When I turned on my pool pump, it made a buzzing noise but does not run. It seems to be very hot and trips the circuit breaker. Any suggestions? Unfortunately, I am not very mechanically inclined (female!) so any help will be appreciated.
Replace the capacitor. This should be a cheap part.
Your motor needs an extra "kick" to get started when you first power it on. The capacitor provides this. When the capacitor is not working, the motor can't "get started". As a result, lots of power is going to your coils, which generates lots of heat. Since these motors are typically air cooled, no spin means no air. If you continue to allow the motor to operate this way, you will eventually burn up your motor windings.
Don't run it hot or it will stop working.
Sounds like start capacitor has gone bad.
Copy following link for motor troubleshoot resources:
http://waterheatertimer.org/Color-codewire.html#motor
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Before replacing the capacitor check to make sure the motor or pump is not locked or jammed that it turns freely, also it may have a short
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Hi,
The first thing to check is if the pump is siezed up and stopping the motor or if the motor is bad....
Take the motor off of the pump and check to see if the pump will spin... then check if the motor will run without the pump onit...
This will tell you if you have a bad motor or a bad pump...
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