Well, I didn't want to permanently hijack jbmawhinn's thread so he could get good instructions from Mr. Waste so I have brought this over -
Karen, your motor just misses the harmonic of it running while you're making margaritas and floating around listening to Jimmy
It sounds like the shaft has developed some minor rust and it's a temporary thing when the motor is off for a while (is any water - dew, rain, leaking backwash hose - regularly wetting the motor?) Keeping any water source off of the motor may stay the problem
quote="midtngal"]Oh Waste... :lol: :lol: :lol: ...why didn't I think of that?!?!?! Guess I'd better get to makin' those margaritas!! (discovered mango margaritas this summer...yummy! )
No water regularly getting in the motor. We haven't had rain in a while and I actually have an umbrella over the equipment for at least some protection. Could this really be rusting already??? Interestingly enough, this morning I didn't turn the pump back on until around 11 and it didn't make a peep! It was @75 - 80 by then. Could temperature have something to do with this?? It's usually been around 7 am and high 50s low 60s when I turn it on that it gets cranky. I think I'll check this out in the morning and see if there's still a difference between the times of day and report back. :bowdown:[/quote]
So to add to this dilemma............... this morning at 7 am (temp 59) I went to turn on the pump and it started it's squealing, so I turned it off. I went back out at 10:30 am (temp 70) and turned it on and no squealing! so what in the heck does temperature have to do with whether or not this pump squeals or not???? (as pointed out in my original post...it's only for 30 seconds to a minute, then stops)
Karen, your motor just misses the harmonic of it running while you're making margaritas and floating around listening to Jimmy
It sounds like the shaft has developed some minor rust and it's a temporary thing when the motor is off for a while (is any water - dew, rain, leaking backwash hose - regularly wetting the motor?) Keeping any water source off of the motor may stay the problem
quote="midtngal"]Oh Waste... :lol: :lol: :lol: ...why didn't I think of that?!?!?! Guess I'd better get to makin' those margaritas!! (discovered mango margaritas this summer...yummy! )
No water regularly getting in the motor. We haven't had rain in a while and I actually have an umbrella over the equipment for at least some protection. Could this really be rusting already??? Interestingly enough, this morning I didn't turn the pump back on until around 11 and it didn't make a peep! It was @75 - 80 by then. Could temperature have something to do with this?? It's usually been around 7 am and high 50s low 60s when I turn it on that it gets cranky. I think I'll check this out in the morning and see if there's still a difference between the times of day and report back. :bowdown:[/quote]
So to add to this dilemma............... this morning at 7 am (temp 59) I went to turn on the pump and it started it's squealing, so I turned it off. I went back out at 10:30 am (temp 70) and turned it on and no squealing! so what in the heck does temperature have to do with whether or not this pump squeals or not???? (as pointed out in my original post...it's only for 30 seconds to a minute, then stops)