Hi all, first post, but longtime reader of these great forums! I have a 3 year old Pentair 011018, the pump that apparently many of you have, and for 3 years it has been impressive on it's reliability and power consumption. But, being in Florida and getting a barrage of recent power surges/spikes, the pump is dead. It has power, but the display is blank. If I reset the breaker, the display stays on for 5 seconds or so, saying "Alarm - power failure" and then it goes blank. I have tried everything and cannot get it to stay on for more than 5 seconds. It isn't tripping the breaker, but just won't kick on.
As much as I don't want to replace it, I am afraid, at a minimum, the drive is bad. I am basing that on all the thread I have read over the past day. I love the efficiency of the variable speed, but for the price should I replace the entire pump? If so, what are some good (cheaper) alternatives? I have tried to price out the pump and the drive separately, and best case the drive alone is $700. Is it worth considering a 2 speed Hayward or Pentair replacement for a similar price?
Pool details are: 15K gallon, salt system (Pentair IC-40) and 200 sq. ft. cartridge filter. Everything was put in to service July 2014 (new construction pool).
As much as I don't want to replace it, I am afraid, at a minimum, the drive is bad. I am basing that on all the thread I have read over the past day. I love the efficiency of the variable speed, but for the price should I replace the entire pump? If so, what are some good (cheaper) alternatives? I have tried to price out the pump and the drive separately, and best case the drive alone is $700. Is it worth considering a 2 speed Hayward or Pentair replacement for a similar price?
Pool details are: 15K gallon, salt system (Pentair IC-40) and 200 sq. ft. cartridge filter. Everything was put in to service July 2014 (new construction pool).