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Senior Member
- Location
- New Jersey
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor
I had a call this past week to relocate a pool deck box for a customer with a gunite pool. She wanted to permanently remove the diving board and move the deck box into a nearby shrub bed. She had the pool guy remove the diving board and cut a 4" x 4" trench in the concrete decking to the shrub bed. The pipe coming out of the niche for the light was 3/4" brass and had a 90 degree elbow stubbing up through the footing for the diving board. The footing for the diving board was not demolished. I wasn't sure of the correct way to do this so, I did the following :
Thanks in advance.
- I cut the brass pipe to about 1 1/2" and cut a 3/4" slot in the end of that pipe
- I then installed the new light fixture with a 25' cord into the niche and out of the end of the brass pipe
- I then pulled the light cord along with a # 12 green wire through a piece of Carlon non-metallic seal-tight to the new deck box location
- I drilled and tapped the brass pipe and bonded the green # 12 to the brass pipe
- I then sleeved the flex PVC down into the brass pipe and sealed it with silicone caulking
- The new concrete will be poured over the flex PVC and the chances of ever installing a new light (if necessary) is a shot in a million (I advised the customer before doing this)
Thanks in advance.