How to light my pool? That is a question that you often ask us when it comes to giving a touch of light to your pool. Maybe you need to take a night bath and want to have some good spotlights that facilitate visibility, as well as giving your pool an aesthetic touch.

Or, you need to have the necessary lighting in a pool that is not outside. Therefore, from torontopoolsupplies.ca, we offer you a basic guide on how to use a pool light system?

How many spotlights do I need to illuminate my pool?

As a general rule, it could be established that we will need a spotlight for every 20m2 of water surface that the pool we want to illuminate has. According to this example, for a pool of 5m x 4m, it would be enough to place a single focus.

How high to install the spotlights?

To facilitate the maintenance and possible repairs of the projectors of our pool, the optimal location of the spotlights could be 70cm from the top of the pool. At this point, they will correctly illuminate the inside of the pool. Also, they will always be accessible from outside the pool and it will not be necessary to empty it to access them.

Where to place the spotlights inside a pool?

Playing with the location of the spotlights we can achieve different lighting effects, which will give us aesthetic or functional improvements according to the use we want to give to our pool.

Of course, there is no single or correct way to position the bulbs. The experience and creativity of the illuminator will have the last word depending on the effect sought. Here are some recommendations and general examples:

The pool near home:

If the pool is near our house, it would be convenient to place the spa lights facing away from the residence to avoid glare.

Competition pool:

In competition pools, the optimal placement could be on the sides of the pool. In this way, we get a complete and uniform illumination of the pool as well as sending possible glare from swimmers.

What kind of spotlights exists to illuminate pools?

They can be distinguished and/or classified according to the following factors:

Depending on the type of lamp - Today we can find projectors that work with halogen lamps (conventional lighting) and others that work through LEDs.

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