Pump Motor Replacement

Whether your pump motor is dead and you need a replacement, or your ready to start saving money on your electrical bill with a variable speed motor we are properly licensed and qualified to help you.

We offer quick service on pump motor replacement and installation —  on all pool pump brands.

But, before you replace your motor with a conventional motor you may want to consider whether there are dollar savings to be had with a state of the art variable speed motor, and the other  benefits it may offer for you. Variable Speed motors offer you the ability to precisely control the amount of water flow from the pump.  By lowering the flow rate and extending the run time, cost saving can be made.  We don’t consider it a great benefit for you  if you don’t get savings back on your investment in less than three years….

There are some simple issues that may be effecting your current monthly pool pump operation cost.

For one,  your pumps horsepower size. More often than not,  pools have a larger motor than is really needed and the piping sizes are not adequate to support  it. Therefore, the pump motor works harder, battling the resistance it creates by being too large a pump  in the first place ( for the pipe size ).  Feel your pump motor while it’s operating, if it feels excessively hot that is a good indication.  That excess heat,  is electricity being  wasted, and your pump motors life being shortened.  If you have a pump motor larger than 1 Hp you should continue to read on…..

Do you have a salt system or other sanitation system that requires the pump to run a certain number of  hours in order to produce enough chlorine for the pool ?

…or do  you have a spa or other feature that occasionally requires the power of a larger pump?

You can likely receive energy savings if you have answered yes to either of these two  preceding questions . There are also some other improvements to be obtained by operating at operating at a lower flow of a variable speed pump .

Consider that a pool that runs at a  slower rate– for a longer period, stays cleaner while using less energy.

Circulating water at a slower rate allows your  filter to capture or filter finer particals resulting in clearer water.

Notice the the image to the right, it is called a  ”Pump Curve”. The curved yellow line  indicates the Gallons per minute – GPM ( shown at the bottom of the graph). The GPM varies depending upon the resistance (indicated on the left side of the chart, measured in Total Dynamic Head-TDH). Your pools TDH is a result of your plumbing system; Pipe size, Length of plumbing runs, and number of  pvc fittings such as 90 and 45 degree elbows.  The TDH or resistance is increased as GPM is increased. As you can see, the higher the resistance, the less flow. What you can’t  see is the higher the resistance–the higher the energy cost as a result of the pump working harder.

In addition to reducing  energy cost by reducing resistance,  a variable speed pump has a Permanent Magnetic Motor which is much more efficient than a conventional induction type motor.  But, it’s really when the GPM and speed of the motor  are lowered the real savings begin to occur. Mostly because the resistance drops.

If we can run at lower GPMs  for a longer period, savings in energy dollars are earned,  the pool runs longer– staying cleaner, and the filter works better making the water clearer.

How do you calculate your potential savings?

Most information available about variable speed Pumps tends to use a larger than average motor, operating at 8 hours per day, and located in regions where the Kilowatt hour rate is 25 cents per hour, much higher than the typical FPL  bill @ 11 cents per KHw.

We are lucky to presently enjoy more favorable power rates. However, there are still likely to be some  significant savings. Below is a chart that was created to help better compare of operation cost of different typical horsepower pumps (and different hours of operation)  with the variable speed pumps. We have also  shown varied Gallons Per minute GPM on the variable speed pumps. The chart reflects potential  savings that you may be able to benefit from.  Of course this is for reference purposes,  we encourage you to compare your electrical KWH cost and other variables to determine and verify your savings.

The average home’s pool pump needs only operate long enough to turn all the gallons of the pool over once per day unless you have a heavy or above average “bather load” or other enviromental issues.  Use the chart below as a reference to compare pool energy cost requirements.

Compare the cost with a variable speed pump . Then see how by reducing  the flow( GPM  ) the saving really add up.

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