Hi. Let me start off by saying I did a search, and seems lots of people have breakers tripping, but I'm not finding a similar situation.
We just moved into our house, and we had to have the pool brought back to life after x number of years of abandonment. It's our first pool. The pool is round and small-ish (21' dia, estimate is 6k gals). We had a pool guy come out, and he resurfaced the pool, put in a new (used) sand filter with new sand, and replaced the (unknown brand) 1/2hp pump with a Hayward 3/4HP pump, among other tasks.
The pump is plugged into a GFCI outlet outside, and then the circuit is protected by a 15amp breaker. The pump says it has a max draw of 10.1(?) amps. After the second day, we noticed the breaker was tripping. It would trip after a random amount of time, sometimes on start-up, sometimes after anywhere from 10 minutes to 2 hours of use.
My first thought was a bad GFCI outlet, so I replaced that. No go. Second was the breaker - replaced that and still no difference.
As the pool was just completely cleaned, and the pump is new, I'm discounting the possibility of a jammed impeller (although I haven't checked). To the best of my knowledge, the pump has not gotten wet. The skimmer basket and the basket at the pump are clear/debris free.
Unfortunately, we have not been able to contact the pool guy, as he has been on vacation. Does anyone have any idea of what I can be checking or looking for? I'm handy, and have a decent set of tools, so I'm not too fearful of digging in.
Thanks in advance!
We just moved into our house, and we had to have the pool brought back to life after x number of years of abandonment. It's our first pool. The pool is round and small-ish (21' dia, estimate is 6k gals). We had a pool guy come out, and he resurfaced the pool, put in a new (used) sand filter with new sand, and replaced the (unknown brand) 1/2hp pump with a Hayward 3/4HP pump, among other tasks.
The pump is plugged into a GFCI outlet outside, and then the circuit is protected by a 15amp breaker. The pump says it has a max draw of 10.1(?) amps. After the second day, we noticed the breaker was tripping. It would trip after a random amount of time, sometimes on start-up, sometimes after anywhere from 10 minutes to 2 hours of use.
My first thought was a bad GFCI outlet, so I replaced that. No go. Second was the breaker - replaced that and still no difference.
As the pool was just completely cleaned, and the pump is new, I'm discounting the possibility of a jammed impeller (although I haven't checked). To the best of my knowledge, the pump has not gotten wet. The skimmer basket and the basket at the pump are clear/debris free.
Unfortunately, we have not been able to contact the pool guy, as he has been on vacation. Does anyone have any idea of what I can be checking or looking for? I'm handy, and have a decent set of tools, so I'm not too fearful of digging in.
Thanks in advance!