New Pump Tripping Breaker In House

[jimmyzshack]

i would try a heavier duty extension cord. That is probably the problem. Is the breaker a 20 amp? the pump probably pulls 15 amps are so.

[Xndman]

The breaker has 15 written on it. Other breakers have 15 or 20 or 30. I'll temporarily try a heavier duty cord. Thanks for the help.

[matt4x4]

If the pump pulls close to 15 Amps, then you may want to replace the breaker with a 20 amp (after trying a heavy duty cord first). Although, it should only pull that at startup, tehn be down around 5 Amps.
Is the pool circuit isolated or is there a possibility that something else is on it thus pushing you over 15 Amps.
Have you checked your GFCI rating, it seems awfully strange that the 15A breaker goes before the 15A GFCI - almost points to a suspect weakened breaker.

[Poconos]

My 1 HP Hayward Superpump pulls around 7 amps at 240, running. If this is a 1.5 HP and wired for 120 then it's at or above the breaker rating. More questions....you didn't answer what the old pump rating was and is this a 120 or 240 volt configuration?
Al

[Xndman]

I'll check the old pump when I get home. How difficult is it to replace a breaker in the panel?

[Poconos]

Real easy. When and if you decide to do it, make sure you wear eye protection if not full face protection. You're messing in a panel where a simple slip of a screwdriver or something can blow off a bunch of molten metal. Don't mean to scare you but always err on the side of caution. As many times as I've been inside power panels, I always take precautions just in case something does go wrong.
Al

[mshumack]

If you can, shut the main power off to the breaker panel when you work on it. If you just turn the breaker off (that your changing) it is still safe to remove the wire and replace breaker but you would be better off killing power to the whole panel as the adjacent (breakers) wires will be energized. Make sure you buy the same brand (i.e. ITE Siemens, Cutler Hammer, GE, Square D, etc) since the panels are designed for specifc brand breakers (its also required by code not to mix brands).