Why is my bore pump faulting? Usually the electrics
Most bore pump problems are electrical, a failed capacitor, a worn pressure switch, or a controller fault, not the pump body. That is why diagnosis matters before anyone sells you a new pump.
- Capacitor
- Pressure switch
- Controller
- Wiring
- Motor
When a pump hums but will not start, trips the power, or short-cycles, the cause is far more often the capacitor, pressure switch, or controller than the pump itself.
Replacing a whole pump when a capacitor has failed is an expensive way to fix a cheap fault. We test first.
The dual-licence advantage: one team, both sides
Most plumbers cannot legally touch the electrics, and most electricians do not know bore systems. We hold both licences, EC10916 and PL8634, so we diagnose and fix the lot in one visit.
A bore is a plumbing job with an electrical heart. When the two are split across two trades, you pay two call-outs and each can point at the other.
We do both, which is exactly why a bore that has stopped for no obvious reason is the right job to call us for. The electrical side is the same fault finding we do across Perth.