About Keith Schneerer — Pool Pump Expert

Site Author & Founder

KEITH SCHNEERER

Pool Pump & Mechanical Systems Expert with 39 years of hands-on repair experience

✈️19 Yrs USAF

🔧39 Yrs Repair

📝1,400+ Articles

I have spent nearly four decades diagnosing and repairing mechanical systems — from high-pressure fuel lines on F-16 fighter jets to industrial pumps and motors in commercial butcher shops and kitchens. Pool pumps are, at their core, the same fundamental machine I have been fixing my entire career: an electric motor driving a centrifugal pump with seals, impellers, and plumbing under pressure. I know exactly how they fail, and I know exactly how to fix them.

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19 Years

U.S. Air Force Mechanic

F-16 fuel & hydraulic systems — high-pressure fluid dynamics under mission-critical conditions

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9 Years

Commercial Equipment Repair

Industrial pumps, motors & seals in food service equipment — same core components as pool systems

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13 Years

Publishing Repair Guides

Founder of RemoveAndReplace.com — 1,400+ hands-on repair articles

“When I tell you a pool pump capacitor is the first thing to check before you condemn the motor — that is not something I read online. That is what I have seen in the field, repeatedly, across decades of pump repairs.”

— Keith Schneerer

Why My Background Applies to Pool Pump Repair

Pool pumps are not complicated once you understand what is happening inside them. An induction motor spins a shaft. That shaft turns an impeller inside a volute housing. Water enters through the strainer basket, gets accelerated by the impeller, and exits under pressure. The system is sealed by a mechanical shaft seal, and the plumbing holds everything together under 10–30 PSI.

I have worked with that exact mechanical arrangement for most of my life — just in different environments:

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In the Air Force — I worked on fuel boost pumps and hydraulic systems on F-16s, operating under pressures far beyond any pool pump. Precision diagnosis was not optional. That discipline carried into everything I have done since.

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In commercial food service repair — Nine years fixing meat grinders, mixers and bakery/deli equipment using pumps and motor assemblies nearly identical to residential pool equipment. Worn impellers, blown capacitors, failed shaft seals, seized bearings — hundreds of times over.

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At RemoveAndReplace.com — 13 years writing hands-on repair guides. Every article comes from actual repair experience, not theory or spec sheets.

What You Will Find on PoolPumpFix.com

This site covers one thing: helping you diagnose and fix your pool pump without paying for a service call you may not need. Every article is written from direct repair experience and structured around the most likely failure points first.

→Pool pump motor failures — capacitors, windings, bearings

→Mechanical shaft seal replacement — most common leak source

→Impeller clogs, wear, and replacement

→Pump priming problems and air leak diagnosis

→Variable speed pump troubleshooting (Pentair, Hayward, Jandy)

→Plumbing issues — unions, O-rings, fittings, basket lids

Editorial Standards

Every repair guide on PoolPumpFix.com is written or reviewed by me personally. I do not publish AI-generated content without direct expert review. When I recommend a part or tool, it is because I have used it in a real repair. Some links are affiliate links — I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you, which helps keep this site free. Have a question not covered here? Use the Contact page.

Keith Schneerer — Arizona | Founder, RemoveAndReplace.com | Founder, PoolPumpFix.com