I guess my old light has been going for awhile, it would almost turn off when the red color came on. With the new light, it is much much brighter, and I am getting more colors probably since most of the red LED's were burnt out. I didn't think the lights slowly went out, but it definitiley looks brand new with this new light engine, what a difference. I had a little trouble getting the pilot screw out, I was able to do it without stripping it, but you may want to order one of those too since you have to use the Jandy supplised pilot screw since it also acts as a ground.