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Bookmark or Share- Type of wire and conduit to run from pool pump to switch?With over 400,000 members, TFP is the largest and most influential pool & spa website on the Internet. The reason is simple: TFPC (Trouble Free Pool Care) is a methodology, not a product that you must purchase. It is being practiced by thousands of pool owners just like you. We are a registered 501(c)3 non-profit that is funded by user donations.
- bad breaker, bad capacitor, bad pump? - Trouble Free PoolPentair filter pump (five years old) was running just fine this morning. Then this afternoon, I noticed it stopped (timer is supposed to have it running until 6 p.m.). The breaker for the pump had tripped. I turned off the pump via the timer switch, flipped the breaker off and back on, and then turned the pump back on (again, via the timer switch).
- Pool Pump Motor Corrosion PreventionWith over 400,000 members, TFP is the largest and most influential pool & spa website on the Internet. The reason is simple: TFPC (Trouble Free Pool Care) is a methodology, not a product that you must purchase. It is being practiced by thousands of pool owners just like you. We are a registered 501(c)3 non-profit that is funded by user donations.
- Priming uphill pump - Trouble Free PoolMy pump is up a hill from my pool approx 20 feet away, 6 feet higher than the pool itself. I have only had the pool 2 yrs and the first year I had it opened by someone else. Is there a secret to getting a pump primed in this configuration? I realize this answer is very late, but I have the identical set up, and what I do is:
- pool pump smells "burnt". Saw smoke. - Trouble Free PoolPeople, Once in a while, with a heavy downpour/storm, pool pump breaker trips in box. I simply trip it back, start pump, no problem. Did it for many years. Today, when starting pump, saw smoke, smelled burnt, while pump struggled to start- eventually ran after say, 2-3 seconds. backwashed...
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