Hi, I've read around the forum, but I can't seem to find a similar post, so here we go...
I came home to find that my pool pump was not running. Went down to check it out and found the the Pentair 220amp GFCI breaker was tripped in the control cabinet. I tried to reset it and it immediately tripped again. The drive unit (Pentair 353251 mfg 5/8/2015) on the pump lights up and says "Alarm - Power Failure" assuming because of the tripped breaker. I called Pentair and they were pretty useless other than saying "call a repair center" or "replace the 220 breaker". I replaced the breaker with the appropriate Siemens 220 breaker and it's still tripping it immediately.
After speaking to a local pool tech, they recommended either replacing the entire unit ($1500) or just the drive ($1000). All this was over the phone without actually looking at it to diagnosing it.
So, my question is....Is there a way for me to diagnose what's tripping the 220 amp GFCI Breaker? How can I determine whether its a bad drive or a bad motor without completely disassembling the unit? If its a bad drive, I'd rather replace it myself for $650-700 vs paying tech to do it for $1000+. I'm pretty handy and comfortable working with electricity, but just don't know much about this type of unit.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I came home to find that my pool pump was not running. Went down to check it out and found the the Pentair 220amp GFCI breaker was tripped in the control cabinet. I tried to reset it and it immediately tripped again. The drive unit (Pentair 353251 mfg 5/8/2015) on the pump lights up and says "Alarm - Power Failure" assuming because of the tripped breaker. I called Pentair and they were pretty useless other than saying "call a repair center" or "replace the 220 breaker". I replaced the breaker with the appropriate Siemens 220 breaker and it's still tripping it immediately.
After speaking to a local pool tech, they recommended either replacing the entire unit ($1500) or just the drive ($1000). All this was over the phone without actually looking at it to diagnosing it.
So, my question is....Is there a way for me to diagnose what's tripping the 220 amp GFCI Breaker? How can I determine whether its a bad drive or a bad motor without completely disassembling the unit? If its a bad drive, I'd rather replace it myself for $650-700 vs paying tech to do it for $1000+. I'm pretty handy and comfortable working with electricity, but just don't know much about this type of unit.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.