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I just purchased an older home in Florida and trying to get the pool sorted out. The pool light is not working so pulled it to the surface. Found it had been spliced at the light with the original cable being about the size of a garden hose spiced to a newer 12 volt Hayward light. I want to...

Looks like a large mosfet let out the magic smoke. If you look towards the top of the first picture you can see where the smoke was. Too bad everything on the bottom side of the board is potted into the case so you have to desolder all bottom side components to get the board off. Guess it is...

Amazon had a warehouse deal for $360 for a new controller with prime shipping and free returns so I couldn't pass it up. If it was winter time and I could afford the pool being down for a while I would try the custom VFD controller. If it dies again then I will definitely try going the custom...

Maybe I will pull the controller off and see if it smells like smoke. If it is just the controller then I might buy a new controller since I haven't spent much on the pump. I'm wondering if anyone has run a variable speed pool pump off a standard industrial VFD controller? There are some...

It is probably 5 or 6 years old. I have been using it for about two years now. I actually got it for free from a friend was throwing it away because the bearings were bad. I replaced the bearing and all seals and it has been good since.

Yes checked at the terminals on the pump.

I have a Hayward Ecostar Variable Speed Pump and it will no longer run but there are no errors on the drive controller. Controller acts like normal and I can select a speed but it never spins and RPMs and watts stay at 0. The only strange thing in the controller is under diagnostics menu the...

Take out an existing bulb out and hopefully it will have the voltage and wattage written on it somewhere. Look carefully because it is hard to see on the reflective surface of the back side of the bulb. The manual which appears to cover 12 volt and 120 volt models only lists one bulb type...