Just replaced Spa/Hot Tub motor. It will not move water on low and seems to move at low speed on the high setting. What could be causing this?

SOURCE: JACUZZI HOT TUB J365

MOTOR TO HOT TUB KICKS OFF ON HIGH SPEED AND GETS VERY HOT AFTER RUNNING ABOUT 20MINUTES AND STARTS BACK UP IN LESS THAN A MINUTE,BUT CONTINUES TO KICK OUT ,IVE REPLACED THE MOTOR AND STILL SAME PROBLEM..

Albert Getty

• 547 Answers
• Posted on Jun 22, 2009

SOURCE: 2 speed motor

you need to replace board

SOURCE: Motor is hooked up correctly according to

You have 220v running into your motor, the red and the plack are in most cases the same 110v line and what your calling a white netural is a common line. In other words the second half of your 220v line. If your red and black are the two opposing 110v lines that make up your 220v and they are put on the motor and turned on they short aginst each other and blow the breaker. One of your 220v lines should come into your hi -low switch and then split to your high and low on the pump. The other half of your 220v line will go to the common or what your calling nuteral. The difference is a netural completes a 110v circut and a common completes the 220v circut it will take to run the motor. One of the splits will complete the low speed circut and the other will complete the high speed circut. You need to check your voltage comming into the spa, the way the spa is wired (110v-220v), and how the motor is wired (110v-220v). For your spa this will be in your owners manuel or on a scematic inside a panel or door and is quite often a plug you change from one spot to another. On your motor will have a scematic on the back of the motor that will tell you haw to adjust the wireing already in place on the wire board of the motor. This may sound deep but if all your voltages are set the same and your high and low are the same leg of power, this should fix your problem.

Jay Finke

• 1397 Answers
• Posted on Sep 11, 2012

SOURCE: 3 hp hot tub motor Sta-Rite tub has two speed low for filtering and high for jets low starts and then stops high speed works fine

make sure you make a wiring diagram or just unplug the plug from the mother board and search your area for your local pool pump repair guy with free testing. these are a high $$$ motor and not a good one to practice on, save it for a pro ! it might just be a dirty switch or need to be reset I don't charge any thing for that, and while your there ask him how to take better care of your $$$ pump ?
jay the pool pump repair guy longwood Florida