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Thank you for your reply. I had been busy on other projects, so I haven't yet attempted the waterfall light replacement. Follow-up Question: After draining the spa, should I: 1. Access the waterfall light fixture from the panel behind the water fall? The light is epoxied to the shell and the ribbon cable runs through a 1" pipe. If you take the back panel off the spa, it will be very obvious 2. Remove foam insulation to reach the fixture? You shouldn't need to remove any foam to get at the light fixture. 3. Disconnect the waterfall light from the waterfall component? The light gets disconnected from a controller in the equipment bay. It is a blue box with multiple ribbon cables going to it. (Note: I don't mind running the ribbon cable for the replacement light all the way to the front of spa).Also: 1. Is the light fixture expoxied to the shell of the spa or waterfall component? It is epoxied to the shell. Replacing the light does not require doing anything to the actual waterfall 2. What will require using the 3/16" drill bit ? (Thanks for providing the bit size.) There is a small nipple on the new waterfall light that goes into a hole that will be full of epoxy. It will be obvious once the waterfall light is removed. It keeps the light straightThank you for noting (in advance) the pain that I will soon experience. It helped confirm my expectation.
Thank you for your reply. I had been busy on other projects, so I haven't yet attempted the waterfall light replacement. Follow-up Question: After draining the spa, should I: 1. Access the waterfall light fixture from the panel behind the water fall? 2. Remove foam insulation to reach the fixture? 3. Disconnect the waterfall light from the waterfall component? (Note: I don't mind running the ribbon cable for the replacement light all the way to the front of spa).Also: 1. Is the light fixture expoxied to the shell of the spa or waterfall component? 2. What will require using the 3/16" drill bit ? (Thanks for providing the bit size.)Thank you for noting (in advance) the pain that I will soon experience. It helped confirm my expectation.
I have the led bar (inkl. cable) as well as the adapter. I wonder if I "simply" 1. can remove the old bar from the shell (using the Fein Multimaster) That is how we do it2. pull out the old cable through the hole in the shell (if it not complete full with epoxy) You will just cut the old ribbon cable and pull it up through the hole. You will need to chisel out some of the epoxy. A flat head screwdriver and something to hit it with will do the trick3. Cut of the cable from the old bar4. Split the old cable together with the cable from the new bar You can get a female ribbon cable fitting that can crimp on the end that you cut, and that adapter will plug into that5. Push the cable back and glue the new bar to the shell We put the new bars back with a 2 part epoxy like bond and fill. Hoping this all could work so I don't need to remove the wood panels or running the new cable/wire all the way back to the DCU.Is that possible or just my wish ;-)?