So your well water flow rate may be poor or your pump is at end of life or both.
Well pump motor overheating.
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Upon pulling the pump and motor you can check the splice connection at the motor.
That water use could be dropping the water level in the well or simply running the pump a long time either causing a marginal near end of life motor to overheat and seize up drawing high current tripping a breaker.
To avoid this problem be sure to limit back to back plumbing fittings which compound losses and be sure that the pump is matched well with the other equipment and the demands of the pool.
An air conditioner compressor motor that is overheating may sometimes be re started by cooling the equipment with water watch out for shorting electrical components.
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Chris covers what to do if your jet pump is overheating and the thermal overload is tripping.
Malfunctioning well pump pressure switch like any mechanical part your pressure switch can wear out and malfunction over time.
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If the troubleshooting in the 4 steps above do not resolve your problem it may be time to replace the pump and motor.
Even a brand new pump can get too hot and suddenly stop working and have to be replaced.
Under load it overheats within 2 3 minutes and restarts after a couple of minutes for about a minute.
A malfunctioning switch can cause the pump to run too often or too long and potentially burn out the motor.
Know the warning signs of an overheating pump.
The motor requires excessive power.
Operating conditions can cause a motor to overheat such as a well pump that runs continually because of other problems in the water system.
This concludes part 1 a discussion of the causes of overheating in pumps.
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An overheating water pump can shorten the life of the motor and cause damage to surrounding piping.
I have an irrigation pump that runs well with no load.
There are a number of procedures for checking out whether you have a defective pump and or motor.
