Quote Originally Posted by ttgivencej View Post
Hello,

I have a 27,000 in-ground, 15 years old, original pump. Pump is 60 feet from skimmer, no bottom drain, 2 ports back into the pool. Hayward Superpump 230V 1-1/6 HP 2 speed. I run it at hi for 8 hours and low speed for 16 hours. My pressure typically runs 7 lbs. since it was installed.

Pump works fine, no bearing noise and continues to run around 7 lbs.

Situation is that the motor is overheating and shutting down after 1 hour at high speed. It can run at low speed all day with no problem.

JV
I have the same setup except I have a main drain and two skimmers. I run the pump on low 24/7 and only hit high to back wash and rinse. Do check for air flow issues but why run at high at all would be my main question?

As for the motor and 15 years old, I had mine rebuilt after 18 years service in 2005.

If I had to do it again, I would replace the motor with the exact motor I now have. When I decided to do the rebuild, I could not find any replacement motors that were 1 HP and 1/6th HP. They were all 1 HP and 1/2 HP. Of late the "good" motors can be found at many sites.