Bore Pump Repairs Perth

When your bore stops pumping water there could be several reasons why this is happening.

These can include:

• Fusion or burnt out motor
  
• Electrical issues
  
• Cavitation issues
  
• Impellor wear
  
• Corrosion
  
• Overheating
  
• Leakage
  
• Lack of prime
  
• And others…
  

If you have a submersible pump you will find that these are very reliable and normally require very little service or maintenance. However, a submersible pump motor itself can be susceptible to lightning strikes or occasionally, fusion.

We have all heard a pump referred to as “burnt out” or “fused”. Some insurance policies refer to power surges. Your bore pump motor replacement may be covered under your insurance.

Virgin Bores have over a decade’s experience replacing fused pump motors in Perth and surrounds.  

You will find that most bore pumps around Perth are Centrifugal pumps.
If you lift the conical tin lid on most Perth well-style bores and look down you will see something that looks like a pool pump.

This is most often a centrifugal pump.


Common bore pump brands include:

• Davey
• Stalker
• Lowara
• Onga
• Boremaster
• Grundfos

Centrifugal pump problems can include cavitation, impellor wear, corrosion, overheating due to low flow, leakage along rotating shaft and lack of prime amongst others. The electric motor driving the pump, like any motor can be subject to fusion.

A very common call to our Perth bore service hotline (1300 734 300) would be “I can hear my pump running but no water is coming out!” and the accompanying “I think my bore has run out of water”.

This is a very common call when the water bore centrifugal pump has not been running for a while such as at the start of summer. Most often this would be a priming problem or there is a slow leak somewhere, often in the check valve beneath the pump that has caused the pump to lose prime.

Other causes could be a leak around the shaft joining the pump to the motor, leaking gland–packing or a leak in the suction pipe descending to the water table. Sometimes it is a problem with the pumps mechanical seal. Rarely (although possible) is it due to a drop in the water table. Occasionally the screens are blocked. Sometimes it may be a problem with the suction pipe. It may even not be a problem with the water bore or pump but indeed a problem with the reticulation sprinkler system. Perhaps solenoid valves are not opening thereby preventing delivery of the bore water.

Our Perth bore pump service team has vast experience and unsurpassed local knowledge in solving all bore problems.

Please call us on 1300 734 300 with any
Bore Pump Repairs Perth enquiry.

Another common call with older centrifugal pumps in bores or wells is along the lines of “my pump won’t start at all”, “when I try and start my pump the circuit-breaker trips in my meter box” or “when I start the pump the fuse blows”. Mostly callers leap to the first conclusion that the pump motor is fused. This may be the case but there are many other reasons that may be the cause.

These include a blown start capacitor, a faulty 3 phase DOL (Direct Online Starter- the typically red/green over-ride buttons), a faulty electrical connection or moisture in a junction somewhere or a faulty isolation switch in the well. It could even be a faulty reticulation controller or 24 pump start relay. In any event, our first recommendation would be we send our specialist pump electricians to test everything. If indeed the motor is fused we can certify it as such and will quote on a replacement.