{"id":13633,"date":"2026-11-06T02:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T02:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/?page_id=13633"},"modified":"2026-11-12T04:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T04:43:40","slug":"pool-pump","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/glossary\/pool-pump\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is a Pool Pump?"},"content":{"rendered":"  <div class=\"aiper-glossary\" lang=\"en-US\" data-result-one=\"{count} term\" data-result-many=\"{count} terms\" data-empty=\"No terms found. Try another name or clear the filters.\">\r\n     <header><p>Pool Equipment &amp; Cleaning<\/p><h1>What Is a Pool Pump?<\/h1><p>A pool pump moves water through the pool\u2019s circulation and filtration system using a motor-driven impeller.<\/p><\/header>\r\n   <figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width:600px)\" width=\"600\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/aiper-core\/glossary\/pool-pump.svg?ver=0.5.11\"><img src=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/aiper-core\/glossary\/pool-pump.svg?ver=0.5.11\" alt=\"Pool Pump schematic with components and arrows showing the water path.\" width=\"600\" height=\"680\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"><\/picture><figcaption>Simplified educational schematic. Teal arrows show water direction; shapes and connections vary by model. Not an installation guide.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n   <section><h2>How It Works<\/h2><p>Water enters the pump from the suction plumbing and leaves under pressure toward the filter. The pump moves water; it does not replace filtration or disinfection.<\/p><\/section>   <section><h2>Related terms<\/h2><ul><li><a data-glossary-link=\"related-term\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/glossary\/pool-filtration\/\">Pool Filtration<\/a><\/li><li><a data-glossary-link=\"related-term\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/glossary\/variable-speed-pump\/\">Variable-Speed Pump<\/a><\/li><li><a data-glossary-link=\"related-term\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/glossary\/water-circulation\/\">Water Circulation<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/section>   <section><h2>Learn more<\/h2><ul><li><a data-glossary-link=\"guide\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/how-to-prime-a-pool-pump\/\">How to prime a pool pump<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/section>  <\/div>\r\n  <script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"DefinedTerm\",\"name\":\"Pool Pump\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"description\":\"A pool pump moves water through the pool\\u2019s circulation and filtration system using a motor-driven impeller.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aiper.com\\\/blogs\\\/glossary\\\/pool-pump\\\/\",\"inDefinedTermSet\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aiper.com\\\/blogs\\\/glossary\\\/#terms\"}<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":13585,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"aiper_reading_time":1,"aiper_last_reviewed":"","aiper_reviewer":0,"aiper_related_ids":[],"aiper_layout":"tool","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13633","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":13633,"de":13766,"fr":13817,"es":13866},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13645,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13633\/revisions\/13645"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}