LED pool lights
LED pool lights replace an incandescent fixture with one that draws a fraction of the power, lasts far longer, and can change color. Most existing niches accept an LED conversion. Fixture fit, cord condition, bonding and controller compatibility are all checked before a price is written.
Signs you need this
- The light works but the pool looks dim and uneven
- An old incandescent fixture behind a clouded lens throws a fraction of what it used to. Half the water sits dark, which is why one modern fixture often lights a pool better than the two you have.
- The bulb has been replaced twice in two years
- Repeat failures point at water getting into the fixture or a bad connection in the niche, not at bad bulbs. Replacing the lamp again without pulling the fixture is money spent on the symptom.
- The breaker trips when the light is switched on
- That is water intrusion or a damaged cord until proven otherwise. It is also the one pool fault where the right response is to leave it off and have it looked at, not to try it again.
- The colors will not change or cycle in order
- Color modes on many fixtures are set by counting power cycles at the switch. A worn switch or a slow relay sends the wrong count, and the fixture lands on a mode nobody picked.
- You can see condensation inside the lens
- The seal has failed. Water inside a fixture is on its way to the socket and the cord, and once it reaches the connection the repair stops being a lamp and becomes a fixture and possibly a cord.
What is included
Included in the plan
- Pull and inspect the existing fixture, cord and niche
- Confirm the niche and conduit accept the LED housing
- Check bonding and grounding continuity
- Set the new fixture and coil the cord for future service
- Test color modes through your actual switch or controller
- Photo record of the niche before the water covers it
Extra, and always in writing first
- Second fixture added where a niche and conduit already exist
- Transformer replacement on a low voltage system
- Automation programmed to run light scenes on a schedule
- Licensed electrician coordinated for circuit or bonding work
Extras need a written yes with the dollar amount before the work starts. No verbal add ons, ever.
What it costs
Quoted after a photo
Light work is always quoted, never banded. Fixture type and size, low voltage versus line voltage, whether the existing cord and conduit can be reused, niche condition, and controller compatibility all change the number. Adding a niche where none exists is a separate and larger scope.
We do not publish a number the phone will not honour. See how pricing works.
What moves the price
A range is only honest if you can tell which end you are on. These are the things that decide it.
| Factor | What it does to the number |
|---|---|
| Fixture type and size | Large format housings, small niche fixtures and fiber optic conversions are different parts with different labor. What you already have decides most of the price before anyone talks about features. |
| Whether the existing cord can be reused | A cord in good condition with enough slack keeps this straightforward. A brittle or short cord means pulling new through the conduit, and that step turns a quick job into a long one. |
| Line voltage or low voltage | Low voltage systems have a transformer that also has a service life. If it is failing, replacing it is part of getting a reliable light and it gets quoted alongside the fixture itself. |
| Number of niches | A second fixture in an existing niche is far cheaper than the first one. Adding a niche where none exists means cutting the shell and running conduit, which is a different scope entirely. |
Convert to LED or fit another incandescent bulb
| LED conversion | New incandescent bulb | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost today | Higher | Lower |
| Power draw | A fraction of the old fixture | Unchanged |
| How often you do this again | Years between visits | Often within a season or two |
| Color | Full color and scenes | White only |
Short version. If the niche and cord are sound and you plan to keep the house, LED wins on the second bulb you never have to buy. If you are selling next month, a bulb is a bulb.
Our process
Photograph the light and the switch
A shot of the fixture from the deck and one of the switch or controller. Those two tell us the fixture family and how the color modes will be driven.
Inspect the niche
We pull the fixture and look at the niche, cord and bonding before quoting. Older niches are sometimes too shallow for a modern housing, and it is better to know that first.
Set and test in the dark
The fixture goes in, the cord is coiled so it can be pulled again years from now, and we test the color modes through the switch you actually use.
Show you the record
You get photos of the niche and the connection before the water goes back over it. That is the part nobody can inspect again without draining the pool.
How long it takes
Photo of the fixture and the switch
Same day reply
Pull and inspect the niche
Before a price is written
Fixture set and cord coiled
Usually one visit
Tested after dark
Through the switch you actually use
Through a North Texas year
- March to MayNights are still cool and long enough to test the fixture properly. Getting the light sorted now means the backyard works the first weekend anyone wants to sit outside after dark.
- June to AugustPeak use and peak frustration. Evening swimming is when the pool actually gets used in a 100 degree summer, and a dead light takes the whole evening away from you.
- September to NovemberThe best working conditions for this job. Water is comfortable to work in, and the niche and cord can be inspected without fighting either heat or cold while doing it.
- December to FebruaryCold water work is slower and less pleasant, and we schedule around freeze nights. It is a fine time to plan the job and a poor time to rush it into a single afternoon.
Our water. Hard water leaves a film on a lens the same way it leaves a band at the tile line. A fixture in a pool carrying 150 to 250 parts per million of calcium loses brightness to that film long before the diodes themselves fade. Balanced water and a wipe while the fixture is out keeps a light looking new for years.
Common mistakes we get called to fix
Cutting the cord short to make it fit
The extra cord is coiled in the niche on purpose so the fixture can be pulled up to the deck for service later. Cut it and the next repair means pulling new cord through conduit.
Working on a pool light without killing the circuit
This is the one job around a pool where the risk is genuinely serious. The circuit goes off at the breaker, not at the switch, and it gets verified dead before anything is touched.
Buying a fixture before checking the niche
Older niches are sometimes too shallow for a modern housing. The part arrives, it will not seat, and now you own a fixture that has to be returned or adapted at extra cost.
LED pool light replacement Flower Mound: what we check before we quote
Three things decide the job, and none of them is the bulb. We check the niche size, the cord length back to the junction box and whether the existing conduit will take a new cord. An LED pool light replacement Flower Mound pools need is simple when the cord reaches the box with slack to lift the fixture onto the deck, and it is a bigger job when it does not.
Color is worth deciding before we order. A white light shows the water clearly and a color changing fixture is better for evenings on the patio, and changing your mind afterward means buying twice. If you have two lights, replace them as a pair. An LED pool light replacement Flower Mound owners do one at a time leaves a pool lit in two different shades, and it is obvious from the house.
A surprising number of dead pool lights in Flower Mound are not dead at all. The bulb is fine and a corroded connection in the junction box at the deck is doing all the work, which is a far smaller repair.
What this looks like on a real job
Photo slot
A real in-progress shot from a led pool lights job. Crew or equipment visible, not a stock backyard.
Photo slot
The finished result plus a clear photo of the equipment pad, the kind that goes into the photo report after every visit.
Related work on the same route
Common questions
Do color changing lights need special switches?
Many are driven by counting power cycles at the existing switch, which works but is clumsy. If you have automation, the colors can be set as scenes instead. We confirm which applies to your setup before quoting.
How long do LED pool lights last?
Far longer than incandescent, often many years of normal use. The failures we see are usually water intrusion at the cord or the fixture seal rather than the diodes themselves giving out.
Is the pool drained for a light change?
Usually not. The water comes down below the niche, or the fixture is pulled and worked from the deck. Fully draining a pool on North Texas clay is almost never the right call.
Start this week
Send the city and a pad photo. You get the plan before the first stop.