Pool Pump Keeps Tripping Electrical Breaker - Now What?

From www.swimmingpo... if you find your pool pump keeps tripping your electrical breaker but you are able to reset it and it runs again for a period of time before you once again find it has turned off - In this situation it is very likely the pool pump motor windings are beginning to short out and draw too much current / create too much heat within the pump motor. If the start capacitor has failed then the pump will not re-start. It would hum and trip the breaker again immediately after attempting to reset. The same goes for a clogged or stuck impeller.
If the pump starts and runs for some time before tripping the breaker again there is also the chance that the electrical breaker itself is failing. Does the pump feel (or smell) unusually hot? If not, the breaker might be suspect. Electrical breakers can and do fail, and when they do a common way is to begin to trip even without an overcurrent situation. Contact an electrician to inspect / try changing out your pump electrical breaker.
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