Pool owners. Pump replacement?

[Nuke And Juke]

It’s getting harder and harder to buy/find single speed pumps as they must meet a WEF score (weighted energy factor) in order to be legal. This is due to energy savings and California. Being a 2horse you may have a hard time getting a single speed pump because they don’t really make them anymore. You may find some old stock somewhere but they’re drying up quickly and going up in price. Probably why you’re were quoted so much because the variable speed pumps are well over 2k. Many of the single speed motors that are out now are TEFC and I’ve had clearance issues installing them on Hayward pumps such as tri stars but you can take a sawzall and cut the handle off the pot and get the TEFC motor to bolt up. You also need to pay attention and get the correct service factor. Some pumps are full rated and some are up rated. Basically a bogus marketing term but not all 2 horse motors are the same.

Anyway if you want to repair your pump and find a motor, also pick up a “go-kit” for your pump which will have the shaft seal and o-rings you’ll need to swap the motor in. If you have a salt system, spring for the viton seal. It’s very straight forward to swap a motor. There is a mechanical seal between the motor shaft and the impeller. Be careful and don’t get fingerprint/oil/lube on the carbon or the ceramic bits. The impeller set screw is LH thread, btw.

Depending on what type of pump you have, some of them are very prone to needing more than just a motor especially if you had a shaft seal leak that caused the motor failure, even more so if the pump ran dry causing the shaft seal failure. Some may need an impeller, some may need that plus a seal plate. If the motor just died from old age it’s probably fine to just swap the motor and shaft seal and any o rings that look dried up.

read my post. North Atlanta Electric Motor will rebuild your motor for about $100

 

[GeauxLSU]

Never closed the loop on this. Installed pump and it didn't work. Waved white flag and called pool guy. He couldn't get it to work either. Paid him to install single speed pump.
I hate pools....