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  1. Update II New motor received and installed yesterday. WOW - I had no idea how quiet these things are SUPPOSED to be!!! I actually hear the movement of the water more than the motor itself, even on low circulation speed! I am a very happy AO Smith customer!
  2. I had -23 this morning and -1 when I went for a ride on my 4 wheeler. Damn balmy at 5 PM at 1 above you guys have it easy up there....strangely enough.....it's colder in souther MN than northern MN. Woke up to -29 F....never got above -11 F all day....and it's looking like -25 F again tonight. The house is just groaning and popping.....damn roof boards kept me up all night! Heading to the ice house first thing in the AM...hope I don't freeze to death on the walk out to the house. Something is seriously wrong with you Northerners! It was in the mid-forties today in New Orleans, and I could barely stand to leave the house! I may have to start looking for a place farther south... North Dakota in 2 weeks is going to kill me!
  3. A beautiful 68 degrees in New Orleans today! Too bad the tub is down for the moment waiting for a new motor -- it's chilly!
  4. Update -- I pulled the capacitors and tested them and found that both capacitors were fine. So I brought the motor to a local shop and confirmed the motor was shot. I ordered a new one from the shop and will be sending this one back to the crappy online seller that I purchased it from so that I have a crappy spare for the future. Thanks for everyone's help!
  5. Yes, the wet-end is fine, so technically just the motor will need to be replaced. It is a 5 H.P. 2-speed motor.
  6. The motor does have a one-year warranty, but the company had been so problematic to deal with in the past I am tempted to just scrap it and order somewhere else. Mainly because I would have to pay for shipping to return the motor and receive the replacement...
  7. Thank you for confirming my thoughts. I will contact the manufacturer, but I'm tempted to just scrap it and buy a new one instead of wasting more money on shipping and continuing to deal with the company I ordered it from. I don't know the rules of the forum concerning mentioning vendors, but if anyone wants to know who NOT to order a motor from, I would be happy to tell you in a PM. Does anyone recommend a REPUTABLE online motor dealer?
  8. Thanks for the recommendation. Unfortunately, I tried that yesterday. I shut off the breaker for a few hours, and when I turned it back on last night I had the same problem...
  9. Hello everyone, you all were very helpful in the past, so I figured I would try again before spending any money... I started having a problem yesterday where the FLO sensor triggers. I noticed that the low speed on the circulation pump doesn't seem to kick on unless I first manually start in high speed then switch back to low. If the motor is completely stopped, the low speed just whines and then the FLO sensor trips. The motor is only about 4 months old, but from my experience with the company I purchased it from, it wouldn't completely surprise me if it was bad already. (It was a refurb -- stupid, stupid, stupid...) So, my question is whether or not this is a typical problem with a motor that is starting to fail, or if there are other causes. Logic tells me that the motor doesn't have enough umph to break loose from the magnets on low power, but my logic doesn't always serve me correctly. Thanks in advance for any insight you can offer. Ben
  10. You can use it just like any other outlet, but a dryer would almost definitely require more than 20 amps.
  11. John, Thank you for the information. I will always welcome additional feedback when it comes to safety! I rewired my house completely after Hurricane Katrina and exclusively used 90C rated wiring for just this reason. However, I was under the impression that the 60C and 90C wiring was not to be derated until temps reached 140 degrees and 190 degrees Fahrenheit respectively. By the way, I am in the New Orleans area. I appreciate your concern and for taking the time to share your thoughts. I ended up running a new 50A circuit today because my wife, "can't use the hot tub if I have to choose between jets and heat!" Add another $300 to the bill... Ben
  12. Being new to hot tubs, does "running the pump on high speed" mean that the jets are on? So essentially, whenever the heater turns on the jets would stop?
  13. Hello everyone, I have finally purchased a hot tub, which I was able to find used for a good deal. I'm preparing to run the electrical circuit and found in the manual that the spa has the ability to convert between 30 AMP or 50 AMP setup. Can anyone help me to understand the pros/cons of running it at 30 AMP vs. 50 AMPS? It is a Leisure Bay G-2 Genius Series spa. The reason for asking is that when I built the house, I pulled an extra 10/3 circuit to the attic for future expansion needs, but I would have to run a new circuit and cut out drywall for a 50 AMP circuit. If there aren't any real drawbacks, it would be nice to use the existing circuit and save a couple-hundred dollars. Thanks for any help you can give! Ben
  14. Mark: If you open the access panel, the main control box should have the model information. Mine says, "Ener-G-Smart G2-Pack 2-Pump System". My spa is the G2 model. Also, there is probably a grid of numbers and letters for the manufactured year and model number. Looks closely and you should still be able to see where the factory used a marker to indicate the year and model. You will probably have to wipe it clean gently to see the faint markings. You can download the Owners Manual for your model here: http://www.spasbyleisurebay.com/ManualSearch.aspx Ben
  15. Pool Clown, I truly appreciate the help. The shed is an 30x10x10 with both end open. The motor is about 5 feet from one end with as much circulation as it would ever be needed. I'm in the New Orleans area, so summers are low of 85 degrees high of 110. No heating equipment. Unfortunately, a good pool tech is hard to come. We've tried all three of the big companies in our area, and I have known more than each of the idiots that they have sent out. (and that's not saying much - just that you had better have a good reason for your diagnosis) Seems they all want to sell something, and when I ask why they think we need it they never have a good answer. My favorite was the tech that came out and said the pipes under the slab needed to be replaced. He knew that by looking at the system while it was turned off... I asked him how he knew and he said because we had white pipes instead of black. I next asked how long he had been working on pools and he adamantly said, "for over 6 months!" I thought it was funny because we had just had a leak inspection done on the plumbing about a month earlier, and they only found a bad gasket on the pot. That said, the motor is shot. Both housings are worn out and the windings had been over-heated. The motor tech said it must have been running rough for a couple of months to have that much wear on the housings. Makes sense since no one has been to the pool since summer, and the only way we knew there was a problem was the trouble light came on and a neighbor called me. That brings me to my next question... Before I replace the motor with the same, how to do I calculate head feet of water? I want to make sure we are not over/under sized before dropping $1200 for a new motor. May not sound like much, but that's 1% of our annual budget and things are tight! Thanks again! Ben
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