I know that when you buy a replacement pump motor, it should be replaced with one that has the same SF (service factor)...BUT what happens if a motor w/a 1.65 SF was replaced with a motor with only a 1.25 SF anyway?....
Thanks to questions that were answered here, I knew exactly what type of replacement motor that I needed...AO Smith SQ1102...SF 1.65, 1.0 full-rated Hp, etc. Unfortunately, I listened to my pool store owner. He sold me a different motor assuring me over and over again (ask my husband...even he was getting embarrassed with all my questions as to the motor's SF, Hp, full-ratedness) that this motor "would work" with my pump. It's working but when I actually looked at the motor after it was running (I was really in a hurry), I noticed that it has a SF of 1.25, not 1.65. I'm thinking that I need to take this one back and get one with a SF of 1.65. It's for a Dura-glas II pump model #P4R6E-187L.
Thanks again for any input!
Thanks to questions that were answered here, I knew exactly what type of replacement motor that I needed...AO Smith SQ1102...SF 1.65, 1.0 full-rated Hp, etc. Unfortunately, I listened to my pool store owner. He sold me a different motor assuring me over and over again (ask my husband...even he was getting embarrassed with all my questions as to the motor's SF, Hp, full-ratedness) that this motor "would work" with my pump. It's working but when I actually looked at the motor after it was running (I was really in a hurry), I noticed that it has a SF of 1.25, not 1.65. I'm thinking that I need to take this one back and get one with a SF of 1.65. It's for a Dura-glas II pump model #P4R6E-187L.
Thanks again for any input!