I'm curious, do you have the full size pool lamps or are they the reduced size spa lamps placed in your pool.
You'll find the Colorlogics to be just slightly brighter. They'll only help your cause when your looking for more rapid color change and light shows.
IMO, your builder should have placed them at either end aiming headon at each other across the longest runout of the pool.

Your pool is drop dead beautiful, congrats.

See ya,
Kelly

Thank you Kelly, I have full sizepool lamps. I was told that they could not put the lights at the ends ??? Now I am thinking that we should try to put another light in between. The PB will come over and drop a light in and we will see how much a difference it makes...think that is my only choice now....thanks again

Is it expensive to add lighting to an already completed pool?? I too have dark spots in my pool. The PB is wanting to switch out the SAM lights for the Intellibrite lighting, but I don't think that will be enough. Do the fiber optic lights work, would that be enough to add to the sides of the pool where the light doesn't shine??

Compared to the Jandy lights, I think you will be happier with the IntelliBrite lights. They use a custom lens and reflector that *really* spreads the light out into the pool more evenly which should help with your dark spot.

skp1020,
Prior to gunite you can place full size lamp niches anywhere you choose except for in the steps. Perhaps he mentioned that because one of them would have aimed back towards the house. I won't place 500watt lights aimed at a house but I will with color changing lamps. The only time they show very bright is on white. Most folks will only lock a color on anything but white. When I use any of the color changing lights I aim them at each other over the longest runout of the pool.

Osorry,
Yes, there is nothing affordable about adding lights to a pool after the plaster except for when your replastering a pool, even then it's more coin than it would have been to have done it during stubout for gunite. As for the fiber optics, I wouldn't recommend them for your application. The only time that I now use fiber is for illuminated fountains or for under coping illuminated rope lighting around the perimeter of the pool.

I agree with Landa mac, I've only seen Intellibrite lights once after dark, but they did look like they reflected more light laterally than the Sams or the Colorlogics.

see ya,
Kelly

Kelly,

After looking at the pool photo is there anything you can recommend?? What about adding a light below the firepit or spa, those are the long ends of the pool and both (especially the firepite side) has an opening on one side and availability of electric run. Currently the only light is one SAM below the bench, in the middle of the pool, so that the sides near the firepit and spa are pretty dark (I have a thread called "adding lights after pool completed" with those photos.

Thanks in advance.

Have you considered scrapping the colored lights and going with a regualar 500W pool light? Or even better an HID pool light? The ammount of light these put off are much more than the colored L.e.d. or the 150w sam lights.

My PB just called to let me know that he will switch out my Jandy lights for 2 Hayward LED lights. He believes that these will produce brighter and a wider angle. They will be here Friday and I hope that this does the trick.

I am happy to say that my PB switched out my 2 jandy colorwheel halogen lights for 2 Hayward Colorlogic LED and it has mad a big difference. I still have the darker area with some colors, but when the brighter colors are on it is much better.

I love your pool and furnishings!!! I saw in one of your earlier postings that you have an import company and live in Florida. Could you send me that website? What part of FL are you in? We have a house in Sarasota and one near Amelia Island. My email is missfukes@hotmail.com

Thanks!
Melissa