Hi Burt.
I followed your scheme with WH/GRAY/BROWN leads. Read continuity between pump mtr WH & BLK leads which connect to pwrcsupply
. Then, I connected to my 36vac pwr supply but it only ran for few seconds and blew my 2A/250V fuse again. It seems my pump mtr is shorting out.
Thank you.
Sep 24, 2013 Rating
More Wiring Schema by: Burt
For those motors with BROWN, GRAY and BLACK wire in the motor.
Solder White (from power wire) to gray AND Positive end of capacitor 1.(arrows point to negative end.) Connect negative end to negative end of capacitor 2
Connect Positive end of Capacitor 2 to Positive end of capacitor 3.
Connect negative end of capacitor 3 to negative end of capacitor 4.
Connect BROWN wire to positive end of capacitor 4.
Connect Black to Black
Sep 24, 2013 Rating
wiring scheme by: Anonymous
For those motors with Red, Gray and Black wire in the motor.
Solder White (from power wire) to Red AND Positive end of capacitor 1.(arrows point to negative end.) Connect negative end to negative end of capacitor 2
Connect Positive end of Capacitor 2 to Positive end of capacitor 3.
Connect negative end of capacitor 3 to negative end of capacitor 4.
Connect MOTOR black wire to positive end of capacitor 4.
Connect Black from power wire to gray.
Sep 24, 2013 Rating
Aquabot capacitor connection by: Anonymous
Thanks. I did solder the caps in series. To test, I connected the white & black leads of pump motor to the 35vac pwr supply, it runs several seconds, then keeps blowing pwr-supply glass fuse. Am I suppose to read continuity or resistance between black & white wire leads? I did have continuity! When I tested my drive motor and connected the leads to the pwr supply, it's fine. Any more advice iwould be greatly appreciated.
Sep 15, 2013 Rating
Capacitor connection by: AnonymousDavy
Are the 680uf caps to be connected in series from one to another? Only one cap in my aquabot had visible marking (of "arrow -") pointed away from its connection to one end which is 2-wire splice from motor. Please clarify. Thank you.
davycruz@netscape.net, 9/15/13
Sep 15, 2013 Rating
Capacitor connections by: Anonymousdavy
Are the 4-caps connected in series in my Aquabot? I was only able to determine one capacitor (with arrow pointing to negative end) away from the two-wire splice in my motor; while the other markings were gone.
Sep 21, 2011 Rating
Broken Wire by: Anonymous
I just took another look at mine after talking to a repairman and I found a broken wire at the motor. Since I already changed the caps, I guess I'm good to go for awhile.
BTW, I wired mine as above and it worked too. I guess there is a couple of ways to wire these bad boys!
Aug 01, 2011 Rating
Different wiring by: Jon in Delaware
I just pulled mine apart to replace the capacitors due to the motor not starting up by itself.
Mine is wired differently than the photos and I'm wondering if anyone has this problem.
Mine has the red wire from the motor + the black power wire going to one end of the capacitors. The other end of the capicitors is wired to the black motor wire. The gray motor wire goes to the white power wire.
I'm going to wire it the same way, since it worked this way for the past few years.
