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How To Connect a 115V SCG to a Century Variable Speed 270 Motor
This guide will help you to wire and program the Century 270 Variable Speed (VS270) motor to turn off a 115V SCG when the VS270 is operating below ...
How To Use a Tune up / GO-KIT
In this "how to" we will guide you through how to use a tune up/GO-KIT. If you are repairing your pool pump or pool pump motor consider purchasing ...
How To Use a Multimeter to Test a Pool Pump Motor - Winding Resistance
This guide will help you to measure the resistance in these coils to determine if this is the cause of a failed motor.A common Capacitor Start Pool...
How To Use a Multimeter to Test a Pool Pump Motor - Voltage
In this "how to" we will guide you through how to use a multimeter to measure the AC voltage to your pool pump motor. If you are installing a new p...
How To Use a Clamp Ammeter to Test a Pool Pump Motor - Amperage
This guide discusses the procedure for measuring the amperage used by your pump motor. If the Amperage measurement exceed the maximum load amps lis...
How To Determine True Pump Horsepower - Up Rated vs Full Rated
If you have ever wondered about the differences between full rate and up-rated motor designations - this guide is for you. No worries because while...
How To Determine High Head vs Med Head Pumps
This page shows the basic differences in design of High Head and Medium Head pumps and compares the performance of several popular High Head and Me...
How To Repair A Pool Pump That Is Not Full Of Water
When working correctly, pool pumps should be completely full of water. This guide presents different tips on how to diagnose and correct the is...
How To Repair a Pool Pump Motor - Motor Shuts Down
If your pool pump motor starts but shuts down unexpectedly it is probably overloaded and the thermal overload protection device has tripped. This g...
How To Repair a Pool Pump Motor - Motor Overheated
This guide presents some of the conditions that cause your motor to overheat. If your motor is smoking of cycling on and off, it is severly overhea...
How To Repair a Pool Pump Motor - Motor Noisy
This guide covers possible causes of a noisy motor including bad bearings.If your pool pump motor start to get noisy, it often means that your moto...
How To Repair a Pool Pump Motor - Motor Fails to Start
Reading this guide will help you to troubleshoot a pool pump motor. If you've had your pool pump motor a while or just installed a new one and it d...