Recent content by wmbittner

Here is the capacitor that came installed in the pump, and the repairman said was bad This is the new one I attached (but incorrectly) and spit out smoke when I turned it on. There was some condensation seeping out as well.

The wires are red, black and green. I wired them as shown in this pic. (Red at the bottom right, black and the middle right, then green to the ground) Here are some other pics that may be helpful.

We replaced our 11+ yo Heyward pump with a new pump (Hayward W3SP2307X10 MaxFlo XL Pool Pump, 1 HP) After wiring, then starting it, it ran for a second, then the breaker flipped. Tried it again. Same thing. Called a pool/pump repairman. He came to my house, examined the pump, including how I...

My fault. I meant Hayward pump.

Some updates.... I've been cleaning my filter once a day. Including yesterday morning. And near the end of the day, the flow was low. So I went to do another filter clean. Howver, it LOOKED clean and the pressure had not changed. So I didn't clean. Before I went to bed, I checked out the flow...

We have an inground pool in Florida, no screen-enclosure. I measure the pool and did the math, came up with 12,000 gallons. BACKGROUND We inherited the pool and pump when we bought the house 3 years ago. We know nothing about its history. It seemed to work well for a couple years. This...