Pool Problems Library

Equipment problems

Every guide in this system, with causes, checks and when to call a pro.

  • Pool Pump Not Priming

    Pool Pump Not Priming

    A centrifugal pump moves water, not air, and prime is simply the absence of air in the suction path. Every priming fault…

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  • Pool Pump Humming but Not Running

    Pool Pump Humming but Not Running

    The hum is the motor trying. Single-phase pool motors need a start capacitor to begin rotation, and when that component fails the…

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  • Air Bubbles in Pool Returns

    Air Bubbles in Pool Returns

    Returns are the system’s confession booth: whatever enters the suction side exits there as bubbles, beaten fine by the impeller. That makes…

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  • High Filter Pressure

    High Filter Pressure

    Every filter diagnosis starts from a number most owners never recorded: the clean baseline. Without it, a gauge reading is just a…

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  • Low Filter Pressure

    Low Filter Pressure

    Owners celebrate low pressure by reflex, as if the filter were relaxing. In truth the gauge measures effort in the system, and…

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  • Pool Light Not Working

    Pool Light Not Working

    Pool lights live a double life: a lamp and a pressure vessel in one housing, sealed against the element it illuminates. Time…

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