Pool Lights

[Jinx32]

Sounds great. Look forward to the pix!

[CanuckPool]

we have two color logic lights with a dark vinyl liner and it show up great. They have the 7 colors + 5 programs to give you that moody or disco effect. They once went out of snyc but it took less than 15 seconds to get them back together. If you are looking for a lighting system that is very bright then I wouldnt recommend this system, its more of a glow than a spotlight. Then again, if you have a lighter liner it may be different. One note is that our stainless steek screws in the color logic lights have started rusting, we have an SWG, salt is a 2900 ppm, so make sure you get a good batch of screws.

[Jinx32]

I do want a bright light. One that illuminates the water in color. It seems at this point that the Jazz lights are what im leaning towards. Im hesitating cause I havent heard from anyone here who has the Jazz lights and has rated them as being good or not. I only have a week to decide so, any help on this decision would be much appreciated!!

[Jinx32]

Does ANYONE on this site have Jazz Lights???

[Poolboyz]

Jinx, I updated one of my posts on this thread with an actual pic from another pool with the Color Logic and an aqua blue pebble with is gray in color....we had Fiberstars in our last pool and it was not very bright and the remote receiver kept malfunctioning...I sent it back twice and got new receivers for free, but it was still a pain...it always seemed to break when I had people over to swim......I dont know if that is the "Jazz" lighting you are referring to, but LED technology is superior for just about every application in my opinion. What is the cost difference?

[Jinx32]

The Jazz lights are different than the Fiber lights. http://www.fiberstars.com/ps/prods/jazz.htm. I was told that the fibre optic lights do not illuminate the pool water just the surface around the edges. Is that true? My question about LED is are they bright enough to illuminate the water? Take a look at my link and let me know what you think about the Jazz lights.

[Poolboyz]

The fiberstars lighting I had was inside the pool not the outline and in the rock waterfall I had as well. Like I said, I was not happy with the amount of light that filled the pool......I have not heard anything negative about the Color Logic, my PB said he wished he would have gone with that instead of the Jazz.....My pool is only 14 X 28 so I'm not concerned about the brightness as much..

[South_Texas_Sun]

Hi Jinx,

We have 2 pool Color Logic lights and 1 in the spa.

Like you, I knew that lights would make a big difference in the appearance of the pool AND property with guests at night and for "mood" when home by ourselves. Believe me.....it does!

I also considered the Fiberstar line because we have 2 Jandy Clear Descent waterfalls and liked the "accent" look of the lightbars under the water.

We chose the Haywards, and I'm glad we did. The LED technology is REALLY cool!...lol The "head" electronics with the LED drivers are actually in the light assembly, so there's only the one cable and a ground to run back to the controller.

I looked at the JAZZ light exploded view in the pdf (on the webpage you provided) and it seems to be a spinning color disc with a bright conventional bulb behind it, right? The Color Logic is all solid state, which means (to me, anyway) longer life, less heat and the slightly less tangible fun of watching the thing up close, changing colors. The bank of LED's "changes" color by gradually shifting the colors of the LED's to form combined colors. For example, half red and half blue make purple. This is how the Color Logic lights work, and if you have kids, they LOVE to just put on a mask and submerge up close to watch it.

About the fiber optics.....We decided NOT to get the fiberoptic light bars because the installation looked like it should be done by someone who's done a few and isn't just "winging it".....lol. They are expensive for what they do, and I was afraid that after a year or so, the plastic pipe (holding the fiber optics) would either develop a leak or became clouded on the outside with water deposits, and would be a huge hassle to either replace, or just remove entirely!

The "brightness" is a non-issue in my opinion, so long as you have enough light to EVENLY light the pool. You shouldn't be able to see the light source (again, imo) from the house, and a diffused, even synchronized color is preferable to us.

In the "old days", pools used to have one HUGE bright light in the deep end, and I have to say that lighting has come a long way since then. I can't tell you whether to go with the Jazz or the CL, but we're very please with ours.

hth,

STS

[Jinx32]

Well you certainly have given the best argument for getting the Color Logics over the Jazz lights. I was just under the impression that the LEDs were not bright enough to illuminate the pool. If that is not the case I guess I may indeed go with the Color Logics also. I like that there arent any moving parts to wear out. ie color wheel. Do you have the 12 or 120 volt?

[South_Texas_Sun]

Well you certainly have given the best argument for getting the Color Logics over the Jazz lights. I was just under the impression that the LEDs were not bright enough to illuminate the pool. If that is not the case I guess I may indeed go with the Color Logics also. I like that there arent any moving parts to wear out. ie color wheel. Do you have the 12 or 120 volt?

Hi Jinx,

120vac. I guess "brightness" is somewhat subjective, but with the 2 pool lights, you can drive up in front of our place at night and see the pool through the living room windows (about 100ft) with the living room lights on. It's a very nice effect.

I'm also glad that we didn't get the fiber optics because it turns out, where we live, (Tx hill country) there's BATS at night! I always thought the lack of mosquitos was kind of strange.... The pool light attracts the curiousity of local "critters".

The fiber optic stuff reminds me of those bug traps that use little neon bulbs to attract the bugs.....but without the traps. Just the thing for attracting a swarm of "guests".

Good luck with your pool.

STS