Pool Pump Making a Loud Humming Noise
A humming pump is energized but not spinning normally. Here is how to tell whether it is a jammed impeller, a failing capacitor, or worn bearings before you call a tech.
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Pool Pump Keeps Tripping the Breaker
A pool pump tripping a breaker is a real safety signal, not a nuisance to reset. Here is how to tell a GFCI trip from a standard overload, and what each one actually means.
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How to prime a pool pump
Your pump kicks on and all you hear is a dry rattle – or worse, nothing but a gurgle from the equipment pad while the pool water sits still. You check the strainer basket and it’s bone dry. This is the most common “my pump is broken” call that turns out not to be a…
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Best Pool Pump for Above Ground Pool: What to Buy
Your above-ground pool pump is making a noise it wasn’t making last summer. Or it just died on a Friday afternoon. Now you’re on Amazon looking at 40 options and half of them don’t say whether they actually fit an above-ground pool — because a lot of them don’t. Using the wrong pump on an…
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Best Pool Pump for 15,000 Gallon Pool: Top Picks That Actually Fit
Most pump buying guides are written for 30,000-gallon inground pools and dressed up as universal advice. If you own a 15,000-gallon pool — one of the most common residential sizes — you’ve probably noticed that nobody actually does the sizing math for you. You’re left guessing whether 1HP is enough, whether variable speed is worth…
