33 foot round above ground pool installed. 2 hp pump with canister filter came with it from local pool store. Waiting on electrical to be installed. Was using a 100 foot 12/3 extension cord temporarily. Wednesday evening the pump turned off it was hot to touch, so I ran it on low yesterday during the day. No problems. I got a 10/3 100 foot extension cord today. Pump was on high less than 5 hours. Extremely hot and cut off with the 10 gauge cord. No heat on the cord or plugs. Any ideas on what’s wrong? Guess I need to get the electrical done ASAP.
Pump overheating.
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What is your filter PSI? 110 volt 2hp pump i would think would use 230 vac pump set up. Your 10 ga 3 wire should handle the load ok...that 100 footer must have been expensive.
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This is on high. On low it’s about 2.5
I did just release quite a bit of air from the filter. I did open the pump basket and install a bonding kit in the pump basket today and didn’t release the air from the filter until just now. So the 10 gauge extension cord wasn’t used until after I installed the bond kit today. Not sure if this caused the over heating.
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PSI 11lbs is like mine ..a good read..when you say on high do you have a 2 speed pump?
When you get a chance list your equipment and setup...it will make troubleshooting easier. TFP has some great pump and related experts.
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33 foot round above ground pool installed. 2 hp/2 speed pump with 125sf canister filter came with it from local pool store. Waiting on electrical to be installed. Was using a 100 foot 12/3 extension cord temporarily. Wednesday evening the pump turned off it was hot to touch, so I ran it on low yesterday during the day. No problems. I got a 10/3 100 foot extension cord today. Pump was on high less than 5 hours. Extremely hot and cut off with the 10 gauge cord. No heat on the cord or plugs. Any ideas on what’s wrong? Guess I need to get the electrical done ASAP
Pressure is 11 on high speed and 2.5 on low speed.
I did just release quite a bit of air from the filter. I did open the pump basket and install a bonding kit in the pump basket today and didn’t release the air from the filter until just now. So the 10 gauge extension cord wasn’t used until after I installed the bond kit today and before I released the air after it stopped from over heating. Not sure if this caused the over heating.
My pump and filter
Waterway Clr/Wtr Cart Filter Std Sys 125Sf 2HP 3 Nma L/Hse #522-5152-6SH
Posted this in above ground pool thread but figured it might be better here.
33 foot round above ground pool installed. 2 hp/2 speed pump with 125sf canister filter came with it from local pool store. Waiting on electrical to be installed. Was using a 100 foot 12/3 extension cord temporarily. Wednesday evening the pump turned off it was hot to touch, so I ran it on low yesterday during the day. No problems. I got a 10/3 100 foot extension cord today. Pump was on high less than 5 hours. Extremely hot and cut off with the 10 gauge cord. No heat on the cord or plugs. Any ideas on what’s wrong? Guess I need to get the electrical done ASAP
Pressure is 11 on high speed and 2.5 on low speed.
I did just release quite a bit of air from the filter. I did open the pump basket and install a bonding kit in the pump basket today and didn’t release the air from the filter until just now. So the 10 gauge extension cord wasn’t used until after I installed the bond kit today and before I released the air after it stopped from over heating. Not sure if this caused the over heating.
My pump and filter
Waterway Clr/Wtr Cart Filter Std Sys 125Sf 2HP 3 Nma L/Hse #522-5152-6SH
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