I just ordered a new motor for my pump. I bought one september 2019, and another in 2015. The 2015 motor lost the bearings because I didn't replace the seals, I replaced the bearings. The 2019 pump melted the fan, I replaced the fan, it melted another fan. The back bearings were singing for the past two months and it finally packed up Friday.
Is it my pump? It's a pre 1997 sta-rite p2ra5e-124l. It came with the house, it probably was put in with the pool. I've replaced the diffuser because the brass (or whatever) ring around it has corroded. I've replaced o-rings, the ceramic seal, some bits and pieces.
I don't think the pump is leaking but it seems to just destroy motors. Should I keep throwing motors at this? It seems to work when it works and then the motor just dies. I realized when I was looking at the exploded view that I may not have a "water slinger" so I ordered one with the copper cone, and ceramic seal, and of course the latest motor.
Pool is a pretty boring roughly 15000 gallon chlorine pool with diamond brite or something, a suction side cleaner that is always attached (zodiac mx6), some kind of pleated filter in a hayward housing, and some terrible old timer that somehow still works.
I don't know exactly what I'm asking but I feel like I should get more than a few years out of a motor and I'm not and maybe it's me not doing something right or maybe it's the pump being Crud.
Update:
I received all of my stuff throughout the week and put it in. New motor, whip, ceramic seal, copper cone, slinger washer. Upon removing the old motor, the housing was rusted, I just couldn't see it from the angle it was mounted. I didn't have a slinger on the motor so it's possible it was getting wet this whole time. So far, the motor is measuring 8.3 amps, 150F housing. I'm hoping the missing washer is the solution.
Is it my pump? It's a pre 1997 sta-rite p2ra5e-124l. It came with the house, it probably was put in with the pool. I've replaced the diffuser because the brass (or whatever) ring around it has corroded. I've replaced o-rings, the ceramic seal, some bits and pieces.
I don't think the pump is leaking but it seems to just destroy motors. Should I keep throwing motors at this? It seems to work when it works and then the motor just dies. I realized when I was looking at the exploded view that I may not have a "water slinger" so I ordered one with the copper cone, and ceramic seal, and of course the latest motor.
Pool is a pretty boring roughly 15000 gallon chlorine pool with diamond brite or something, a suction side cleaner that is always attached (zodiac mx6), some kind of pleated filter in a hayward housing, and some terrible old timer that somehow still works.
I don't know exactly what I'm asking but I feel like I should get more than a few years out of a motor and I'm not and maybe it's me not doing something right or maybe it's the pump being Crud.
Update:
I received all of my stuff throughout the week and put it in. New motor, whip, ceramic seal, copper cone, slinger washer. Upon removing the old motor, the housing was rusted, I just couldn't see it from the angle it was mounted. I didn't have a slinger on the motor so it's possible it was getting wet this whole time. So far, the motor is measuring 8.3 amps, 150F housing. I'm hoping the missing washer is the solution.
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