Can't open pump

[buckmoy]

Got one of these.

Blew a fuse recently, so suspect impellor has crud in it.

What is best way to clean? Tried removing motor housing using the 2 alan key screws- used considerable force, leverage, hammer.. and it wouldn't budge!

 

[kevplumb]

replace it

 

[buckmoy]

Kevplumb

Its quite new..about 6 weeks old..

Its definately knackered if it blows a fuse?

I thought maybe the impellor was jammed somehow..

Mind you - you = expert, me = novice

What are the other reasons for these things dying? There is a small leak above the pump - (rotate picture to the right by 90 degrees, thats how ours is fitted) - could the water have trickled over the black plastic box of electrics?

Just don't want the same thing to happen again in 6 weeks time.

Or to die come to think of it.

 

[kevplumb]

unscrew the black nut and pull it out and you can turn the shaft

 

[buckmoy]

thanks for responding by the way - realise you aren't getting paid for this.

tried the black nut - yes when its pulled out all the way I can twist the impellor a bit - it jams occasionally, once every couple of revolutions.

I guess the fact its turning at all means its not crud causing the fuse blow. When I try it (only for half a second at a time) there is a quiet noise and a nasty smell....

by the way, a bit of water comes out of the bleed hole when I undo the black nut - is that right?

 

[kevplumb]

would think the capacitor has gone

water out of the bleed is normal

take it back and get a new one

BTW fix the leak