The pump is a 1 1/2 HP A.O. Smith that is 5 years old. I replaced the capacitor and also the start switch that I found bad. I marked the wires to replace them back to their original and had all the power off while I did the replacement. Is there any way to rotate the shaft to make sure it did not freeze up during the winter?
DIRTY START switch or the motor is locked up, breaker off ! remove motor from tank body and see if the motor will turn over if it does could be the switch or the motor is shorted witch there is no fix but a new or rebuilt motor. search your area for your local pool pump motor repair guy with free testing..
Jay the pool pump motor repair guy longwood Fl
SOURCE: Pump will not start and it just hums. When I
if it has been sitting since last year, some rust could have kept the shaft from turning. Get some pump pliers and try to rock the shaft. after you get it freed up, turn it back on.
David
SOURCE: Motor Hums,No Run
Inside the back case on the motor you'll see a white piece with two copper colored arms that have two silver points that almost touch. If these are rusty I've found that the motor won't turn over
. A quick fix is to take some 600+ grit Aluiminum oxide sandpaper and give each of those contact points a brisk sanding to remove any oxidation. This will help the points make a positive contact . Make sure while very obvious that the motor is unplugged first.
SOURCE: I am replacing my Hayward 1 HP superpump. The old
It will not matter where you put the hot and neautral as long as one goes on line 1 and the other on line 2. Just be sure to reset the voltage indicator to read the 115V like before and your all set.
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SOURCE: 1/2hp Hayward Pump for existing inground pool
you will be fine with the 1/2hp. The Hayward will move quite a bit of water as well. It may not move as much water as the 3/4hp but it's very close and the 1/2hp will cost a little less to operate so if anything, you may just have to run it for one additional hour per day to compensate. You will be surprised how much water a 1/2hp will move. The only issue with smaller pumps is if you have pop-up cleaner heads or a suction driven automatic cleaner such as a kreepy krauly, however, if a 3/4hp will run it, a 1/2hp will run it as well. You can install a larger motor on the super pump but it will not move more water unless you upgrade the impeller as well. Just make sure you don't use a bigger impeller than what the motor is rated for because it will strain the motor and cause it to overheat. Hope this helps.
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SOURCE: I have a Hayward 1 HP pool pump. I have to
hi ...the two yellow go on one side of the cap and the red /white go on the other.. like two on the negative side of a battery and one on the pos .. your pool pump repair guy longwood fl
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