Hello!
I'm Mike from Wexford, PA. I'm new to the site and new to pool ownership.
I just moved in to a house with a 16-year-old, in-ground concrete pool with a vinyl liner. 18x36 ft, 21,232 gal
I hired a local company to open my pool and give me a bit of an orientation. That was a month ago. I have been running my Hayward Super Pump continuously on their recommendation. On Wednesday evening, I noticed a bit of a whine coming from the pump. Everything else seemed okay so I didn't think much of it.
When I woke up Thursday morning, the pump was so noisy that I could hear it from inside the house. By the time I came outside to investigate, it had shut itself off.
Fast forward to the weekend, I had time to investigate further. After a bit of googling and watching YouTube videos, I began to take things apart. The skimmer basket had a bit of junk in it, but certainly not enough to cause an obstruction. Using my fingers, I could reach inside and turn the impeller. It turns without too much trouble. Not sure how smoothly it should turn, but I did expect it to turn a bit more easily than it did.
Next, I detached the motor from the housing. I could not see any debris in or around the impeller.
I had a brief look at the start capacitor, but it looked okay – no bulges or anything like that. I couldn't get a capacitance reading on it from my multimeter, but I've never measured a capacitor before, so I might be doing something wrong. That's as far as I went with the disassembly. After that I put everything back together.
Right now, I can get the pump running for about a minute. I see water flowing through the top of the clear plastic housing, and I get about a 15psi reading on my filter's pressure gage (which is normal), but the pump is still very loud and soon shuts off.
Here's a video of the pump running noisily and then shutting off:
I've called several technicians and because it's busy season, they're all at least two weeks out. That's a lot of lost swimming time in prime season
Is there anything else I should try?
Thanks,
Mike
I'm Mike from Wexford, PA. I'm new to the site and new to pool ownership.
I just moved in to a house with a 16-year-old, in-ground concrete pool with a vinyl liner. 18x36 ft, 21,232 gal
I hired a local company to open my pool and give me a bit of an orientation. That was a month ago. I have been running my Hayward Super Pump continuously on their recommendation. On Wednesday evening, I noticed a bit of a whine coming from the pump. Everything else seemed okay so I didn't think much of it.
When I woke up Thursday morning, the pump was so noisy that I could hear it from inside the house. By the time I came outside to investigate, it had shut itself off.
Fast forward to the weekend, I had time to investigate further. After a bit of googling and watching YouTube videos, I began to take things apart. The skimmer basket had a bit of junk in it, but certainly not enough to cause an obstruction. Using my fingers, I could reach inside and turn the impeller. It turns without too much trouble. Not sure how smoothly it should turn, but I did expect it to turn a bit more easily than it did.
Next, I detached the motor from the housing. I could not see any debris in or around the impeller.
I had a brief look at the start capacitor, but it looked okay – no bulges or anything like that. I couldn't get a capacitance reading on it from my multimeter, but I've never measured a capacitor before, so I might be doing something wrong. That's as far as I went with the disassembly. After that I put everything back together.
Right now, I can get the pump running for about a minute. I see water flowing through the top of the clear plastic housing, and I get about a 15psi reading on my filter's pressure gage (which is normal), but the pump is still very loud and soon shuts off.
Here's a video of the pump running noisily and then shutting off:
I've called several technicians and because it's busy season, they're all at least two weeks out. That's a lot of lost swimming time in prime season
Is there anything else I should try?
Thanks,
Mike
