pool - landscape lighting

[mltech]

Having a hard time finding the code that says I can't put landscape low voltage lighting near a pool.
Also, something about wet niche fixture have to be below 18" of the water line?
Thanks,
Mike

 

[curt swartz]

Look at 680.22

 

[Dennis Alwon]

Look at 680.23(A)(5)...

The reason for the 18-in. minimum submergence requirement for luminaires is to reduce the likelihood that a personin the water and hanging onto the side of the pool directly in front of a luminaire will have his or her chest in line with the luminaire. This section covers luminaires that have been investigated and found acceptable for use where a person?s chest may be directly in front of a luminaire. The highest level of leakage current in a pool coming from a wet-niche luminaire with a broken lens and bulb is found directly in front of the luminaire.

 

[bphgravity]

Question 1:

411.4(B) Pools, Spas, Fountains, and Similar Locations. Lighting
systems shall be installed not less than 3 m (10 ft)
horizontally from the nearest edge of the water, unless permitted
by Article 680.

Question 2:

680.23(A)(5) Location, Wall-Mounted Luminaires. Luminaires
mounted in walls shall be installed with the top of the
luminaire lens not less than 450 mm (18 in.) below the
normal water level of the pool, unless the luminaire is
listed and identified for use at lesser depths. No luminaire
shall be installed less than 100 mm (4 in.) below
the normal water level of the pool.