I haven't made it back home yet, but will be headed home tomorrow as power was restored today, but I live in Tampa. and I know my pool pump equipment pad did end up entirely submerged in sea water, from my understanding for about 3-4 hours. (Water has never come even close to the equipment in any past storm, so I didn't take any precautions other then turning the breaker off). When I get back, is there anything special I should do? It will have been out of the flood for at least 48 hours before I arrive, is that long enough before giving it power again?
Procedure after flood for pumps? (Hurricane)
- Thread starter UCFKnights
- Start date
- May 23, 2015
- 25,794
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Salt water is likely going to leave behind lots of crust and silt on whatever was submerged. I wouldn’t turn anything on without fully disconnecting the electrical and cleaning anything out. Chances are the pump will work but it’s probably lost a good bit if it’s life. Be prepared to buy and new one.
The salt cell itself should be ok but I don’t see any pool specs listed in your signature so I really can’t say for sure until you update us with your pool equipment.
The salt cell itself should be ok but I don’t see any pool specs listed in your signature so I really can’t say for sure until you update us with your pool equipment.
For what it's worth, our AC units were submerged (including the fan motors) for at least a few days following Hurricane Harvey (house was flooded for almost two weeks in total - albeit with freshwater).
We waited about a week before attempting to run the ACs. Remarkably - all three units still worked!
When we sold the house four years later, all units were still working, with no repairs needed since the hurricane except for one capacitor replacement.
Not a direct comparison, but would give me hope that a "dumb" pool motor (not a VS motor/drive) might survive.
We waited about a week before attempting to run the ACs. Remarkably - all three units still worked!
When we sold the house four years later, all units were still working, with no repairs needed since the hurricane except for one capacitor replacement.
Not a direct comparison, but would give me hope that a "dumb" pool motor (not a VS motor/drive) might survive.
Thanks for that advise, its a Jandy VS motor.... not sure the exact model number at the moment.
- May 23, 2015
- 25,794
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Oh. That’s going to be more of an issue. The variable frequency drives that run those motors are basically pretty sophisticated digital electronic devices. If it was submerged, it’s probably going to fail. Be ready to replace it. B