No matter how many times I push this back in, it keeps popping back out. Is there a trick I don’t know? Glue?
How to fix the electrical connector thingy to the pool pump?
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Basically, you have to disconnect the wires from the pump, removed the 90-degree elbow, pull the wires through so that you can screw the elbow back into the pump, put the wires back into the pump and reconnect them, connect the flex conduit back to the elbow.
Obviously, with the AC power to the pump off.
Thanks,
Jim R.
Basically, you have to disconnect the wires from the pump, removed the 90-degree elbow, pull the wires through so that you can screw the elbow back into the pump, put the wires back into the pump and reconnect them, connect the flex conduit back to the elbow.
Obviously, with the AC power to the pump off.
Thanks,
Jim R.
- Jun 24, 2021
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- 30000
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- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60
Please, no glue.
To piggyback on @Jimrahbe, there are two ends to the 90 degree elbow. The threaded end that goes into the motor. The other end is a "compression" fitting. Turn off the power to the motor. Open the cover on the motor, take a picture, and remove the wires from the pump. On the end of the compression fitting, if you hold the elbow and unscrew the outer sheath/nut, you should be able to move the outer sheath/nut back up the conduit and remove the elbow. It may take a bit of pressure/pulling. Wiggling around, you should be able to pull the elbow from the flexible conduit.
Once you have the elbow off the flexible conduit, and off the wires, inspect the threads. They may be toast/cross-threaded and no longer usable. If that is the case, replace the elbow.
Once you have a good elbow, thread it back into the motor. Then insert the wires into the elbow, push the conduit onto the elbow and re-thread the compression fitting around the conduit, threading it on the elbow. Finally, reconnect, using the photo, the wires to the motor, replace the cover, and re-energize the power.
Hope that helps!
- Jun 1, 2018
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- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
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Unless that’s not actually threaded & the locknut just fell off & is laying inside. Hard to tell from the pic.
Take the cover off to confirm/deny this.
Unless that’s not actually threaded & the locknut just fell off & is laying inside. Hard to tell from the pic.
Take the cover off to confirm/deny this.
- Jun 24, 2021
- 7,519
- Pool Size
- 30000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60
There is no lock nut on the elbow to motor threaded connector. See the black foam seal. That and insufficient threads for locknut. Locknut is a-typical for this application.
If it can be pushed in and just falls out I would guess that the threads are damaged/stripped on either the pump or the fitting.
Looking closely at your picture it looks like the threads on the fitting are either badly mashed up, or someone has tried to use some sort of glue to hole it in place.
If it is the right-angle fitting that is damaged a new one can be had at your local home center or hardware store. If it is the pump side you will have to get more creative, there might be enough room on the inside of the junction box to add a lock ring on the inside.
Once you have it apart and then tread the fitting back into the pump it should thread down tight and firm. If it doesn't and easily be pulled loose or if it never really tightens then the threads on one part and/or the other are mangled.
Looking closely at your picture it looks like the threads on the fitting are either badly mashed up, or someone has tried to use some sort of glue to hole it in place.
If it is the right-angle fitting that is damaged a new one can be had at your local home center or hardware store. If it is the pump side you will have to get more creative, there might be enough room on the inside of the junction box to add a lock ring on the inside.
Once you have it apart and then tread the fitting back into the pump it should thread down tight and firm. If it doesn't and easily be pulled loose or if it never really tightens then the threads on one part and/or the other are mangled.