Pump Electrical Problem

[mrtrumpet]

In the nice weather last week I got my pump out from it's winter storage in a pail of water. It ran fine for about 6 days,

Then it got cold again. and today, the pump keeps tripping the GFI and shutting off. I tried 4 times to get it to run. It starts up and within a few seconds the GFI trips and the pump shuts off.

Does anybody have an idea what might be causing this? I cleaned out the media and basket in front of the pump which usually solves the problem, but now it's definitely a GFI/electrical issue.

Any thoughts welcome.

TIA

 

[Angel]

take pump apart and check the impeller

also is there anything else on the circut?

can you try the pump on a diffrent outlet/circut?

 

[MitchM]

Check for cracks in the insulation covering the wire and the seal leading into the pump body.

 

[mrtrumpet]

I took the bottom apart and the impeller moved freely. I took the cap off at the top where the heavy cable passes though and becomes a few12 or so gauge wires. Everything looked fine. Then I put the pump in a garbage can filled with water and plugged into a different GFI outlet. Same thing. Immediate shutdown.

Anything else I should check or is it likely the pump is fried It's a 4 year old EasyPro Pond Pump TH 250.

 

[Angel]

I took the bottom apart and the impeller moved freely. I took the cap off at the top where the heavy cable passes though and becomes a few12 or so gauge wires. Everything looked fine. Then I put the pump in a garbage can filled with water and plugged into a different GFI outlet. Same thing. Immediate shutdown.

Anything else I should check or is it likely the pump is fried It's a 4 year old EasyPro Pond Pump TH 250.

I don't know anything about the pump. I believe you have figured it out to be the pump. But I d ask is the 2nd GFI you tested on is on the same or different circuit?

If same it is possible there is a different issue causing the problem.

 

[mrtrumpet]

I'm pretty sure they're on different circuits. One was in the garage, the other the far side of the house at the pond. But I'll check. I called Easy Pro and they said it sounds like the seals went a few years earlier than usual. He says if the repair is more than half the cost of new go for new. It's been an expensive month. Oh well..