Hey everyone,
We finally closed on our house and now are new pool owners. Everything is going well overall. The pool inspection identified a few things that we are getting addressed. One that I can’t figure out is the motor for the hydraulic autocover.
When trying to open the cover, it trips the GFCI outlet by the pool equipment. So a bandaid fix was to run an extension cord to the next closest outlet. I was doubtful this would work since an extension cord would make things worse but it did! First try it opened right away.
Later that night I went to close it and it then popped the GFCI for that outlet. I reset it. It popped again. Reset one more time and it closed right up.
It’s been closed for 2 weeks now since we have been gone. Went to open it and it popped again.
my knowledge of electric motor load/components is limited but I am guessing that this is a sign of something on the board for the motor is bad and it keeps tripping the circuit. Any ideas?
I know this type of system is old so I’m not sure if we replace the motor or convert to some other system. The hydraulic pump connected to the cover looks old but the motor that’s on the equipment pad looks somewhat recent….relatively speaking.
We finally closed on our house and now are new pool owners. Everything is going well overall. The pool inspection identified a few things that we are getting addressed. One that I can’t figure out is the motor for the hydraulic autocover.
When trying to open the cover, it trips the GFCI outlet by the pool equipment. So a bandaid fix was to run an extension cord to the next closest outlet. I was doubtful this would work since an extension cord would make things worse but it did! First try it opened right away.
Later that night I went to close it and it then popped the GFCI for that outlet. I reset it. It popped again. Reset one more time and it closed right up.
It’s been closed for 2 weeks now since we have been gone. Went to open it and it popped again.
my knowledge of electric motor load/components is limited but I am guessing that this is a sign of something on the board for the motor is bad and it keeps tripping the circuit. Any ideas?
I know this type of system is old so I’m not sure if we replace the motor or convert to some other system. The hydraulic pump connected to the cover looks old but the motor that’s on the equipment pad looks somewhat recent….relatively speaking.
