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  1. J

    Pump wires and capacitor burn out every few weeks

    The black wire was definitely fried. I clipped it and wired up a new marine connector. Not sure if that will work but if the capacitor I have on there now burns out Im going to assume something is wrong with the pump.
  2. J

    Pump wires and capacitor burn out every few weeks

    I have a Hayward 2.5HP pool pump that had a bad capacitor after 5 years of running. A service guy came and found the capacitor connectors burnt out, so he replaced the capacity with a 55.0 +/6% 370 VAC/B capacitor. After a few weeks, it burnt out the wire and the plastic connector was melted...