Prime is the term we use to state that the air has been mostly purged from the pump and the pump is moving water. When you have lost the prime, your pump is no longer pumping water through it. Sometimes it can be very difficult to regain the prime on the pump. This will tell you how to get the prime back in these difficult situations
Open the top, dump water in it while it is turned on. If it is struggling to pull water through, you may have a clogged impeller. If not let it prime and when it starts pulling water through quickly, put the cap back on quickly.
Sometimes my pump will loose prime and the number one problem i found is my lid on my strainer basket connected to the pump was to tight...go figure but when i loosened it a lil it started to pump....also sometimes if your water level is low then it takes time to fill up in the skimmer and it will loose prime that way so make sure u have adequate amount of water in your pool.
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Prime is the term we use to state that the air has been mostly purged from the pump and the pump is moving water. When you have lost the prime, your pump is no longer pumping water through it. Sometimes it can be very difficult to regain the prime on the pump. This will tell you how to get the prime back in these difficult situations
Open the top, dump water in it while it is turned on. If it is struggling to pull water through, you may have a clogged impeller. If not let it prime and when it starts pulling water through quickly, put the cap back on quickly.
Sometimes my pump will loose prime and the number one problem i found is my lid on my strainer basket connected to the pump was to tight...go figure but when i loosened it a lil it started to pump....also sometimes if your water level is low then it takes time to fill up in the skimmer and it will loose prime that way so make sure u have adequate amount of water in your pool.