Model 2607X10- The intent is install a 115v power cord.
It has a black white and red wire (green ground) coming from the motor. The black goes to the black, white to white, an the ground to the grounding screw. Where does the red wire go to or is it capped and left open?
Thanks!
John
John what you have is a 240 volt motor on that pump. It will not connect to a 120 volt cord. You'll have to get a different pump.
Sirwriter
Hi John,
That company that told you that should severely reprimand the tech, customer service person or whomever that told you that. That could kill you at worst case, and cause a lot of damage at least.
There are motors that can be hooked up to run on either 120 or 240, but they are well marked and wired for it, with specific instructions on what to do.
You could run conduit with a 4 wire cable into and hook it up to your pump, but that would entail buying a switch and wiring it, as well as running it to your circuit breaker box, buying a 240 volt double circuit breaker, opening up your circuit breaker bix (exposing you to extremely high voltage) and hooking it up. Not an easy project unless you have a lot of experience wiring.
If you do decide to go that route, I will be happy to guide you through it. But my experience has beem that you are better off with 115/120 volt cords around pools.
If you are happy with this explanation, I'd appreciate a vote from you. Good luck!
Sirwriter
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That's what I had thought, but the company I bought it from told me to jump the wire and try an run it at 115v. I figure to try that will void any possibility of returning it. I'll deal with them.
Thanks,
John
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