Hi everyone, and first I should probably apologize in advance for being 'that guy' who registers to ask a question that probably comes up often... but have a question that I kind of give away in the thread's title.
First, some background - I live in Florida and have a 10,000 gallon in-ground pool, built six years ago. Setup included a Jandy FloPro FHPM 1.5-2 dual speed pump. I replaced the motor with a remanufactured/refurb one a few years ago when the first one died, and recently the current motor fried when I had a water mishap (it's another story, but the area around the pump and motor flooded and the motor is sitting on the ground so... wet. It's not coming back to life, I've moved on).
So I found another remanufactured motor from someone on my local Facebook marketplace (it's a Hayward Tristar/AOSmith Century motor with the model number SP3210Z2ME), with the same specs except a lower service factor -- giving it a lower total HP than my prior motor (1.85 compared to 2.2). I called a pool company who told me it would be bad for the impeller long-term, but would likely last a matter of months and I could probably get away with it temporarily until I upgrade to a variable pump later this year, which I was hoping to do.
I bought a new ceramic shaft/seal kit and swapped out the bad motor with the new/used one yesterday, and when all was said and done I turned it on. It started turning for about 3-5 seconds, and shut off. No clicking, no weird sounds really at all -- it just shut down after I power it on. I can't turn it back on immediately, but waiting a minute or two will suffice -- then I can turn it on again, and it does exactly the same thing every time. Might be worth noting that the water level inside the pump is lower and there's not really any time to pull any substantial water through the basket into the motor, although I don't know if that would cause a shutdown.
I'm a total novice on all things 'handy' -- teaching myself as I go, a first-time homeowner figuring everything out through youtube videos each time something new breaks. So with all that info -- what would you think? I'm disappointed because I've had great success with each prior home project and never failed after spending hours on something like this... but after putting it all back together again, I don't know what to do now.
First, some background - I live in Florida and have a 10,000 gallon in-ground pool, built six years ago. Setup included a Jandy FloPro FHPM 1.5-2 dual speed pump. I replaced the motor with a remanufactured/refurb one a few years ago when the first one died, and recently the current motor fried when I had a water mishap (it's another story, but the area around the pump and motor flooded and the motor is sitting on the ground so... wet. It's not coming back to life, I've moved on).
So I found another remanufactured motor from someone on my local Facebook marketplace (it's a Hayward Tristar/AOSmith Century motor with the model number SP3210Z2ME), with the same specs except a lower service factor -- giving it a lower total HP than my prior motor (1.85 compared to 2.2). I called a pool company who told me it would be bad for the impeller long-term, but would likely last a matter of months and I could probably get away with it temporarily until I upgrade to a variable pump later this year, which I was hoping to do.
I bought a new ceramic shaft/seal kit and swapped out the bad motor with the new/used one yesterday, and when all was said and done I turned it on. It started turning for about 3-5 seconds, and shut off. No clicking, no weird sounds really at all -- it just shut down after I power it on. I can't turn it back on immediately, but waiting a minute or two will suffice -- then I can turn it on again, and it does exactly the same thing every time. Might be worth noting that the water level inside the pump is lower and there's not really any time to pull any substantial water through the basket into the motor, although I don't know if that would cause a shutdown.
I'm a total novice on all things 'handy' -- teaching myself as I go, a first-time homeowner figuring everything out through youtube videos each time something new breaks. So with all that info -- what would you think? I'm disappointed because I've had great success with each prior home project and never failed after spending hours on something like this... but after putting it all back together again, I don't know what to do now.