Pump Froze

I haven't been turning on the pump for the last couple of days and when I went to turn it on today...it would not turn on. What could be the problem?


Hi. The problem could be a couple of things. The motor could be completely burned out or the impeller could just be froze up. In order to find out for sure you could remove the front of the pump and turn the impeller by hand.

In some cases it is enough to just remove the hair and lint pot. That leaves a small opening with plenty of room to stick a screw driver through. The screw driver could be used to turn the impeller.

Sometimes they get frozen from small pieces of dirt and silica sand getting stuck in them. At first they appear to not want to turn at all, but if you keep trying eventually they will. Once they do the system can be put back together and the pump should work fine.