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Jacuzzi JT365 Curc Pump goes again they say it gets clogged
gadfly:
If the problem is calcium/lime, you have a water balance/chemistry issue. Please outline your water components (pH, calcium hardness, alkalinity), and what things you add regularly, including sanitizer. Cleaning calcium/scale from pipes requires running a low pH level for a period of time, to get it back into solution.
Spinner71:
will do when I get back from a business trip thanks for your input
clover:
I don't know how old your system is but 5 circ pumps in 6 months indicates they might be treating the symptom and not the actual problem. Apparently the "new" circ pumps work for a period of time to resolve the problem when initially replaced 5 different times. How long did the first circ pump work? The question becomes what is restricting the water flow?
POSSIBLE scenario 1) The circ system is using a 3/4" flexible vinyl hose. The hose has been in service for sometime now and the warm temperature of the water could have caused the line to "kink" in a "tight bend" as the warm vinyl softened and kinked restricting water flow capacity producing a "flo" message. The inability to move water could burn the pumps out, but the flo restriction is causing the problem or the symptom to occur. The service people should be looking for something like this especially after replacing 5 pumps in 6 months.
POSSIBLE senario #2) You mentioned the lack of suction at the grid dedicated to the circ pump, so this is not likely but worth mentioning, leaves, or debris covering grid restricting flow. This should have been obvious when checking the grid before.
POSSIBLE scenario #3) A bad flow switch, but not likely, they should have picked up on that in the first service call. "No suction at the grid" indicates the symptom causing your problem. It is NOT the circ pump.
Have they been charging you for this service or the pumps?
Jacuzzi Jim:
I left you a msg but you never called back? Anyway I am guessing if it indeed is calcium, it's possible the heater tube itself is building up with it as well and the circ pump is working harder to push through it and burning up the motor on the circ pmp. As mentioned you have gone through way to many pumps in that amount of time for the pump to be the problem.
Possible there is a kink in the circ pump line from the filter or past the heater going back into the spa.
Spinner71:
Hey Jim,
Just called you.. sorry I was out of country last week.
So the company now says it refuses to replace the pump anymore... blaming me on water conditions.
I am confused due the fact the water has been replaced 3 times in 2 months. The tub has been used 4 times in that time frame. I aways test weekly and everything looks to be good.
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