CaliMar CaliGlow Pro P-Series Nicheless LED Pool and Spa Light, 12V, 50 ft Cord

The CaliGlow Pro P-Series is a 2 inch nicheless LED light for inground pools and spas. It puts out 900 lumens on 19 watts, which is the brightness of a much larger fixture from something that measures 5.48 inches long and 2.2 inches across the face, and it installs into standard 1-1/2 inch or 2 inch Schedule 40 PVC rather than needing a traditional niche.

The cooling is the reason it lasts

LEDs dim as they get hot, which is why cheap pool lights fade years before they fail. The core of this one is solid marine grade stainless steel, and a machined groove system turns the fixture into a chimney: as it runs, cooler water is drawn from the bottom of the housing up across the heatsink. That passive circulation holds LED junction temperatures up to 40 percent below a sealed polymer housing, and the light still delivers over 90 percent of its original output at 30,000 hours.

Fourteen programs from the wall switch

Seven color shows, five fixed colors, and a color lock that freezes a show on any shade you like plus a return that recalls it. Selecting one takes no controller: cycle the switch off and on the number of times that matches the program. If you already run Pentair IntelliBrite lights on the same switch, these synchronize with them, so a mixed pool comes up in one color.

Before you order

This is a low voltage fixture and it needs a listed Class 2 transformer, 100W or 300W, stepping 120 VAC down to 12 to 14 VAC, on a GFCI protected circuit. With that transformer and the CaliGlow Pro 2 inch wall fitting the system is non metallic, so it needs no bonding or grounding under the current NEC. Installation is electrician work. The lens has to sit at least 4 inches below the water surface, and the plumbing needs 7 inches of vertical clearance between the top thread of the wall fitting and the bottom reducer.

In the box: the light on a 50 foot cord, an installation tool, a plaster cover and O-ring lube. Backed by a 3 year limited warranty from CaliMar.