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It's defiantly looking like a motor now. I glued the starter cap switch back together and assembled everything to give it a try. Same issue where it runs for maybe 30 seconds and shuts off. I can restart it after 5 minutes or so and it does the same thing. I measured the motor windings and...

I don't know why that is happening. It's on the end of the motor where it mounts to the seal plate. There's no 'seal' associated to that funky metal. Thad

Here's the pictures. First, the impeller wear. I would think this should be smooth, but there are grooves parallel with the impeller movement. Here's the impeller ring with the same type of wear. The motor shaft nastiness. And, here's what I broke in the process.

I pulled the pump apart and really didn't find anything to speak of. Once I got to the impeller, it did not turn freely and seemed to grind. There appears to be some wear on the inside of the impeller ring and wear on it's mating surface of the impeller. The shaft seal was really nasty. I...

I hope so. I was going about removing the motor incorrectly. I didn't realize I needed to pull the back plate of the pump off with the motor. I'll work more on it this afternoon. Thad

Thanks Mark. I'm in the process of separating the motor from the pump now. After a bit of difficulty, I have the four bolts removed. One must have had red Loctite on it....... At this point I would think I could pull the motor away from the pump, but it appears stuck. I'll get a rubber...

Our pool is almost 2 years old and everything was working fine yesterday. This morning I notice the water is not moving at a time when the pump is scheduled to be on. At the control panel the breaker for the pump motor was tripped. I reset the breaker and the motor turned on for about 30...

Thanks for the input. I've added MA and a CYA stabilizer. I'm running the pump for 12 hours tonight and I'll test everything again tomorrow. Thad

I've been using the Test Kit today and here's what I'm seeing. Keep in mind, this is my first attempt of using the test kit, so anything subjective may or may not be what it seems. First, I used the K-1000 Test Kit and here are the results: Cl = 5 Br = 10 pH is greater than 8.2 Next, I went...

Thanks for the suggestions so far. I ordered a TF-100 test kit this week and I'm going to play with it this weekend. I'll report my findings back here. What I was calling a 'chlorinator' is actually a T-Cell. I don't know if those are the same things or not. I'm still learning as best I...

So far, I'm still leaning toward keeping the pool open this winter. I understand that I can cut back on the amount of time the pump runs, but how do I calculate the run time? And, what should I set the chlorinator to? Is there a chart somewhere that would let me know where to keep these...

We've been in our new house with a salt water pool for 6 months now and it's getting time to decide whether or not to close the pool for the winter. We're in Nashville TN so the winters are reasonably mild. Average lows are in the low thirties or upper twenties. We can get into single digits...

My wife and I are building a house and we're planning to install an in-ground pool as well. She has had a pool for the past 15 years and is set on it. I've never had a pool. We don't need a large pool or anything like a slide or diving board. Just something to float around in after a long...