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    pool pump

    i got a pump boy i had no idea they were so hard to get the motor out lotsa plastic.
    it had some kinda plasric crap aaround it it smelled like a marker when i cut it with a hacksaw but i eventually got the windings out one came out in one piece the other not so much. i also got a pool skimmer i think would that b extruded ali or stainless steel?
    also are there different size pool pumps?



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    Is it alum windings in the motor? Thats all I seem to find in them. I would say the skimmer is aluminum. My yard calls it A1-junk shop

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    pool motors

    Fom the few that I have done it seems that some of the end caps are all cast aluminun and that others have a bearing that is magnetic. Trying to determine if its worth it to break them down. I just had a friend that is in the pool business lay 20 on me at no cost. If they average 30 pounds apiece that would be around 120 /150 dollars as is.

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    ah i see i think the windings were copper cause the ali ones seem to be lighter i think i maybe got a pound of copper or close to it got some ali screws or maybe stainless steel not sure what they make screws out of not magnetic.

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    got some ali screws or maybe stainless steel not sure what they make screws out of not magnetic.
    Pretty sure those would be SS cause alum screws would corrode after awhile.
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