On my block the water pressure is shit so we had to install a home booster pump for water. Has been working fine the last 5 years but today this shit doesn’t work anymore when i turn on this shit I can see spin the bolt in the center but this shit don't make their job so i have no water.And yes i already tried to purge it by turning to the left the inner bol using a flat screwdriver, i even used vinegar to clean the inside but this shit just looks like it lost pressure or something because even the noise is not the same, it hears like weak, even when i was checking for any obstruction i noticed that the end part where it goes to my water deposit the pressure is weak(i guess it should be like the squird of a japanese porn actress, right?)So any idea how can i fix this? I have no money for a new booster pump right now.
look at the state of that fucking thing, how do you imagine the inside looks like? sell something and buy a new one..
Pic related is how looks like a new one. I have no idea which kind of brand of model is mine because the rust has fucked up any number or serial
>>2980533I like to think im in a mad max movie so i like extend the life of my machines.This shit works, only issue seems like it lost pressure so the water cant go upside where is my water deposit for the whole house(and yeah im 100% the pressure issue is due the water pump and not the water that comes from the city because i know when the pressure is too weak like to make to work the water pump and this is not the case)
>I can see spin the bolt in the center> noise is not the same, it hears like weakBut can you compare the speed or the sound it made to when it was working?It's possible that the capacitor has gone bad and makes it spin too slow, it should be in the electrical box and is probably the cheapest part to replace
>>2980531I would GUESS this thing has a rubber impeller in it, like a boat. Check on a parts list - see if it's replaceable.
>>2980531>>2980535The thing is fuckin melted and galvanically corroded.
>>2980600This. That amount of rust, the bearings are probably fucked which is why it can't spin fast enough to increase pressure. I don't know what's in your water, OP, but no way should it look like that after just 5 years.
>>2980559>But can you compare the speed or the sound it made to when it was working?I can't say if the spining speed of this bolt is slower now but im 100% sure that the noise of the motor now is like 1/10 of the normal noise that used make when it worked normal a few days ago(now barely make noise), so following the logic i guess the spinning speed of this bolt is slower now(less work=less noise) Pic related the box, you tell me what i should remplace(i know how to soldering with iron pen btw) >>2980563Check the screws on my op pic i already tried to remove the rusted screws and they start to fall off lol. >>2980600>>2980631The water of my city is hard water, is so hard it creates a calcium crystal crust i the inner walls of my water tank)
>>2980559Here a video of the home booster pump in action:https://files.catbox.moe/qc5pl3.mp4
>>2980531The fuck man... that thing is only 5 years old? Is your water full of salt and chlorine or something?
>>2980664The water of my city is hard water, is so hard it creates a calcium crystal crust i the inner walls of my water tank)
>>2980686You need to get that sort, man. Not just for your pipes; your kidneys are filtering that shit.
>>2980686an ion exchange filter should be high up on your buy list
>>2980631>bearings are probably fuckedIt would make more noise if the bearings were bad>>2980642>Pic related the box, you tell me what i should remplace(i know how to soldering with iron pen btw)Large cilinder thing on bottom left, it should have some writings (should be something around 2uF or 3uF) and you can find it at an electrical material supplier/appliance repair shop/scrapyardAlso you shouldn't need to solder because the white plastic things where the wires attach to look like spring contacts, they should open if you push on themI've checked on similar circulator pumps and they should make between 1000 to 2000 rpms, so from your video is probably too slow
Op here. Thanks a lot to everybody for the help. I bought a new cheap home booster. Anyway I will try the capacitor thing with the old one because im interested in know how to fix stuff. I tested the old capacitor using a multimeter and seems like is a bit ruined because sometimes i got lecture and other times not, i thought it was an issue due the wires being exposed to the calcium of the water so i cut the plastic to get a new clean copper and nope my multimeter will show me a lecture some times and others times not(i don't think it was an error of my multimeter because i tested it using dead AA bateries(i always got a '1') and working AA bateries (i got numbers like '56.5'). All these tests were made with the multimeter at 200k ohm just like i saw on a youtube video.
>>2980767>All these tests were made with the multimeter at 200k ohm just like i saw on a youtube video.The capacitor will be charged by the multimeter the first time you attach it, giving a reading, but, once it's charged it wont and you'll have to short the capacitor leads or connect the multimeter leads in reverse to get another readingUsing a multimeter in the ohm range can be useful to detect a really bad capacitor, but usually those in small electric motors slowly lose their capacity instead of failing completely and you can't detect that unless your multimeter has capacity measurement
