{"id":41,"date":"2024-06-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/2024\/06\/11\/signs-your-pool-pump-needs-repair\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T09:00:00","slug":"signs-your-pool-pump-needs-repair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/2024\/06\/11\/signs-your-pool-pump-needs-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Warning Signs Your Pool Pump Needs Repair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pump is the heart of your pool. When it struggles, everything else follows: circulation drops, chemicals stop working and the water clouds over. Watch for these signs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A loud grinding or screeching noise<\/li>\n\n<li>Air bubbles in the pump basket lid<\/li>\n\n<li>Water leaking around the motor or seal<\/li>\n\n<li>Low pressure on the filter gauge<\/li>\n\n<li>The motor hums but will not start<\/li>\n\n<li>The breaker trips when the pump turns on<\/li>\n\n<li>Hot plastic smell around the equipment pad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What you can check yourself<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clean the pump and skimmer baskets, make sure the water level is high enough and check that the lid O-ring is seated and lubricated. Many air leaks start there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When to call a technician<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noises from the motor, tripped breakers and leaks from the shaft seal need professional diagnosis. Catching them early often means a seal or bearing replacement instead of a new pump.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pump is the heart of your pool. When it struggles, everything else follows: circulation drops, chemicals stop working and the water&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":11,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[15,16],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-equipment","tag-pump","tag-repair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}