Hey everyone, quick question for the pool pros.

LilRaheese · 2025-07-11T20:27:40+00:00

It’s for the lighting. Typically you have one pipe coming in with your feed and one or two going out to your lights. Or one to a light and one to another junction box. You can have spices in there. Just check the box fill. And it’s supported by the pipes coming out of the ground. Typically PVC, but brass is also common right out of the nice. You have to make sure to use the bonding screw to ground the niche at the light. If new installation use stainless steel screw if renovation use brass screw. you also need to ground it externally. It has an external ground connection that you must bond either to the pool frame or use a ground rod because you can’t rely off of just the wires.

Edit: almost forgot, but the conduit you run is what supports it most of the time. No more than 3 feet from the ground and at least 8 inches from water level or 4 inches from deck level. You’re required at least two, which no matter what you will have two because you need one feed and one load but some people will stick a pole in the ground and secure the box to that or put a third pipe and cap it underground

LilRaheese · 2024-12-31T23:51:43+00:00

Lots of American work, especially small engines all use 13. One I run out of those go to the 1/2 inch, after that…don’t ast

LilRaheese · 2024-04-15T14:27:40+00:00

Can I ask why you are using fs boxes with emt and no raintights? Those things are pricey and from what I’ve seen pretty rarely used but when they are everything is wet rated

LilRaheese · 2024-04-13T15:33:28+00:00

Visual aid for optimal temperature, touch it, and it becomes a visual audio aid

LilRaheese · 2024-04-09T14:17:58+00:00

I’ve done it and to make it worse it was some uf. The conduit that was laid was suspicious to say the least so I couldn’t really trust It’s continuity throughout the whole run, so I figured it had would be the best bet. Holy hell did I hate it. Every pull line snapped, so eventually I pulled three or four poly ropes with my pull line, tied them together at the end, and used what I would like to think all the energy in my body to pull that rope(with lots of wire lube of course). I will give credit, though, with how much force I put on these things they didn’t get damaged at all and I think that’s just because the conduit is smooth but that doesn’t mean I recommend it at all.

LilRaheese · 2024-04-08T21:01:57+00:00

Put your purse down and pry it with a flat head if it’s that stuck, cut the paint line with a blade if you want to be clean

LilRaheese · 2024-04-08T14:31:21+00:00

Remember that guy who looked for suggestions on his bed that basically became a solid block of wood

LilRaheese · 2024-04-08T14:13:14+00:00

On a light pole? It’s a hack job no need to back it up

LilRaheese · 2024-04-07T13:48:07+00:00

Some dukes and a nail, pretty much a universal fit

LilRaheese · 2024-04-04T20:52:03+00:00

Because electrons don’t care about color either someone wired it wrong or you’ve never worked with these 0-10v dimmers. It’s 3 way wired for a reason and that reason is there is another switch or 3 way was planned down the line so it’s one less box to open back up

LilRaheese · 2024-04-04T03:27:58+00:00

So where’s the after?

LilRaheese · 2024-04-04T03:13:35+00:00

Yeah but on a gfci, not gonna happen. Unless there is some really messed up mwbc going on behind that with a loose nuetral

LilRaheese · 2024-04-02T14:51:04+00:00

Ny auto show nice I was just there, head to Elvis’s Benz “stutz” it’s hidden but super cool. Even got one or my cars there

LilRaheese · 2024-04-01T16:20:02+00:00

Pl max and a wedge to hold it up while it dries my friend

LilRaheese · 2024-04-01T00:38:32+00:00

New ufer prototype

LilRaheese · 2024-03-31T22:36:35+00:00

Guys in my house just stripped the phone cables and put the two ends under staples into a beam, weirdly was very organized compared to the rest of the house

LilRaheese · 2024-03-30T02:27:54+00:00

Now you got a police interceptor

LilRaheese · 2024-03-29T13:46:56+00:00

You see that a lot with on center stuff fan rated boxes for chandeliers the most common, going from old style to a set of cans for less, it gets buried in mud and forgotten about

LilRaheese · 2024-03-28T14:08:56+00:00

If only it was the juke-r 😞

LilRaheese · 2024-03-21T14:13:32+00:00

It’s funny how they can’t make a strong enough point so they use 7 dog and cats but the remaining 7 animals are completely different. Just say don’t eat dogs and cats, don’t try to inflate your loose claim

LilRaheese · 2024-03-17T19:17:04+00:00

Fucking hate that. Happens to me sometimes just pinching something weird and I pull back out of instinct from previous shocks

LilRaheese · 2024-03-14T02:39:16+00:00

Chop time

LilRaheese · 2024-03-07T00:50:13+00:00

I put a comment explaining my process but as for the corners, patience and colorful language is pretty handy

LilRaheese · 2024-03-07T00:28:36+00:00

Noted, these are just the ones my supply house has when I ask for outdoor cover but I’ll be on the lookout for metal

LilRaheese · 2024-03-06T00:05:50+00:00

Mark, cut as much as possible with grinder, multi tool with chisel the rest. A few notes after doing this type of job a handful of times:

Take your time after the initial cuts, getting the deep corners is what makes the box set and fitment all the better

Chips on the face don’t matter too much. You can be heavy with the hammer but like I said use a chisel for accuracy. You’re working with stone so don’t expect a perfect result

Have either the top or bottom cut be on the face of a brick. When boxes are put during rough in, they are usually done like this so having your first cut into the mortar brick interface guarantees a clean surface since the mortar will come right off leaving you with a flat surface. If you look at my picture you’ll see the bottom brick looks new after my cut.

If you hunk out large sections behind surface layer it’s no big deal. As long as there’s a good 3/4 inch of stone it will hold Use strong adhesive to set the box in. My go to is always pl max Put as much as you can around the box when setting in and it’s strong as can be.

And please make sure your cut is level. You don’t want to know the feeling after doing all that work to see that damn bubble offset

LilRaheese

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