TL;DR - Very old pump is probably fried. Looking for a similar replacement. It's a Hayward Self Priming Super Pump, 1.5 HP, Model #C48L2N134B1
Hello! First of all thank you all so much for your help last year in getting my very old pool up and running for the last part of the season. I was able to open it this year and get it cleared up for swimming within a week. I during the off season, I went through the system and disassembled the plumbing parts to see exactly what I was working with. I ended up replacing some old piping, replaced plumbers tape to get better seals, and some of the pieces of the DE filter that were gross from neglect or leaking.
Now there's a fun new problem... We had a storm blow through last night that might have fried the pump. That is the current working theory at least. Control panel to the pump is on with nothing tripped, it indicates the pump should be on, but the pump is not firing at all. We turned off the pump at control panel and turned it back on. We turned off the whole system at the circuit breaker and turned it back on. No dice. It was working fine until this morning. I noticed as I was going through the system in the off season that whoever last messed with the pump wiring did not do a stellar job keeping the wiring together. They ended up using a hose clamp to keep the coating on the wires (see photo attached to post). Now the fun begins trying to find a replacement pump for this system. It's OLD. Like, they discontinued basically all of the parts, pre-2008 old. Does the community have any recommendations about what to replace it with? I saw that there are more efficient pumps, but I'm not an electrician and I was wondering if that would require replacing the whole control panel and all too?
About the pool: unknown gallons (best guess is 36,000), in-ground, vinyl liner, Hayward DE4820 Pro-Grid filter, salt water chlorine generator. Let me know if you need more information!
Hello! First of all thank you all so much for your help last year in getting my very old pool up and running for the last part of the season. I was able to open it this year and get it cleared up for swimming within a week. I during the off season, I went through the system and disassembled the plumbing parts to see exactly what I was working with. I ended up replacing some old piping, replaced plumbers tape to get better seals, and some of the pieces of the DE filter that were gross from neglect or leaking.
Now there's a fun new problem... We had a storm blow through last night that might have fried the pump. That is the current working theory at least. Control panel to the pump is on with nothing tripped, it indicates the pump should be on, but the pump is not firing at all. We turned off the pump at control panel and turned it back on. We turned off the whole system at the circuit breaker and turned it back on. No dice. It was working fine until this morning. I noticed as I was going through the system in the off season that whoever last messed with the pump wiring did not do a stellar job keeping the wiring together. They ended up using a hose clamp to keep the coating on the wires (see photo attached to post). Now the fun begins trying to find a replacement pump for this system. It's OLD. Like, they discontinued basically all of the parts, pre-2008 old. Does the community have any recommendations about what to replace it with? I saw that there are more efficient pumps, but I'm not an electrician and I was wondering if that would require replacing the whole control panel and all too?
About the pool: unknown gallons (best guess is 36,000), in-ground, vinyl liner, Hayward DE4820 Pro-Grid filter, salt water chlorine generator. Let me know if you need more information!
