We are getting ready to put our house on the market and pool gremlins have made their presence known!
Today, I checked on our waterfall (this is a separate waterfall over rocks at the end of the pool) and our spa/pool heater. I was running the pool pump and turned on the waterfall. It started no problem. I then went from pool to spa mode to test the heater and I heard two loud bangs. Everything shut down and it turned out it blew the pool equipment breaker in the main panel. I turned the breaker back on and the pool worked again. I started the waterfall and again heard two loud bangs and everything went off due to the breaker.
I then tried the spa heater which would come on and run for a short period of time and then give me an SNS error. I tried this several times with the same result.
This afternoon I went back to the pool equipment and decided to try everything again. We’ve had a lot of rain lately and today was warm and sunny. I tried the hot tub and it started and ran fine! Big but pleasant surprise!
On the waterfall, I started the pump and it came on like it was priming, which is normal, with no loud noises like bearings going bad. But then the pitch would change and I turned it off. I tried priming it with a bucket of water but that did not help. I removed the pump from the motor and the pump seems to turn freely. When I did this, the motor was very hot which was surprising as it was not on long. I obviously don’t have a short since the motor runs for a while before tripping the breaker. Maybe the capacitor? Last week it ran fine, but I did open another valve at the waterfall which had been closed for years. Could this starve the motor for water? I ran it for hours last week with no issue, but the motor was already running when I opened the valve. Ideas?
Today, I checked on our waterfall (this is a separate waterfall over rocks at the end of the pool) and our spa/pool heater. I was running the pool pump and turned on the waterfall. It started no problem. I then went from pool to spa mode to test the heater and I heard two loud bangs. Everything shut down and it turned out it blew the pool equipment breaker in the main panel. I turned the breaker back on and the pool worked again. I started the waterfall and again heard two loud bangs and everything went off due to the breaker.
I then tried the spa heater which would come on and run for a short period of time and then give me an SNS error. I tried this several times with the same result.
This afternoon I went back to the pool equipment and decided to try everything again. We’ve had a lot of rain lately and today was warm and sunny. I tried the hot tub and it started and ran fine! Big but pleasant surprise!
On the waterfall, I started the pump and it came on like it was priming, which is normal, with no loud noises like bearings going bad. But then the pitch would change and I turned it off. I tried priming it with a bucket of water but that did not help. I removed the pump from the motor and the pump seems to turn freely. When I did this, the motor was very hot which was surprising as it was not on long. I obviously don’t have a short since the motor runs for a while before tripping the breaker. Maybe the capacitor? Last week it ran fine, but I did open another valve at the waterfall which had been closed for years. Could this starve the motor for water? I ran it for hours last week with no issue, but the motor was already running when I opened the valve. Ideas?
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