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Frozen pump pipes - please help!

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CanadianSpaTech:
Match the amp draw on the hi and low speeds. Don't go by HP ratings. They mean little in reality. Should be on the white tag on the side of the motor.

wgilroy:
I ordered a new motor.  Same brand, frame size, in/out size, and same volts/amps.  Claims to be .5 HP more than the original motor.

A.O.:
Well I'm interested, did you get the new motor and does it work now?

wgilroy:
I did get the new motor and it worked great.  Well mostly great.
There was still a flow problem, but probably because an internal pipe/jet froze.  The knife valves are a little leaky and while waiting for the new motor to arrive, the water level had dropped about 75%!  I of course refilled the tub before turning the motor on, but I was getting a flow code.  I waited over night and added some boiling water to it the next day.  After several hours, everything must have thawed because the flow error went away.
However only low speed was working.  Which was fine for heating the water back up.
When I attempted to use high speed, the motor and heat would shut off.
I tested electrical and found that high speed was reading 17 volts AC. 
I ended up tracing the issue to a bad connection where the lead for the pump attaches to the control board.  After I cleaned the connection everything worked properly.

A.O.:

--- Quote from: wgilroy on January 27, 2021, 03:26:28 pm ---I did get the new motor and it worked great.  Well mostly great.
There was still a flow problem, but probably because an internal pipe/jet froze.  The knife valves are a little leaky and while waiting for the new motor to arrive, the water level had dropped about 75%!  I of course refilled the tub before turning the motor on, but I was getting a flow code.  I waited over night and added some boiling water to it the next day.  After several hours, everything must have thawed because the flow error went away.
However only low speed was working.  Which was fine for heating the water back up.
When I attempted to use high speed, the motor and heat would shut off.
I tested electrical and found that high speed was reading 17 volts AC. 
I ended up tracing the issue to a bad connection where the lead for the pump attaches to the control board.  After I cleaned the connection everything worked properly.

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YAY, good deal!

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