Issue installing new light

[zz28zz]

I sure hope it's not option 3. After the conduit goes down into the ground from the breaker box, it runs under concrete all the way to the light assy.

I have a steel fish tape long enough to do the job. It's just getting the old wire out that has me worried. There is a 8ga ground wire also inside the conduit. Getting a fish thru the conduit with the ground wire in there may be problematic. I didn't want to pull the ground wire out, but may have to. BTW, the pool is full of water. The house is on a low producing well so draining and re-filling is very expensive.

[kelemvor]

There is a good chance that the light cable is stuck on that bonding wire. Removing it may release the stuck cable. You can then fish both the bond and light cable through the conduit at the same time after you clear it out. You could always try just loosening the bond wire and jiggling things, but I think you'll end up with more trouble than you would if you removed the bond wire and fished it back in.

[zz28zz]

Success!! Jumped in the pool, wrapped the wire around a piece of PVC pipe, put my feet on pool side and was able to pull the power wire intact. Tried to get a fish through from the breaker box, but it got stuck abt 65 feet into the conduit. Pulled the fish back out and connected the ground wire to the fish. Was able to pull the ground wire out into the pool along with the fish. Connected the new pool light to the fish along with the ground wire and pulled them both back thru the conduit without too much trouble. I did give the wires a good silicon grease treatment, which I'm sure helped.

Currently enjoying the color LED light show. Life is good....

[kelemvor]

Well done!