COLORCASCADE
®
Color Pool and Spa Light Installation and User’s Guide
COLORCASCADE
®
Color Pool and Spa Light Installation and User’s Guide
IMPORTANT WARNING AND SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
NOTICE:
The external flexible cable or cord of this luminaire cannot be replaced; if
the cord is damaged, the luminaire shall be destroyed.
Risk of Electrical Shock.
Connect only to a branch circuit
protected by a ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI). Contact a qualified
electrician if you cannot verify that the circuit is protected by a GFCI.
This
light must be connected only to a supply circuit that is protected by a ground-fault circuit-
interrupter (GFCI). Such a GFCI should be provided by the installer and should be tested
on a routine basis. To test the GFCI, push the test button. The GFCI should interrupt
power. Push the reset button. Power should be restored. If the GFCI fails to operate in this
manner, the GFCI is defective. If the GFCI interrupts power to the light without the test
button being pushed, a ground current is following, indicating the possibility of an electric
shock. Do not use this light. Disconnect the light and have the problem corrected by a
qualified service representative before using. Locate your pool so that the wall is at least
10 feet from all electrical receptacles and at least 20 feet from all receptacles not protected
by a GFCI. It is also very important to locate the pool so that it is not under any electrical
wiring, that is less than 18 feet vertically above the pool wall and within an area located 10
feet outside the pool walls. The pool must also never be located under any lighting fixture
or within five (5) feet measured horizontally from any fixture mounted less than five (5) feet
vertically above the pool water level.
ColorCascade
®
Light is a 12 VAC system. ONLY USE an approved
12 volt AC transformer, sold separately. When using a Junction Box, connect
12 volt AC connections to junction box terminals. Never connect the light directly
to high voltage lines.
Under
no circumstances
replace lights by splicing wire under water or
behind niche.
INSTALLERS AND INSPECTORS: THE COLORCASCADE LIGHT AND PLASTIC
NICHE FORM A COMPLETE NON-METALLIC LOW VOLTAGE LIGHTING SYSTEM.
THIS CONFIGURATION DOES NOT REQUIRE BONDING OR GROUNDING WHEN
POWERED BY A LISTED 100 WATT OR 300 WATT 12 VAC TRANSFORMER AND
INSTALLED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CURRENT NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE
(NEC). UNBONDED LIGHTING NEC PROVISIONS.
WHEN THE UL LISTED NON-METALLIC COLORCASCADE LIGHT LOW VOLTAGE
LIGHTS ARE USED WITH THE LIGHT APPROVED NICHE, THE CURRENT NEC
PROVIDES AN EXCEPTION TO LUMINAIRE BONDING AND GROUNDING IN
ARTICLE 680.6 AND 680.23 POOL WATER BONDING NEC PROVISIONS: FOR POOL
WATER BONDING REQUIRED BY NEC ARTICLE 680.26C, CONCRETE POOLS ARE
CONSIDERED CONDUCTIVE (REFER TO 680.26 (B)(1) DUE TO THE POROSITY
OF CONCRETE AND THE BONDING OF REBAR. NO ADDITIONAL BONDING IS
REQUIRED.
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