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Circulation pumps should last
5-7 years. But you can easily lower that life by restricting
flow. Look at the picture below. You see the suction fitting
(front/middle) pulls water from the filter. On two filter
spas its usually the one closest to the equipment area. IF
that filter becomes clogged, it puts great stress on the
circ pump motor that is not designed to overcome that
stress. I have seen collapse hose between the filter and
circulation pump in a spa less than one year old. The
customer insisted the filters were cleaned but evidence
shown the opposite. The only reason the hose would collapse
is the pump was sucking and sucking and getting little
water. So the pump failed in less than a year.
What to do? I'm a strong
proponent on regularly cleaning the filters and cleaning
them well. The least you can do if you have 2 filters is
switch them every month and clean both every 2 months. Often
an easy way to see if you ARE cleaning the filters well is
to simply pull out the filters when the circ pump is on. If
you can see or feel increase volume, then you DO have bad or
dirty filters.
Just a note: filters must be
CHEMICALLY cleaned. You can't soak in chlorine and clean the
filters. That bleaches them but doesn't strip off the oil.
Most common is that circ
pumps fail either out of the box and give you a full length
of service. But, as in all things, even a perfect spa might
have an early circ pump failure. Jacuzzi warranty is for 180
days from purchase. |
