Good evening everybody.
I recently purchased a house with an in-ground pool in the backyard. I knew at time of closing that the pool lights did not work, but didn't know if they were just burnt out or if they actually never worked. I have replaced the lights successfully using the equivalent light in LED form, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to turn them on. In my breaker box, there are 3 breakers. One controls the pump, one controls an electrical outlet on the side of the box, and one controls something else that I can't quite identify, but it does not change anything whether the breaker is on or off, at least from a lighting perspective.
In following the wires from the lighting system into the box, of the five wires, Green, White, Red, Blue, Orange, the orange and blue wires are going into separate relays toward the top of the box. The green wire is going into ground, the white wire is wired to the electrical outlet on the side of the box, and the red wire is wired up top to the actual timer/control unit for the pool pump. None of them are connected to breakers, but I'm assuming that the relays have some significance. The relays output into black and white wires which connect into a plastic piece that looks like it should be plugged in somewhere, but it isn't.
Clearly this is a bigger task than I had imagined. I assume that they must've worked at some point, and if not, they were correctly wired when the house and pool were constructed.
I can provide any photos necessary, the ones I have now are evidently not good enough to explain anything that's going on. The box is a total mess of wires, and I know an electrician will have to come and solidify the solution, but at least on a temporary basis I'd like to see if the lights even work.
Any advice would be super helpful, thank you very much!
I recently purchased a house with an in-ground pool in the backyard. I knew at time of closing that the pool lights did not work, but didn't know if they were just burnt out or if they actually never worked. I have replaced the lights successfully using the equivalent light in LED form, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to turn them on. In my breaker box, there are 3 breakers. One controls the pump, one controls an electrical outlet on the side of the box, and one controls something else that I can't quite identify, but it does not change anything whether the breaker is on or off, at least from a lighting perspective.
In following the wires from the lighting system into the box, of the five wires, Green, White, Red, Blue, Orange, the orange and blue wires are going into separate relays toward the top of the box. The green wire is going into ground, the white wire is wired to the electrical outlet on the side of the box, and the red wire is wired up top to the actual timer/control unit for the pool pump. None of them are connected to breakers, but I'm assuming that the relays have some significance. The relays output into black and white wires which connect into a plastic piece that looks like it should be plugged in somewhere, but it isn't.
Clearly this is a bigger task than I had imagined. I assume that they must've worked at some point, and if not, they were correctly wired when the house and pool were constructed.
I can provide any photos necessary, the ones I have now are evidently not good enough to explain anything that's going on. The box is a total mess of wires, and I know an electrician will have to come and solidify the solution, but at least on a temporary basis I'd like to see if the lights even work.
Any advice would be super helpful, thank you very much!
