Hayward ColorLogic LED pool light died so replaced it with IntelliBrite Color LED pool light from Pentair. Before switching brands, I contacted Hayward to ask if they improved the service life on the ColorLogic 2 series and I wasn't impressed with their response.
The color logic was great while it lasted. When I contacted Hayward, I suggested that they request old lights that didn't last be returned as a core that they could inspect and learn something from in return for a toke customer courtesy credit toward a hopefully improved light. They were silent on that idea. My light actually looks worse that it really was since there's the glass lense over what appears to be acrylic interior lense which is supposed to be a water tight seal around the electronics.
Removal of the old light was straight forward up to the point of getting the old electrical cable out of the conduit after the light was taken out of the niche and the wires were disconnected at the pool side junction box. IMPORTANT: Securely tape a pull wire to the end of your electrical cable BEFORE pulling the wire out. This is what you use to pull your new wire back through the conduit. I simply lapped my pull cord over my wire by about 8" and used tightly wrapped electrical tape around it to splice the two together.
The cable didn't budge when pulled straight up while standing above the pool light end. I wasn't about to go into the ice cold water to try to pull and I know that adding lubricant to the junction box end is taboo....I did put fresh water from my hose down that end. What worked was taking a 2x4 about 4' long and then pushing DOWN on the cable from above so the cable was basically pulled DOWN out of the niche. You pull about 6-12" out at a time using this method.
Three tips on the change over from the Hayward to the IntelliBrite fixture:
1. The top screw from the Hayward light is longer and that needs to be swapped over to the Pentair light.
2. The Pentair diameter is slightly smaller so it doesn't fill the full diameter of my Hayward niche trim inset like the Hayward Colorlogic - but it's acceptable.
3. Technically, use of one brand's niche and another brand's light is taboo and it doesn't have a UL rating since they both don't match. I don't see any risk in mixing the niche and light since ground is still provided via the top screw into the niche ground.
Later that night, I can say the colors produced are great and just as good despite the Pentair using 30 watts vs Hayward Colorlogic using 50 watts.
Service life is what counts, so we'll see what happens at the 5 year mark with this new Pentair unit.
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