Recent content by flyboy320

Same as in the one linked my first post, it's the JEP1.5 which is 1.5HP. Unfortunately shipping something like the one you suggested to Canada is prohibitively expensive for me, which is why I'm hoping it may be the speed controller since I can get one way cheaper than a new motor.

So my local pool company was good enough to lend me a JEP-R controller to test on the motor. Same behaviour as when the Aqualink was used to try and control the speed, ramps up to full speed and stays there. After priming, JEP-R says speed is 1750, but you can tell the actual speed never ramped...

Which is why I'm thinking it may be the motor controller that's the issue. None of the 3 phases in the motor are shorted to ground or each other.

Just went out and decided to measure the actual RPM the pump is doing and turns out it's 4200. Seems awfully high and the default max setting in the PDA is 3450. So not sure where to go from here and what this points to as the likley culprit, the motor speed controller or the Aqualink...

I have messed around with the speed settings several times, sometimes have it set to 600, and sometimes higher like 1750, it was just to change it from 3450 so I could tell it slowed down after it ran the priming sequence. No matter what the speed settings i set, it always ran at full. When you...

I'm sure I'm programming the PDA correctly and since the motor does start up, I'm thinking it must be the electronics in the motor speed drive that has gone bad. There are some used ones available and I might buy one and give that a try. I have read sometimes these can go bad with power surges...

I have checked the continuity of the RS485 from pump to the controller board. Only difference in my wires is that I don't have the yellow, it's a white instead. If the RS485 is disconnected, the green light on the pump drive still lights up, but it does not spin. Under status on the handheld...

After I took that picture I was wondering the same thing so I went out and looked, and the bottom left relay is wired to the filter pump socket, so the correct socket is controlling the relay. Right now even if I use the LINE side for power, since the pump is not adjusting speeds as commanded...

First, thanks for everyone's help, it's much appreciated. I'll try and clarify some things. I am really confused on all your testing, with and without the fluid side. The pump is sitting on the equipment pad without anything plumbed into it, just electrical hooked up. I have the wet side...