Before the 2020 election, supply chain issues and prices for all goods and services were relatively stable. Since then many items are impossible to even find, and when we do, the price is thru the roof. This application is for a commercial pool with very large pump motors above and beyond what is installed on a simple residential pool/spa. Finding a motor starter set-up that is usually installed on large motors such as this, is impossible to find. Ordering one takes 6-12 months to receive. Now we are installing 30-50 amp contactors that do the same job as it is the only thing we can find to control the large 5 HP pump motors. Perfectly legal and they pass inspection. Materials are getting harder and harder to find, and the prices reflect that. Remember that come election time.
