This morning I went and flicked on the switch to the pool pump. Fired up like normal. For about 5 seconds. Then it shut off. All done. Motor burned out. I checked the switch and breakers but it was toast. Can't have a pool without a pump so I did some quick research and found the replacement pump I needed online with free overnight delivery. Elliott and I went out after church and did some local shopping anyway to put our hands on one and ask some installation questions. Had to talk to an electrician friend too. I ordered the pump and then went out to take out the old one. Not so fast. There is an electrical connection of course and an intake and output pipe. Got the electrical part disconnected (it really was fried in there) and got the output pipe disconnected with no problem. But nothing is easy. The intake pipe SHOULD have unscrewed at the big grey pipe connector you see above. Nope. I broke one tool trying to get it apart and was afraid I would damage the underground piping or the black valve (above). As you can see, the pipe was pretty much destroyed as was the coupling. So I came inside and watched some videos. Everyone in the videos just takes a hacksaw and cuts the pipe, then re-plumbs it. Seemed like a plan to me. 45 seconds later the pipe was cut and now I am bringing my bag of broken pieces to Home Depot to try and re-create it. I will re-plumb it so when the new pump comes, I can just screw it together and fire it up. Sure....
Oh, and Happy Father's Day to me.
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