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    Default Re: Pump motor not starting - no buzz, nothing.

    I'm not sure about the impellers as I have never had to deal with this issue before. Others here know a lot more than I, so, anyone care to chime in?
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    Default Re: Pump motor not starting - no buzz, nothing.

    An update to this: Pool guy came out after overheating, said he had wires crossed and it should run fine. Again it continued to overheat. Came back out and said there was a wire arcing in there, and that it should be fixed.

    I haven't had time to really monitor it closely, but since then I haven't seen it shut down due to thermal protection.... but it does seem to run pretty darn hot.

    I have a buddy who's brother is rebuilding my old motor for cheap, so hopefully I will have a backup motor in case this one goes.
    25,000 gallon 18x36 liner in sun all day, new at all of this.

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    Default Re: Pump motor not starting - no buzz, nothing.

    The pool guy doesn't leave me with a warm fuzzy. Wires crossed causing it to run hot? Doubt it. You can cross wires and get it to run backwards, or if he had it wired for 120 and it was connected to 240 that would be pretty obvious. Arcing? Could be a bad connection but that would be obvious as it wouldn't run well if at all. The motor is coming up to speed, isn't it? Not sure what to suggest next.
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    Default Re: Pump motor not starting - no buzz, nothing.

    I guess it's coming up to speed. Looking at the ripple from the pool jets and looking at the water in the skimmer, I'd say water is circulating well. The pressure gauge on my oversized sand filter now reads about 8lbs whereas with the old pump motor it was more like 18, but I didn't know if that was an issue. The pump still runs my automatic pool cleaner just fine.

    I've just accepted it's likely that at some point, I will be purchasing and installing another motor myself.
    25,000 gallon 18x36 liner in sun all day, new at all of this.

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