I'm trying to help a neighbor out with her pool here. Whenever we turn on the pump it trips the circuit breaker on the control box and the pump does not run. Resetting the breaker trips the breaker in the house fuse box.
I noticed a grey wire routed from the control box to a flow sensor in the pipe and wonder if this is the cause of the problem. The wire was laying on the ground and may have been shorting things out. My pool has all Pentair I am pretty familiar with it. - No real experience with Hayward though. Her pool is all Hayward - Pump, Filter, Cleaner, Aquarite/plus automation Controller, SWG. It is a fiberglass IG model of about 13K capicity. No solar, only water feature is a waterfall.
So my questions: Could this wire be the cause of the problem? Is this flow sensor required for operation? What's the best way to test it to see if this is causing the breakers to trip? I'm thinking that I can just ensure the wires are not shorting and test it. Any harm in running / trying to run the system without this flow meter operating.
I noticed a grey wire routed from the control box to a flow sensor in the pipe and wonder if this is the cause of the problem. The wire was laying on the ground and may have been shorting things out. My pool has all Pentair I am pretty familiar with it. - No real experience with Hayward though. Her pool is all Hayward - Pump, Filter, Cleaner, Aquarite/plus automation Controller, SWG. It is a fiberglass IG model of about 13K capicity. No solar, only water feature is a waterfall.
So my questions: Could this wire be the cause of the problem? Is this flow sensor required for operation? What's the best way to test it to see if this is causing the breakers to trip? I'm thinking that I can just ensure the wires are not shorting and test it. Any harm in running / trying to run the system without this flow meter operating.