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Posted by RBM on October 24, 2006, 6:59 am
There can't be a break in the conduit from the shell to the deck box, but
the problem is the red brass pipe isn't large enough for the #8 conductor to
fit with the light cord. I believe you need 1" to fit both. There is a
termination in the shell and in the deck box for the #8. Also red brass pipe
would cost more than the pool
> Thanks.
>
> So I gather that PVC is not forbidden in a pool environment, but it must
> be red brass all the way
> or PVC all the way? Is it that there can't be a break in the conduit
> between the shell and the
> above ground deck box?
>
>
> Ed
>
>> You could use red brass to extend what you already have, or remove
>> everything back to the shell and install PVC. It will still have to
>> extend to a deck box, which these days are mounted above ground and the
>> pvc must include a solid #8 conductor in it along with the cord from the
>> fixture
>>
>>
>>> We had the concrete deck around our community swimming pool ripped out
>>> for replacement and find
>>> the electrical line to the pool light badly corroded. There is a 1/2"
>>> brass or heavy copper (red brass?) conduit extending
>>> about 6" from the light housing in the pool wall to what was once a
>>> junction box in the deck,
>>> but the box is long gone. It looks like the guy that replaced the light
>>> 10-15 years ago simply ripped
>>> out the box, joined the conductors, and poured concrete over it. From
>>> that point to the cabaņa,
>>> about 25-30 feet away, is a badly corroded metal conduit.
>>>
>>> I've learned that "deck boxes" are no longer allowed, but pool lights
>>> can now be purchased with
>>> very long leads. So, we want to locate a new junction box at the
>>> cabaņa. The question is what
>>> kind of conduit should be used from the end of the existing copper
>>> conduit to the new junction box.
>>> Can we somehow join the copper to the gray plastic conduit, or do we
>>> have to use copper all the way?
>>>
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>
>>>
>>>
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