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Busy night. Yes, yes, and yes. Thanks for all your help and suggestions. It's purring like a kitten. And just on time, I'm planning to open the pool tomorrow.

Ok, after searching around, I found this page — How To Wire A Pool Pump - INYOPools.com Based on the image below, I believe the old Hayward was setup for 115v, because the black plug was attached to both 4 and 5 (see image). Before I found this page, as I looked at the wiring, I reasoned that...

Ok, now I feel like a real idiot. Look what I found inside the cap. Thanks for the help, guys. Although, I will say, having never done this before and with electricity not being my strong suit, I might have to come back with a close up of the old Hayward motor. At first glance, I couldn't tell...

Yes, I probably should have spent the extra money and gotten a Hayward motor. All the mechanical stuff came apart and went back together like a breeze. But now it's time to wire it up, and when I remove the cover for the new motor, there is nothing I can discern that allows me to select between...

In-ground saltwater pool was rocking-and-rolling, clear as a bell, numbers looking good. Then we had a pool party with 40+ folks after which pool looked cloudy, flow light on the chlorinator went red, AND, the pump motor starting intermittent squealing in a way that was very reminiscent of when...

Well — it took some doing, but I was able to find a vendor with the surge board in stock who also didn't want an arm and leg for it. I installed it earlier this afternoon, and . . . hallelujah! The IC40 came back to life. Now, to get the salt level straightened out and probably clean the DE...

Thanks for the quick reply. I'll order a new card and report back with an update.

Update: after my own highly amateur multi-metering was inconclusive, I remembered I have a neighbor a few doors down who is an electrician. He came and checked things out. There is definitely 120VAC going into the step-down transformer, and ~30VAC coming out of it. But when he tests the...

UPDATE: I got a multimeter. Still not certain about what I'm doing here. I was unable to get the probes into the box itself. It's very tight, and very dark, and my vision is not what it used to be. So what I did instead was tried to determine where the red and black wires were terminated in the...