Friday, 11 February 2022

A. O. Smith 1081 Motor, Northstar Pump Repair and New Pump Options for Slide/Waterfall

Looks like the booster pump to my water feature died. At first I thought it was the cap since the motor was making a humming sound and not rotating. I opened the back cover and the cap was clearly bad and shaft spins free. I replaced the run cap with a new one same rating of 55uf and 450V instead of 370V. However, I'm getting nothing now... no buzzing or anything. I checked the voltage and getting 240V and 120V on each leg to ground. Also used the incandescent light bulb test on each leg to...

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