Electric motor

[Oren]

I replaced the electric motor on my pool pump a couple days ago.

After looking over the document that came with it I now see:

"Temperature around the motor should not exceed 104°F ..."

Well dang. I live in the desert and many days are 110° in the shade during Summer:) On July 4th it was 116°. Homes around here don't have pump houses and motors are exposed to the extreme heat. Granted, the motor will not run all day in the Summer.

So, is this upper temp limit the maximum range for continuous/constant operation or a point when serious damage starts to happen?

The motor has an auto thermal protection. Would this trip motor in extreme heat like we have?

Thanks,

-- Oren

"If things get any worse, I'll have to ask you to stop helping me."

[ransley]

Wouldnt the pump pumping cool water help cool it, if it has thermal protection dont worry id say.

[Meat Plow]

Motor make and model please?

[Oren]

Emerson EB842 1.5 HP, PH 1, Volts 208-230, HZ 60

(*emersonmotors.com)

-- Oren

"If things get any worse, I'll have to ask you to stop helping me."

[DerbyDad03]

re: I replaced the electric motor on my pool pump a couple days ago.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but you suck!

I've been holding back turning on the furnace since it's only October. (Yeah, I know it's now November)

The house has occasionally dipped below the point where the furnace should fire up, but extra blankets and sweatshirts have worked so far.

Swim a lap for me, will ya?

[Meat Plow]

The 56 series B842 has a full load ambient rating of 50 degrees Centigrade which is 122 F.

[Chris Friesen]

You suck too. We've had our furnace on for over a month already, otherwise it would be WELL below comfortable. (High today of 7C/45F, and they're saying a low of -10C/14F on Monday.)

Chris

[Oren]

The motor was 12 years old and original. For the few years I've owned the house I fixed or replaced parts in the pump, as needed. I fixed the pump this time - shaft seal and saw where water had rusted the front shaft bearing...thus the awful noisy sound.

The new motor should be more efficient, but certainly has less noise.

Had it been a dog making this sound, I would shot it on the spot:)

-- Oren

"If things get any worse, I'll have to ask you to stop helping me."

[Oren]

Thank you. It's cooler here than Death Valley, CA :)

I guess by series, you mean 56Y (frame 6.5" dia.)

-- Oren

"If things get any worse, I'll have to ask you to stop helping me."

[Oren]

I might get one more jump in the pool. I have solar heat and we are getting COLD. Below 90° and my nips get hard :-/

-- Oren

"If things get any worse, I'll have to ask you to stop helping me."

[gfretwell]

Simply another reason to keepo your pool euipment under cover. The sun beating on a black pool motor will make it hotter than the ambient air temp. That will make it burn out quicker. ... which prompts the question, what was wrong with the original motor?

[DerbyDad03]

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re: ...and my nips get hard

Uh thanks...that was a visual I did not need.

[Oren]

A joke. Folks ask how I live in the desert. Below 90° it gets cooled off..

-- Oren

"If things get any worse, I'll have to ask you to stop helping me."