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Old 06-19-2011, 10:14 PM
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Interesting how it's so variable. Robb, are all 3 mounted similarly in terms of the inlet side plumbing?

I think mine is a Baldor motor.
All three are mounted in a similar fashion, all with 2" intake plumbing, 1 1/2 discharge, all down hill fed to the pumps. The front and back one are the closed loop pumps fed from the bottom of the tank and the middle is the return pump, which through two 90's has about a 2/3 drop from the sump to the pump.

None of mine are the ones with the Baldor Motors.

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Well, aren't I observant. Looking at the pump last night I noticed it said "AO Smith" on it. Sooooo .. I guess that sort of explains that. For what it's worth, it has a fan though. I keep reading that AO motors don't have the fans and it's the Baldor motors that do. Well, I guess the AO motors do have fans - they just don't do much..
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Old 06-22-2011, 05:22 AM
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My three are all AO Smiths...and they have run hot for 4 years straight now.
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