Wiring a pool pump

[Cory]

Anyone know how to wire this up? Its got white,green and black wires. Plus its got a toggle switch with two black ones.

 

[Cory]

Bump

 

[Crabs McJones]

So if I'm looking at this correctly, the black wire is your hot wire and should go to the top nut, your white is neutral and should go to the bottom nut, and green is your ground.
@Brew12 electric guru, any help?

 

[link81]

Line (black) on 3
Neutral (white) on 4
Ground (green or bare) on the stud with the green wire.

is the toggle switch 2 position or 3?

*edit*

the toggle looks like it has a male and a female terminal.
that makes me think the hot (black) would go to the male on the toggle,
the female on the toggle should go on 3
the neutral and ground would be as above.

I would use a wire nut between the hot and the toggle personally, spades are OK on the board itself IMO. (although on mine, I used ring terminals under the nuts)

 

[Brew12]

Line (black) on 3
Neutral (white) on 4
Ground (green or bare) on the stud with the green wire.

is the toggle switch 2 position or 3?

*edit*

the toggle looks like it has a male and a female terminal.
that makes me think the hot (black) would go to the male on the toggle,
the female on the toggle should go on 3
the neutral and ground would be as above.

I would use a wire nut between the hot and the toggle personally, spades are OK on the board itself IMO. (although on mine, I used ring terminals under the nuts)

Definitely possible.

I think I would go Black to 3, white to 4 and then connect the 2 black leads to the toggle switch if you have one.

 

[Cory]

Thanks guys. The toggle is two position. Whats the switches purpose? I read some pool pumps have a high power and low power setting. Or is it simply an on off switch?

I had disassembled this hoping to see if its internals are salwater safe. Nope has brass female screws to thread the screws into. However i pulled the wires out by accident lol.

 

[link81]

Local On/Off switch.
Allows you to turn off the pump to change the position of a pool filter valve without unplugging it.
Essentially just convenience.

a 3 position would be High-Off-Low where off is the middle position.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Thanks guys. The toggle is two position. Whats the switches purpose? I read some pool pumps have a high power and low power setting. Or is it simply an on off switch?

I had disassembled this hoping to see if its internals are salwater safe. Nope has brass female screws to thread the screws into. However i pulled the wires out by accident lol.

Could it maybe be a cutoff switch? Low level or something similsr?

 

[Sparkymarc]

I agree with link81. The line (black) should go through the toggle before it hits the pump. That would allow you to shut the pump down without having to unplug it. Also, make sure you don’t have too much other stuff on the same circuit because that bad boy is pulling 10 amps

 

[link81]

3450, that puppy's going to move some serious water.
doubt it has a whole lot of head though, I bet it has a pretty steep drop-off.

it's a pool pump probably 40-50 GPM. at ~3' of head.

 

[Sparkymarc]

Also, I’m not 100%, but I think terminal #1 may be there to pass line to the toggle. Out of curiosity, was there a short wire with a female terminal adapter on each end, that would have been hooked to the toggle?

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Anyone know how to wire this up? Its got white,green and black wires. Plus its got a toggle switch with two black ones.

So, 4 in white wire, 3 is hot black wire. Green to green. Easy peasy. I'll be there next week and leave you the bill. hahahaha

 

[Cory]

3450, that puppy's going to move some serious water.
doubt it has a whole lot of head though, I bet it has a pretty steep drop-off.

it's a pool pump probably 40-50 GPM. at ~3' of head.

Yeah for sure i definitely would use it for a tank but its 10 amps.

 

[Cory]

Also, I’m not 100%, but I think terminal #1 may be there to pass line to the toggle. Out of curiosity, was there a short wire with a female terminal adapter on each end, that would have been hooked to the toggle?

No short wire that i know of.

 

[Sparkymarc]

No short wire that i know of.

Ok. Then I would just wire it like link81 suggested and will work just fine. The male terminal adapter on the toggle should plug in to your line coming in and female from toggle go to #3