Booster pump won't start up...what to check?

[Charlie_R]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look for that to use in the future. I noticed that the bolts holding the cover over the impeller (on the front) had some kind of thick lubricant on the threads. Perhaps this is the same stuff you're talking about.

Probably is.

As for removal of the old screw, there are many ways of doing that.

Here is a link that you might find interesting about one of those off beat ways (hope it's ok to post a link to another forum!): http://forum.atomiczombie.com/showth...and-drills-out

[CarlD]

Where did you keep the pump, Jim? I usually keep the pump in the basement but last winter, I left it in the shed. I won't do that again. I suspect some moisture got in and froze. My basement's warm and very dry in the winter. That's where the new pump goes EVERY year.

[JimK]

Where did you keep the pump, Jim? I usually keep the pump in the basement but last winter, I left it in the shed. I won't do that again. I suspect some moisture got in and froze. My basement's warm and very dry in the winter. That's where the new pump goes EVERY year.

Both pumps stay outside (I don't remove them, just remove the drain plugs). Here on the SE coast of VA it doesn't get/stay below freezing very often. Seems like a big hassle to remove them.

For reference, they were installed in March 2004.

[CarlD]

Everything in my system has quick releases and/or cutoff valves. At the end of the season I pop off the two on the pump, unscrew the banding screw, drain it and store it...now in the warm, dry basement again!

[JimK]

Everything in my system has quick releases and/or cutoff valves. At the end of the season I pop off the two on the pump, unscrew the banding screw, drain it and store it...now in the warm, dry basement again!

Interesting.

I'm having trouble picturing it though. I also don't know what a banding screw is. Can you post pics?

For power do you just plug them in? Mine are hard wired to the power source.

Thanks.

[BigDave]

I'm pretty sure CarlD meant bonding screw.
My pump is powered through a twist-lock receptacle and plug on a circuit with GFCI installed just for it.

[JimK]

I'm pretty sure CarlD meant bonding screw.
My pump is powered through a twist-lock receptacle and plug on a circuit with GFCI installed just for it.

Thanks. Is the plug outside exposed to the weather or inside?

So what's a bonding screw?

Looked up in Google and it seems to be a screw used used in a electrical panel for grounding? Not sure how this relates to being able to easily remove a pool pump for winter storage.