ClassyGlassy
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- Feb 21, 2010
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Dad has the above mentioned and he ran it while the overheat alarm was going off for 30 minutes until it overheated the wires going across the motor one day and it started smoking so he shut it down. A friend of his 
started cutting and splicing the burned/melted melted wires, replaced the thermostats, and replaced the impeller for him a few days later and then they test ran it in a barrel of water for a couple of minutes with no problems. So dad decides to travel half way across the state and run in Gunnison Reservoir where it started smoking after 10 minutes of running across the lake. Sooooo.......he shut it down and hasn't run it in 2 years now!
So dad decides to have me look at it finally and during my inspection I find it looks like the VRO control/alarm wires are what started to melt and another control box of some type that bolts across the top of the powerhead.
Here's my issue:
I want splice all new wires to the VRO controller for him to run it until the tank is close to empty then get rid of the VRO system all together and have him premix. He agrees to premix and understands why......
Second, I need to find out what this second control box is that was mounted on the top of the powerhead. It has 1 ground wire, 1 Red with White wire, and 1 White with Black wire. The ground is ground to the powerhead, the Red/White and White/Black go to connectors by the control switch. This box in particular shows some overheating damage as the bottom of the box, closest to the powerhead, is cracked and bubbled and is no longer connected to the plastic cover! Can someone tell me what this box is?
started cutting and splicing the burned/melted melted wires, replaced the thermostats, and replaced the impeller for him a few days later and then they test ran it in a barrel of water for a couple of minutes with no problems. So dad decides to travel half way across the state and run in Gunnison Reservoir where it started smoking after 10 minutes of running across the lake. Sooooo.......he shut it down and hasn't run it in 2 years now!So dad decides to have me look at it finally and during my inspection I find it looks like the VRO control/alarm wires are what started to melt and another control box of some type that bolts across the top of the powerhead.
Here's my issue:
I want splice all new wires to the VRO controller for him to run it until the tank is close to empty then get rid of the VRO system all together and have him premix. He agrees to premix and understands why......
Second, I need to find out what this second control box is that was mounted on the top of the powerhead. It has 1 ground wire, 1 Red with White wire, and 1 White with Black wire. The ground is ground to the powerhead, the Red/White and White/Black go to connectors by the control switch. This box in particular shows some overheating damage as the bottom of the box, closest to the powerhead, is cracked and bubbled and is no longer connected to the plastic cover! Can someone tell me what this box is?
