Hi Guys I have an electrical (non minibike) question and I figured with 32,000 + members on this site their should be some Electricians who could help.
The equipment : 1/2 hp Sand Pool filter pump Electric Motor (110 plug in start).
The Back story: I was trying to open the pool for the season four days ago. I got the filter/pump and all the hoses hooked up and ran the filter for about an hour until it needed to backwash (which I did) and ran it for about another 1/2 hour then shut it down. Thursday I ran it for about 2 1/2 hours and my wife (shut it down. (pulled the plug) Yesterday (Friday) I went to start it back up and it just hummed. I thought maybe the impeller was jammed with a small stick or something, so I reached inside the pump and spun the impeller and it was free. I tried to start it again and it started but only ran about half speed for 10 sec. or so then tripped out (the motor not the outlet). I let it sit for 5min. and tried again, the same thing happened. Because I did not see the water flow (which was very low) when it was shut down I thought maybe the sand filter was plugged, causing restricted outflow and putting a strain on the pump/motor. Today (Saturday) I cleaned the filter sand and reassembled, I started the pump and same thing happened. Ran 1/2 speed and the tripped out.
The Problem: It had that unmistakable burnt electric smell. so I took of the electrical connection cover (the gasket for that was split in three places) to find the start capacitor was fried. (see Photo's) (If you don't know how pool pump motors work, some use capacitors to add extra juice to bring the RPMs up to full speed.)
The Question : Other than knowing it is Square D nothing else visible means anything to me. Can some one tell me what I need to get to replace this. I found pool pump motor start capacitors on line but I have no idea what I need or where to get one.
The info on the capacitor in the pictures is all I have, under that lead glob it say's EN 60252. Any stickers on the motor are unreadable. There might be other info (model h.p. rpms) under the fan shroud but I haven't taken that off yet.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks W/D
The equipment : 1/2 hp Sand Pool filter pump Electric Motor (110 plug in start).
The Back story: I was trying to open the pool for the season four days ago. I got the filter/pump and all the hoses hooked up and ran the filter for about an hour until it needed to backwash (which I did) and ran it for about another 1/2 hour then shut it down. Thursday I ran it for about 2 1/2 hours and my wife (shut it down. (pulled the plug) Yesterday (Friday) I went to start it back up and it just hummed. I thought maybe the impeller was jammed with a small stick or something, so I reached inside the pump and spun the impeller and it was free. I tried to start it again and it started but only ran about half speed for 10 sec. or so then tripped out (the motor not the outlet). I let it sit for 5min. and tried again, the same thing happened. Because I did not see the water flow (which was very low) when it was shut down I thought maybe the sand filter was plugged, causing restricted outflow and putting a strain on the pump/motor. Today (Saturday) I cleaned the filter sand and reassembled, I started the pump and same thing happened. Ran 1/2 speed and the tripped out.
The Problem: It had that unmistakable burnt electric smell. so I took of the electrical connection cover (the gasket for that was split in three places) to find the start capacitor was fried. (see Photo's) (If you don't know how pool pump motors work, some use capacitors to add extra juice to bring the RPMs up to full speed.)
The Question : Other than knowing it is Square D nothing else visible means anything to me. Can some one tell me what I need to get to replace this. I found pool pump motor start capacitors on line but I have no idea what I need or where to get one.
The info on the capacitor in the pictures is all I have, under that lead glob it say's EN 60252. Any stickers on the motor are unreadable. There might be other info (model h.p. rpms) under the fan shroud but I haven't taken that off yet.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks W/D
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