a question on 220 v well pump motors?

Question

is there a practical and efficient way to trouble shoot a motor for a well pump wether its a capacitor start or not.

sometimes wells fill with sediment and the motor has to work harder to compensate for it witch in turn causes the increase in amperage and finally trips the breaker . I would like to know if the motor is burned out or there is another problem.

Answer 1

If the motor is working hard because of sediment or whatever, the motor will eventually trip a thermal overload in the case turning the motor off until it cools. If you continue to let this occur the motor will finally fail.
One of the other answerer's suggested that you need to clean the intake filter, use a larger diameter pipe. I also suggest you make sure the pump impeller is not clogged and being impeded by scale.
If you know the pumps hp rating and running full load amps you can measure that and determine whether your motor is operating in it's normal range.

Yours: Grumpy

Answer 2

motors are tested by measuring amp draw under load but i don't have the specs on your motor sorrry THE REAL ? is why the sediment you need to pull the pipe and replace the sediment screen ( the last section of pipe is a screen mesh that has a hole or is the wrong gauge for your conditions)

Answer 3

You can apply this relationship to determine weather or not the motor is performing per the rated horse power rating.

horsepower=torque x rpm / 5250

You can determine if the amount of weight (lbs) times the distance (ft) from the center of the shaft (torque) is more or less than the motor hp rating.

Answer 4

If your asking if you have a capacitor in the circuit, get a meter and test for a cap. across the leads. Don't really understand what your asking but I hope that helps....If your unsure how to test, find someone who does know how...If there is a cap. and it has 220 on it, that will kill you if it goes to ground via you.