Simple White Pool Lights

Among all the types of swimming pool lights, the standard incandescent and quartz halogen lights are usually the most cost effective and provide strong illumination.

These traditional lighting systems are made waterproof for swimming pools. To eliminate the risk of shock that results from combining electrical connections with water, these lights come completely sealed inside a protective waterproof fixture that fits in a niche in the pool wall.

Since the bulbs are sealed as well as the fixtures, changing them when they burn out requires a little extra effort. You literally pull the light out of the pool wall on its specially designed extension cord, and bring it to the surface, where you replace the burnt-out bulb. You then reinsert the unit into the waterproof niche.

Due to the engineering involved in constructing an underwater lighting system and the difficulty of wiring a pool, these pool lights are better be installed when the pool is built—they are nearly impossible to install afterward.

Traditional swimming pool lights are available in wattages ranging from 50W to 500W. Putting several pool lights of smaller wattages around the pool would have different effect from putting one big pool light. Most brands of simple white pool lights provides two voltage options of 12V and 120V. The low voltage system reduces the risk of the system delivering any electric shock. Check with your local codes and building officials for the lighting requirements which will be accepted. These lights typically have available plastic color lens which snap on over the glass lens to produce a nice underwater effect.

The swimming pool light industry has many manufacturers and retailers. You can purchase the pool lights from your local store or order them online after you do some research.

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