Hey everyone, kind of a weird issue here. Background info: I'm in the 2nd swim season of my above-ground 30' round pool w/ a 1.5hp 2-speed BlueTorrent pump and PRC180 filter.
Symptoms:
-starts great, but then drops to very low pressure coming from jet inside pool.
-pump very hot to the touch, can't hold hand on it for more than a few seconds.
-filter PSI is around 11-12 when clean, but jumps up to about 18
To fix this, I can rinse the filter cartridge off and the high speed works for somewhere between 30 minutes and a few hours. There's no real pattern that I can identify, so it is getting more frustrating as time goes by. One thought I had was that maybe in the time it takes me to rinse off the filter, the pump is cooling off, and my real issue is overheating. The filter cartridge is nearly perfect when I remove it from the filter, but in the process of rinsing it and placing it back something happens that allows the pump to work again. I contacted the pool store that I got my pool from last year and they said it was the cartridge, so I replaced the cartridge only to have the same problem. The PSI is normally around 11-12, but when the pump pressure drops the PSI jumps up to around 18. This happens even with a clean filter. Yesterday, the high speed only worked for about 10 seconds each time before the pressure was drastically reduced and the PSI jumped up.
Now a last note, and I'm sure I'll get some "shame on you" comments but it is what it is. I am running the pump on an extension cord (contacted the company and it is approved with the proper gauge wire and grounding). The cord is 10/3 outdoor-rated, however the real reason I included this is that it does happen to be a long cord at more than 10' so I'm not sure how that factors in.
Symptoms:
-starts great, but then drops to very low pressure coming from jet inside pool.
-pump very hot to the touch, can't hold hand on it for more than a few seconds.
-filter PSI is around 11-12 when clean, but jumps up to about 18
To fix this, I can rinse the filter cartridge off and the high speed works for somewhere between 30 minutes and a few hours. There's no real pattern that I can identify, so it is getting more frustrating as time goes by. One thought I had was that maybe in the time it takes me to rinse off the filter, the pump is cooling off, and my real issue is overheating. The filter cartridge is nearly perfect when I remove it from the filter, but in the process of rinsing it and placing it back something happens that allows the pump to work again. I contacted the pool store that I got my pool from last year and they said it was the cartridge, so I replaced the cartridge only to have the same problem. The PSI is normally around 11-12, but when the pump pressure drops the PSI jumps up to around 18. This happens even with a clean filter. Yesterday, the high speed only worked for about 10 seconds each time before the pressure was drastically reduced and the PSI jumped up.
Now a last note, and I'm sure I'll get some "shame on you" comments but it is what it is. I am running the pump on an extension cord (contacted the company and it is approved with the proper gauge wire and grounding). The cord is 10/3 outdoor-rated, however the real reason I included this is that it does happen to be a long cord at more than 10' so I'm not sure how that factors in.
