Why does my hydromate motor trip the breaker?

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Is the door opener motor bad? You say, "the wires"--is there a plug on the end of the wires that can be plugged into an outlet? If so, thy plugging it into an extension cord instead of the outlet in the garage ceiling and see if you still trip a breaker. If you do, it's a problem in the opener. There are things to do to locate the source of the problem. It the breaker trips instantly when you press the button then there's a dead short somewhere. Does the motor get warm or hum before the breaker trips? If so, then maybe the door mechanism is locked up and the motor cant turn. Did you check to see if your garage door is locked?

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It sounds like the motor shaft is stuck. The back end of the motor has an end cap that comes off so you can access the end of the motor shaft. Try this with the power off; Remove the cap (center rear of the motor),Using an open ended 9/16 wrench you should be able to turn the shaft back and forth. A motor that has sat for a while will sometimes act like yours did. A nudge with the wrench usually breaks it free. Remove your wrench and turn pump on. If it still won't start the motor may be defective.

The problem is the starter capacitor on the back or top of motor depending on make. The capacitor is round and black and about 3 inches long and the diameter of a half dollar. it will have 4 wires with quick disconnects on them, unplug and replace capacitor and put wires back on the same way they came off old one. as far as the noise, the bearings are starting to wear and can be replaced when you get tired of the noise. you will have to take it in to have the bearings replaced.

This sounds like the motor has seized up. You will most likely need to replace at least the motor and maybe the complete pump assembly.
You can take the pump into a local motor shop and see if they can rebuild the motor for you.

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try running up this motor when its not installed on the compressor,, if it still blows the trips the motor is faulty,, if it runs ok, but hums when reconted to the compressor the compressor if far to tight for the motor to turn the compressor,,,you can not reset the points in a breaker trip they trip at a set curent if the motor is pulling more amps than the trip is set for it will trip the trip to turn off the curent, the motor will pull far more amps than it should if its over loaded thats why its humming its trying to spin up it but cant so it just keeps pulling more and more amps till the trip cuts out

Hi, If the motor hums and trips breaker it is froze up, or shorted out. When they lock up like that, they draw a lot of amps which in turn trips the breaker.There is not much you can do but try and remove this motor and replace it. It may be worth it as I am sure the price tag on this heater is not cheap. You can try and get to the motor and see if maybe it is just stuck, as I have had this happen before and get it to work again. More then likely, it has died out on you. Please let me know what you find and keep me posted.
Sincerely,
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If the seals are damaged, water will leak into motor section and cause GFI to trip and yet the pump will seem that it is running fine if plugged into a non-GFI receptacle

PLEASE CHECK THE CAPACTORS ON THE MTR, THE MTR WILL BE HARDER TO START AFTER IT HAS AIR IN THE TANK