My pool motor is on a timer. The AC unit is cycling on heat, since it is colder now. The pool motor turned on about 1 minute after the AC unit turned on. After the AC unit went off, the pool motor went off. I turned the AC temp up, the AC motor came on, about 1 minute later, the pool motor came on. This may have been happening forever, but I just didn't notice it, since typically I would be asleep and the pool motor runs during daylight hours mostly anyway. The two items are adjacent to one another, about 4 ft apart, so they must share some wiring. Could this be a wiring problem? The house was built in 1973. I do not know when the pool or new ac units were installed. Who should check this out, a pool specialist, an ac repair company, or an electrician?
Any thoughts?
2006-12-01 15:43:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Please note that the AC is all electric. No natural gas is involved.
2006-12-01 16:49:28 · update #1
Here's another thing: When the AC unit was on and the pool motor, I could not rotate the pool motor timer in any way as to shut off the motor. It was almost like the AC power was bypassing the timer's controls entirely.
2006-12-01 16:54:26 · update #2
You say the a/c unit is on heat cycle now --- so you got a heat pump a/c system. Hmm--just thinking--- you really don"t know too much about this system ,since it sounds like it was there before you moved in. I wonder if the "heat pump " is circulating pool water, and extracting heat (Btu"s) out of the water to heat your home inside. Do you have a gas fired pool water heater also to use ,if --say, you wanted to heat up the pool water or spa ? All these things might (??) be tied in with each other as a "system" and could be a normal function . Nothing might with wrong . "One" needs to have a closer look at this to be sure of my theory. A good handyman, known around town would be a good choice to have a look/see. A good look is worth more than a thousand words of trying to figure it out "on the telephone".
2006-12-01 16:37:03 · answer #1 · answered by Spock 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coming from a pool guy and someone who knows a lot of pool guys, this sounds like it would be best to leave it up to an electrician. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of electricians turned pool guy, but for the most part its best to leave it to the professionals of their field.
2006-12-08 18:38:04 · answer #2 · answered by poolservicequotes.com 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please have a professional, licensed electrician come out and look at this. "The Handy Man Can" is way off base, if this has been going on for some time now, I don't think you have a "shorted breaker". Have it looked at though, by a professional.
2006-12-07 19:23:46 · answer #3 · answered by gr8alarmguy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well this is a problem, you need to have a electric an out asap, you aether have a bad breaker(that is shorted out, and is cycling the curent to its breaker), or your buss bar in your breaker box is shot, this will cause a fire really soon, please go out to your pool, and switch your pump timer to the off position till you get someone there to check it out.
2006-12-01 23:52:43 · answer #4 · answered by Handy Smurf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you have a wiring problem you need an electrician
2006-12-06 10:59:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋