With yesterdays floods in SEQ my pool pump and Chloronator were completely submerged under water for about 5 hours.This shorted half my house.
Is this a job for a sparky or should I be looking at someone else who specialises in electrical appliances or somthing along these lines?
The house is fine now as I disconected the pump and chloronator and flicked the RCD back on.
If it was me I would pull any covers on it and sit it on its end in the sun for a few days and then plug it back in using a portable safety switch (I use these for all outdoors electrical).
I'm sure someone will tell me I have just doomed mankind though
If it was me I would pull any covers on it and sit it on its end in the sun for a few days and then plug it back in using a portable safety switch (I use these for all outdoors electrical).
I'd do the same thing with the exception in that I would use the house RCD and not worry about getting another RCD. Addition I would run it for at least a hour so I could keep my eye on the unit for any dark brown smells.
So they may not be stuffed?
Im pretty sure the pump was running just before it was submerged, plus the fact the RDC tripped I guess it must of been running.
whats the likelyhood of them drying out and working?
probably the case that the windings in the motor are saturated and when you attempt to run it, the windings short out. you could try drying it out with a heat gun, or just lstting it sit in the sun for awhile, then plug it back in and see if the rcd trips.
I think everyone else has covered this well. The only other point that might be doing is washing it out with clean water before going through the drying process. (Unplug it first ) Then at least you will have washed out any small foreign bodies (mud?, salt?) that may have got into the pump from the flood water.
If it was me I would pull any covers on it and sit it on its end in the sun for a few days and then plug it back in using a portable safety switch (I use these for all outdoors electrical).
I'm sure someone will tell me I have just doomed mankind though
Should I get a sparky for this????? 
) Then at least you will have washed out any small foreign bodies (mud?, salt?) that may have got into the pump from the flood water. 
