Quote Originally Posted by CarlD
400 watts??? You'll get a suntan from that!
That seemed bright to me as well when I first started looking at pools, but that seems to be the standard incandescent light wattage for all of the pool builders here in the Phx, AZ area. The potential blinding power is the reason i put it on the side instead of on the end pointing back towards our family room window.

We do have a white plaster finish, so even though it's over on the side, perhaps the light will reflect reasonably well over towards the shallow end.