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The pool deck post lights have an interesting history. Nobody asked seemed to know anything about them in 2020 - they were non-functional, and minimally useful prior to that. At some point, frosted glass globes were replaced with low-cost four-sided fixtures with 13 W CFL bulbs. Far too small to provide any light, and proportionally way off on a tall lamp post (one might say "visually ridiculous"). | The pool deck post lights have an interesting history. Nobody asked seemed to know anything about them in 2020 - they were non-functional, and minimally useful prior to that. At some point, frosted glass globes were replaced with low-cost four-sided fixtures with 13 W CFL bulbs. Far too small to provide any light, and proportionally way off on a tall lamp post (one might say "visually ridiculous"). | ||
It was finally discovered that the lamp post wiring all terminated into a junction box on the north side of the club house. This junction box traverses the north wall, dropping into another junction box that originally had a duplex receptacle. From there, it ran to a basement junction box via #10 AWG wiring - panel markings suggest this was originally a 30 A circuit, which is curious as all lamp post wiring is #12 AWG (20 A). The 30 A circuit may have been used for the "kiddie pool" pump? | It was finally discovered that the lamp post wiring all terminated into a junction box on the north side of the club house. This junction box traverses the north wall, dropping into another junction box that originally had a duplex receptacle. From there, it ran to a basement junction box via #10 AWG wiring - panel markings suggest this was originally a 30 A circuit, which is curious as all lamp post wiring is #12 AWG (20 A). The 30 A circuit may have been used for the "kiddie pool" pump? | ||
A 20 A GFCI breaker was installed for safety, as one of the posts is on the pool deck itself. | === Restoration === | ||
After extensive conduit clean-up and removal of the aforementioned receptacle, new wires were run from the basement junction box to the basement breaker panel (RLP-1). | |||
A 20 A GFCI breaker was installed for safety, as one of the posts is on the pool deck itself. Furthermore, the depth of the conduit and state of the underground wiring are not known - so this is definitely the safe/proper approach. So far (as of August 2021), the circuit seems to be holding up without tripping the GFCI (suggesting very minimal, if any, current leakage). | |||
No off-the-shelf retrofit kit existed for the lamp posts. So, parts were purchased separately: | |||
== Soffit == | == Soffit == | ||
Content to follow. | Content to follow. | ||