Recent content by lances4803

Thanks, you've identified a couple of areas that the company didn't!

In-ground vinyl pool, 13 years old, liner replaced 2 years ago. Have had a leak ever since, dye shows it around the light. They have used putty twice, the leak comes back. We never use the light anyway, as all it does is attract bugs by the hundreds, so I just want to remove it, install a plate...

Replacing the sand in my Waterco SM600 sand filter and the water stopped draining. I removed the cap and drained the water, but noticed it was draining slower than usual (like when I drain it for the winter). By the time I got all the sand out, and gave it a rinse, the water was down to a...

Thanks everyone. This setup is 9 years old, this summer. When I was getting specs on the motor, the distributor said that motors of this vintage, and newer, should last 3 to 5 years. (He said the casting are much lower quality than they used to be.) So I guess I got more than they expected...

Here you go. I had to remove the pump as the inyo rep wanted me to get a part number off the impeller. Of course it is coming off the left of the pump, sitting on the frame mount.

It's a Waterco Supatuf Pump. According the guy from inyo, they have discontinued a lot of the motor models that fit my pump. They do have one motor that is 1.67hp and the next jumps to 2.7hp. He did not recommend either, and said I need a single speed motor, the USQ1152. While I certainly...

My pump motor has finally given it last: Emerson U.S. Motor, square flange 1.5hp - full rate 230v Connected to a Supatuf pump. After reading about variable speed pumps, especially those with digital controllers, I got excited and started searching. Found inyo pools had one listed, but talking...

Yeah, I'm calling an electrician. I'll handle ANY home repair except electricity. Just weird it would trip when being turned off. It had no problem running the whole time.

230 It's been working fine for 9 years. Main breaker box on the side of the house with underground wire to junction box, to a box with two toggle switches (one for main and one for aux pump). All grounded with external copper wire.

I see lots of threads and internet posts about a pool pump motor that trips the circuit breaker when started. But, my pump has now started to trip the breaker when I turn the pump off. I might take one or two times of resetting, then it runs fine again. FYI, I just replaced o-rings and seals...

I had a leaking shaft seal and during the tear down, found white corrosion on the inside of the pump. It had also extended to the exterior, corroding through two of the four bolts. Any idea what caused this, and how to prevent it?

Last year I deviated from the BBB method and tried pucks for the summer. I ended up with a CYA of 134. When I had that number verified by the pool company, they didn't remark that it was too high, but everyone here said I needed to get it back down to normal. So, I drained the water leaving a...