Pump stopped working suddenly

[aylad]

The last time that happened to my pump, it was because the shaft, where it comes out of the front of the motor and connects to the impeller in the pump, had broken in half. This can happen if that extension piece is plastic, and something gets hung in the impeller and stops it from turning, although the motor is still trying to turn. The plastic piece can just twist in half, so the motor runs but the impeller doesn't turn.

Just a different idea, although Poconos knows WAY more about motors than I do, so try his suggestions first!

Janet

[PoolDoc]

Regardless of how things work out with the pump . . . make sure you maintain adequate to high chlorine levels. Fixing the pump is one thing; having to fix the pump and THEN clean up a swamp is much worse.

If you add 1 gallon of PLAIN 6% household chlorine bleach to your pool EACH evening for every 10,000 gallons of pool water, you'll be off to a good start. If you get a cheap OTO kit (yellow drops) and keep your chlorine in the DARK yellow (higher than the test block) range, you'll do better.