pump capacitor

Hello, All, I'm the New Guy to TFP. I live in Northern California and I have a 10,000-gallon above ground pool that is about 18 months old. My pump recently stopped working and when I opened the motor housing, one of the wires coming off the switch was completely fried and burnt. The pump is an...

I think my pump capacitor is going bad. The pump is running but it is making a loud humming noise that it didn’t make before I have purchased new capacitor but it wont be here until Saturday. Is it ok to run the pump in the mean time? If not what do I do to keep things clean and circulating in...