the pool light wire casing and then strip off the ends of the wires.
Tie old light cable to new cable pull through the conduit.
35 how to get that pesky long piece of wire through all that conduit.
Using wire nuts the pool light wires are joined to the wires from the gfci breaker and the ground wire is attached to the green screw.
How to wire pool lights 1.
Open the junction box for the pool light s wiring.