proper equipment?

[Poconos]

OK, glad to hear your suspicions were confirmed. Not glad you have to send it back. If you bought it from a reputable place they shouldn't give you a hassle because they don't want bad PR and the internet is good for that. Good Luck and please keep us posted on your progress.
Al

[maldenmass]

Everything is good.

The online pool company sent me a new pump.

My question now is what is the proper gauge of wiring that should be used. I dont want to make any mistakes with this one.

Thanks

[Poconos]

Good to hear all is well again. As for the wiring, depends on the length of the run. I assume it's a 240 volt motor so that would pull about 7 amps as I measured mine. From copper wire tables the resistance of #14 gauge is 2.58 ohms oer 1000 feet, #12 gauge 1.62, #10 gauge 1.02 ohms per 1000 ft. If we assume a 100 foot run the total resistance in ohms works out to be .516 ohms for #14 gauge, .324 for #14 gauge, and .204 for #10. The resistance was for a single wire so you had to double it, 100' actually is 200' of conductor. At the 7 amp load the voltage loss is 3.612 volts for #14, 2.268 for #12 and 1.428 for #10. Any of these would have little effect on the motor or performance however from an efficiency standpoint you are losing about 25 watts of energy with the #14, 16 for #12, and 10 watts for #10. In general the less loss the better so I'd go with #10 which is still somewhat easy to handle and relatively reasonable cost. I have no idea what the electrical codes say or what local codes may dictate. Some electrical codes make no sense to me but Ohms Law always makes sense.
Hope this helps and of there are any questions please ask.
Al

[maldenmass]

Thank You very much.

I went with the 12. the pump is purring like a baby kitten, the flow is good, the pressure is good and I am happy.

now I will be closing the pool soon for this New England weather is changing quickly.

I will post pics of my project.

[Watermom]

Hi maldenmass,
Glad you got things working. Unfortunately, you won't be able to post pics though. However, if you bump up to the subscriber or supporter level, you would have that feature available for you to use on the forum. Hope you are enjoying being a part of our pooll community!