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chrissteman:
You're not a smarta$$...that's the kind of advice I need. Truthfully, it's probably more like 9 years ago since I replaced the capacitor. The hot tub was one day out of warranty when, I assumed, the motor failed. Not so, even though the store that sold me the tub thought so. At the time I received advice at an forum like this to yank the motor and check the capacitor. It was shot. I replaced it for $9 and everything worked fine until now. I really dodged a bullet on the new motor then. I have a voltage meter and will check to see what's coming out of the control panel, as well as check the resistance to the windings and report back. I suspect I'll be in the market for a motor. Thanks again for the help.

chrissteman:
Tested the motor for resistance on both the L and H connections...0 for both. So, this means the windings are good, right? That said, the hot tub and pump are over 9 or 10 years old, so it must be time for a new motor.

chrissteman:
I checked the voltage coming from the control panel to the pump (both high and low speed) and got 0. The control panel clicks, but nothing registers on the voltmeter. Any ideas?

Kev B:
 Time to move away from motor idea for now if no voltage is going to motor. Check resistance on all fuses and replace if needed, make sure you have proper voltage coming from main breaker and if you find a bad fuse for the motor it may have blown because it is old or maybe the motor is bad and blew the fuse. If fuses are good, all wires and connections are good and voltage is good, it may be the circuit board.

chrissteman:
Sounds like a plan. The two clear fuses look clean.  The larger cartridge fuses (25A/300V SC Time-Delay) look good from the outside. I know I'm showing my ignorance here, but I'm assuming they are supposed to have no resistance? Correct?

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